Director of Mining Strategy & Growth
About The Position
The Director of Mining Strategy & Growth develops, expands, and executes Neya’s mining-sector strategy across defense and commercial markets. The role combines mining engineering expertise with strategic business development, portfolio growth, and program leadership. It identifies opportunities, shapes early concepts, steers capture activities, directs mining-related technical work, and builds a cohesive capability area aligned with Neya’s long-term growth objectives. The position leads mining-related strategy, business development, capture, and technical oversight. It provides senior technical guidance across mining engineering and collaborates across robotics, autonomy, sensing, mechanical, and software teams. The role also mentors engineers, coordinates resources across the mining portfolio, and influences division operations and enterprise-level capability development. The ideal candidate has a strong mining engineering background and experience engaging customers, leading cross-functional teams, and securing new business in defense-adjacent and traditional mining environments. The listed salary range is $165,000–$235,000, based on qualifications and experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related field.
- 10–15+ years of experience in mining engineering, mining technology development, or underground operations.
- Demonstrated experience in business development, customer engagement, or program capture.
- Familiarity with mining technologies, automation, sensing, robotics applications, and safety-focused engineering.
- Proven ability to lead teams, drive strategy, and influence organizational growth.
- Strong communication skills, including technical writing, customer engagement, and presenting complex engineering concepts.
- Ability to operate with enterprise-level independence and strategic authority.
- Exceptional judgment, deep customer understanding, and authoritative technical leadership across mining strategy, autonomy, and advanced engineering.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute Neya’s strategic direction for mining technologies, underground operations, autonomy, sensing, and advanced engineering solutions.
- Identify emerging opportunities and market gaps among DoD, commercial mining companies, research institutions, and international partners.
- Develop multi-year growth plans, investment strategies, and capability-building initiatives.
- Represent Neya’s mining capabilities at industry events, conferences, and strategic discussions with senior customers.
- Lead business development for mining-related defense and commercial programs, including early engagement, concept shaping, and customer relationship building.
- Drive capture strategies, bid/no-bid decisions, teaming arrangements, and alignment of technical solutions with customer needs.
- Support and oversee proposal development, including technical volumes, pricing inputs, partner coordination, and solution narratives.
- Maintain awareness of the competitive landscape, funding lines, acquisition pathways, and technology trends impacting mining operations.
- Provide senior technical expertise across underground operations, geomechanics, automation, robotics integration, sensing systems, and safety engineering.
- Guide staff supporting mining-related R&D, experimentation, modeling, and concept development.
- Review engineering deliverables for technical accuracy, quality, and alignment with program objectives.
- Lead or support feasibility studies, site assessments, risk analyses, concept design development, and technical evaluations.
- Mentor engineers working on mining and autonomy-related projects and identify training and development needs.
- Coordinate staffing, resource allocation, and technical support across mining portfolio projects.
- Collaborate with robotics, autonomy, sensing, mechanical, and software teams to integrate technical domains.
- Support project planning and risk management and provide leadership input into division operations and planning.
- Lead high-impact capture efforts and pursuit of major strategic contracts, influencing multi-year revenue growth.
- Shape organizational strategy, investment priorities, and enterprise-level capability development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
