Principal Reward, Global Benefits

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

As Principal Reward, Global Benefits, you will lead the strategy, governance and evolution of BHP's retirement, healthcare and insured benefit programs across multiple countries and regions. You will provide expert advice on benefits design, funding and risk management, while partnering with senior stakeholders and regional Reward teams to deliver sustainable and market-leading benefits for our workforce.

This role plays a critical part in shaping BHP's benefits strategy, ensuring programs remain financially sustainable, compliant and aligned to our reward philosophy. As a trusted adviser to senior leaders, you will influence benefits outcomes for a global workforce operating across diverse regulatory and business environments.

Key Accountabilities will include

• Lead the development and execution of BHP's global retirement, healthcare and insured benefits strategy.
• Provide thought leadership and trusted advice to senior leaders on global benefits strategy, funding, governance and emerging risks.
• Oversee benefit plan design, funding, investment and risk management frameworks across multiple jurisdictions.
• Identify opportunities to improve benefit effectiveness, mitigate risk and optimise long-term cost outcomes.
• Provide expert advice on employee benefit implications associated with acquisitions, divestments and organisational change.
• Partner with regional Reward and HR teams to ensure effective implementation and governance of benefit programs globally.
• Monitor legislative, regulatory and market developments to identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with insurers, consultants, actuaries and other external partners.
• Support strategic Reward initiatives and contribute to the ongoing development of Reward capability across the organisation.

About You

• Significant experience leading or advising on pensions, retirement and employee benefits strategy within a large multinational organisation or consulting firm.
• Experience managing complex benefit programs across multiple countries and regulatory environments.
• Deep understanding of benefit strategy, governance, funding and risk management principles.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability, with the ability to translate complex data into clear business recommendations.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and managing relationships across global and culturally diverse environments.
• Demonstrated success leading strategic initiatives and delivering outcomes in complex organisations.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to simplify complex technical concepts.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions or major organisational change activities would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of Australian, UK and US pension and employee benefits environments would be beneficial.

Open for applications until 28-Sep-2026

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms. 

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com.