Product Owner – Operations AI

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Fortescue Centre – Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday

Fortescue is transforming its business through Artificial Intelligence, bringing our unique culture of innovation and leading through doing to transform our asset and employee productivity. The key mission of this role will be to drive the roadmap, agile delivery and adoption of AI software and systems to deliver on this vision. The right candidate will bring familiarity and interest in AI-based operations transformation, experience in building close relationships with operations stakeholders and a passion for product management and agile delivery in cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop vision for AI systems and solutions and a value-based roadmap, lead quarterly planning sessions and define OKRs
• Develop business cases for new AI systems and solutions, including value opportunity sizing, delivery model and stakeholder alignment
• Conduct data analysis and user research to define product requirements and features, including clear documentation to enable development
• Build, groom and prioritise the product backlog, developing user stories and acceptance criteria to feed into each sprint and accepting sprint results
• Define, implement, and track performance metrics once solutions enter production including adoption and impact
• In collaboration with technical leadership, define the set of necessary competencies and skills required in the delivery team
• Drive user adoption and engagement, running demos and showcases to the target users and the broader business

Qualifications And Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in either AI & analytics product development OR mine operations technical disciplines (i.e. mining, metallurgy, process control) with technical project delivery experience
• Experience in cross-functional teams and ability to communicate effectively across multiple business areas (e.g., operations, technology)
• Background that comprises solid business understanding and high-level understanding of product delivery
• Modern product development toolkit including experience in agile development and OKR methodologies, lean testing and user research, and product roadmap development & vision creation
• Experience in the use of AI solutions & systems to drive improvements to efficiency and productivity in mining or heavy industrial applications

Our Commitment:

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.