Senior Director of Geology
industrial_energy_operations › Geology · M6 — M6 — Vice President · Management
Senior executive who leads the entire geology function across multiple exploration or mining sites, setting technical strategy and resource growth targets for the organization.
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What this role is
Senior executive who leads the entire geology function across multiple exploration or mining sites, setting technical strategy and resource growth targets for the organization. At the Vice President (M6) level, the role owns a major function or division, enterprise priorities and external factors, and drives division-wide / organization-wide. Leads the leadership of a division.
What this level does
- Leads the geology function through senior managers across multiple project divisions, shaping long-term strategy with lasting effect on the company's technical reputation and success
- Resolves abstract, cross-functional issues connecting geological interpretation, commercial/contract management, and multi-year resource-portfolio strategy
- Negotiates with client and partner executives on critical geological program commitments and influences industry technical standards and policy
- Sets the long-term direction for geological capability — talent pipelines, geospatial and modeling technology investment, and cross-division geoscience integration
- Knowledge applied
- Applies deep cross-divisional leadership to define long-term geological strategy and capability across the function.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Addresses abstract, cross-functional issues spanning interpretation, commercial, and multi-year portfolio strategy.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Negotiates with executives on critical matters and influences industry technical policy.
- Typical experience
- 12–15+ years with deep leadership across geology departments or divisions.
Skills at this level
- Analyzing Data or Information
- — Identifies the underlying geological principles, reasons, or facts by breaking down field, mapping, and laboratory data into separate parts to interpret deposits and subsurface conditions.
- Getting Information
- — Observes, receives, and obtains geological information from all relevant sources including field surveys, aerial photographs, rock samples, and remotely sensed data.
- GIS and Geospatial Technology
- — Uses GIS, remote sensing, and geospatial technologies including ArcGIS to produce geologic mapping and manage geodatabase attribution in an enterprise environment.
- Geological and Groundwater Modeling
- — Uses groundwater and geological modeling software plus graphics editing and data manipulation tools to produce publication-quality figures and geospatial analyses.
- Communication
- — Presents geological research findings clearly to varied audiences, including both scientists and stakeholders without a geoscience background, through reports, papers, and presentations.
- Field Study Planning and Sampling
- — Plans and directs field studies, visiting locations to collect physical samples and conduct surveys, and coordinates specialized laboratory chemical analyses such as geochronology and geochemistry.
- Resource Deposit Interpretation
- — Analyzes aerial photographs, rock samples, and integrated data to locate deposits of natural resources and estimate their size and commercial significance.
- Contract and Commercial Management
- — Owns the contractual and commercial framing of geological deliverables, extending accountability beyond geology into contract negotiation and client program commitments.
- Team Leadership and Mentoring
- — Provides leadership across geology project teams and mentors junior staff, developing field competencies toward interpretation and accountability.
- Working with Computers
- — Uses computers and computer systems to enter, process, and interpret geological data, run modeling software, and manage geospatial workflows.
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