AngloGold Ashanti
AngloGold Ashanti
AngloGold Ashanti is a global mining company with more than a century of industry experience and teams working across four continents. Its work is shaped by a focus on safety, respect, integrity, sustainability, excellence, and collaboration. The company’s careers environment emphasizes employee development, inclusion, and supportive working relationships, alongside community engagement and sustainability initiatives.

Innovation Manager – Nova Lima, Brazil (Onsite)

Lead regional digital innovation and Industry 4.0 initiatives at AngloGold Ashanti, a global gold-mining company. Develop technologies that support mine operations, workplace safety, and ESG objectives.

Description

  • Own the Innovation and Industry 4.0 roadmap for mining and processing operations
  • Guide integration between corporate platforms, automation systems, and operational technologies
  • Manage concurrent innovation initiatives across Latin American countries
  • Maintain technology standards while meeting local logistics and regulatory requirements
  • Define operational safety technology standards covering teleremote systems, autonomous operations, excavation monitoring, and personnel tracking
  • Build partnerships with startups, universities, research institutions, and technology providers
  • Advance technologies for energy efficiency, water stewardship, and decarbonization
  • Promote agile practices, continuous improvement, cross-functional collaboration, proof-of-concept work, and use of Brazil’s Lei do Bem tax incentive
  • Link the company to the global innovation ecosystem and obtain funding through Lei do Bem

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, such as Mining, Metallurgical, Control, Maintenance, Automation, or Computer Engineering, or in Information Technology
  • Postgraduate degree, MBA, or specialization in Innovation, Project Management, or a related discipline
  • Significant professional experience in the mining sector
  • Deep understanding of operational differences between open-pit and underground mining
  • Strong expertise in digital transformation
  • Knowledge of agile methodologies
  • Knowledge of data analysis, including Big Data and Analytics
  • Knowledge of fleet automation
  • Intermediate to advanced proficiency in English and Spanish
  • Willingness and flexibility to travel frequently within the country and internationally
  • Fluency in English, experience in industrial plants and both open-pit and underground mines, ability to structure ideas and create executive presentations, excellent communication skills, and demonstrated ability to integrate disciplines and negotiate across global and operational teams

Benefits

  • Medical and dental coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Food allowance
  • Meal allowance and/or access to an onsite cafeteria
  • Transportation allowance
  • Company transportation to operational locations
  • Profit-sharing program (PPR)
  • Education benefit
  • Programs supporting well-being, professional development, and quality of life
  • Technical training
  • Regulatory training
  • Kaizen, Full People Potential, and Zero Harm programs
  • Knowledge Pathway offering more than 280 courses
  • Individual development plan

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