Business Manager
Department: Project Director Team
Reports to: Project Director
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The Business Manager will oversee the operational, financial, and strategic business functions of a major long-term mining project in Alaska. This role is critical to ensuring the smooth execution of daily operations, managing cross-functional teams, and delivering on project objectives and goals. They will serve as the right hand to the Project Director and a central hub connecting the entire project team including PD leadership team and external stakeholders throughout the entire project lifecycle. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic leader with strong financial acumen, strategic planning and insight, operational expertise, and a collaborative mindset.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provides strategic oversight and leads cross-functional project teams to implement and oversee processes to deliver on project objectives and goals.
• Assemble skilled teams, setting clear roles and responsibilities as well as setting the vision and expectations for the team to meet challenging goals and objectives.
• Streamlining communications across the project teams, resolving any conflicts that could impact project progress.
• Oversee and manage comprehensive budgets, financial planning, project plans, and maintain overall cost and schedule forecasts for the overall Project level, allocating resources efficiently and advocating for additional resources (people, time or money) when necessary.
• Operational Oversight of the Business Team as well as providing overall direction to EPCm Business teams
• Development and implementation of Project Controls, Document Control and accounting systems for the overall project as well as providing overall direction to EPCm Business teams.
• Identify and resolve business related project issues, making critical decisions to mitigate risks and develop strategies to minimize their impact on project outcomes.
• Coordinate and lead project teams in all areas of engineering, procurement, construction, ensuring effective communication and collaboration amongst teams. and regulatory teams.
• Ensure that all project deliverables comply with legal, environmental, and contractual obligations, while focused and aligned with organizational goals and objectives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships between Donlin Gold, contractors, and stakeholders, providing project progress updates and addressing any concerns that arise.
• Collaborate with other PD Team leads on strategic and tactical initiatives.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 20 years’ experience in business management for large scale capital projects.
• Skills and Competencies
• Proven experience in developing and executing business strategies.
• Strong Project Controls, financial and budgetary management skills.
• Familiarity with industry trends and operational best practices.
• Experience in data analysis and Project Controls reporting.
• Leadership & Communication
• Proven leadership and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and lead across functional and project departments.


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