Director, Planning & Governance

By International Women In Mining

Dead Line: April 30, 2022

• IT projects and portfolio management
• Technology standards and policies
• Disaster recovery and business continuity risk management
• Centralized sourcing and vendor management
• Budget and performance management

• Establish policies and governance practices for Technology capital and operational expenditure approvals; Report on Technology spending and cost-containment efforts to all stakeholders, not just internally to IT.
• Set operational planning and budget forecasting as standard practices.
• Review and negotiate current and future IT contracts while continuing to consolidate procurement activities to improve vendor performance and cost.
• Standardize performance criteria and amalgamate relationship management functions.
• Outline project management methodology and standards across Centerra IT and other departments using technology.
• Institute fundamental and basic decision-making practices for prioritizing demand, allocating staffing, and assessing capacity to reduce delivery issues and increase resource utilization.
• Develop and manage a Security Governance Program; establish a security governance structure and define security governance roles (e.g., data owners) and accountability ownership.
• current cybersecurity partner), communicate and collaborate on an ad hoc basis to address identified information security issues.
• Establish data governance metrics and KPIs, communicating the business value of data governance to key stakeholders.
• Assist with the maintenance, monitoring, measurement & reporting on the status of the governance program to various internal & external stakeholder audiences.
• Build support across the business and Corporate organizations, serving as a liaison to other disciplines and programs.
• Provide governance insights and recommendations through strategic problem and data analysis.
• Strategic IT budget control by tracking activities and associated expenses in order to minimize cost variance.
• Manage and lead cross-functional teams throughout large-scale transformation initiatives related to data governance, IT operational planning, demand planning.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field of study.
• Minimum 10 years experience in a senior or leadership role responsible for the deployment of data governance.
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting.
• Proficiency in the MS Office suite is required.
• Experience in strategic planning and implementation for large scale corporate projects.
• Experience with leading industry data governance tools, data dictionary, etc.
• Strong working knowledge of data management best practices in a mining sector.
• Proven experience in developing and executing innovative options and solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills with an ability to effectively convey data and security governance concepts and principles to non-technical employees.
• Able to clearly define complex issues and work well in ambiguous situations.
• Leverages new technology to improve team and business performance.
• Strong results-oriented project management skills; well organized, with a high attention to detail.
• Strong ability to influence employees at all levels within the organization.
• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team environment across multiple sites.