Leaching Portfolio Manager

Why You Should Apply for This Job   At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing an employment package that recognizes excellence, encourages safe production and a culture supported by our core values. Here, you’ll find a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority, all opinions are valued, and people are empowered to grow in their career. Apply Today!   Where You Will Work     Our global headquarters is in Phoenix, Arizona. Several hundred employees support global operations in finance, human resources, information technology, planning and more from the main office, satellite offices or online. As a Hybrid employee, you’ll engage in virtual collaboration as well as attend in-person meetings at our Collaboration Hub in Phoenix or at one of our site locations. The Collaboration Hub provides an open, flexible workspace for individuals and teams to come together for various business needs. Amenities at the Hub include a working café, phone booths and meeting rooms with technology tools for virtual and in-person collaboration. In-person attendance may vary based on the position and department requirements.  Phoenix is the capital of the Grand Canyon State and enjoys mostly bright skies throughout the year. It is the perfect place if you enjoy the outdoors, love sports, concerts and other big city amenities or technology. There are great neighborhoods around Phoenix, with easy access to a major city, nature, the arts and many more amenities.   What You Will Do 
 Provide technical leadership across the Leach to the Last Drop (L2LD) portfolio, driving value realization, opportunity development, and assumption management. Establish, maintain, and continuously enhance the technical and economic assumptions that underpin portfolio value, ensuring opportunities are prioritized through sound engineering principles, economic rigor, and alignment with strategic objectives.   Lead the identification, evaluation, and advancement of copper recovery opportunities across both existing and emerging initiatives, including additive technologies, stockpile optimization, rehandling strategies, mill replacement alternatives, waste stockpile value capture, and other innovative recovery solutions. Guide portfolio decision-making through robust economic analysis, value tracking, technology assessments, and strategic prioritization to maximize long-term copper production, portfolio performance, and shareholder value.   Lead the development, governance, and continuous enhancement of technical and economic assumptions across the L2LD portfolio, including recovery improvements, leach kinetics, additive performance, implementation requirements, uncertainty analyses, and confidence intervals that support portfolio value optimization. Oversee portfolio-level value realization tracking by monitoring performance against targets, validating delivered value, reconciling position statements, and assessing realized economic benefits across sites, projects, and strategic initiatives. Drive the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of future copper recovery opportunities, including rehandling strategies, mill replacement alternatives, waste stockpile value capture, additive deployment, emerging technologies, and other value-enhancing initiatives. Lead scoping-level economic assessments for new concepts, technologies, and development opportunities by building investment cases, quantifying value potential, evaluating uncertainties, and providing strategic recommendations to support portfolio prioritization and decision-making. Manage the evaluation and advancement of third-party technologies by assessing technical readiness, economic viability, deployment pathways, implementation risks, intellectual property considerations, and alignment with portfolio objectives. Partner with site, technology, metallurgy, planning, and operations teams to define data collection requirements, establish validation and testing