Join an industry leader and make a positive change in the sustainable use of the world’s natural resources. Together, we will transform the business and drive the industry toward a greener future. At Metso, you will be supported by our inclusive culture and a network of colleagues from around the world. With us, you will embark on a personal growth journey and are encouraged to realize your potential. This is your invitation to rise above the possible. Job posting end date: 02/08/2026 We are seeking a Head of Planning and Simulation for our Minerals Segment Digital - organization. In this position, you will report to the VP of the Minerals Segment Digital and be part of the Minerals Segment Digital leadership team. Planning & Simulation is the unit where we manage our consumables wear and process simulation technology and digital offering for long-term planning, short-interval control, and operator training simulators. You shall lead a global unit consisting of Technology, Product Management, and Customer Success teams working both in Minerals Processing and Metals Refining. We already have a strong foothold in some of our markets together with our brands of HSC Chemistry and Geminex, but have identified significant growth potential both regionally and process area-wise. You understand that a digital portfolio is more powerful together, being a team player working with your colleagues, heading other digital service & product groups is required to create the most competitive digital offering in the market. And combining digital with our wider Metso offering of capital equipment, services, and consumables is what we truly aspire to be Metso 1. Results you deliver and leadership you bring: Make Metso’s digital process planning and simulation technology and services for Minerals Processing and Metals Refining plants & equipment the most attractive in the marketplace, as well as serving our internal functions to differentiate Metso from competitors. Deliver on the ambitious growth of our process simulation, long-term planning, short-interval control, and operator training simulator solution orders and sales globally through commercialization and collaboration with Market Areas. Expand sales channels by ensuring your offering is included in capital sales and aftermarket cases, including Lifecycle Services, with a clear value proposition both to sales and customers. Grow sales and training offering for our HSC Chemistry Software towards EPCMs and Academia. Turn the vision of long-term production planning, short-interval control software, and the operating model of a concentrator plant into action. Collaborate with other digital leaders to create the best digital offering for Metso. Manage the sales and delivery backlog together with your teams to maintain rightsized engineering teams globally. Drive innovation and development alignment with customer needs. Manage your finances efficiently. Drive business performance improvement. Seek opportunities in existing customers to cross-sell digital offerings to increase customer experience and value. Develop a global operating model for your unit - in collaboration with the larger digital unit to ensure streamlined and scalable processes. Ensure compliance with agreed practices globally. Lead in a highly ambitious growth culture organization and understand that we want to do everything possible to make it. You drive a culture of safety in everything you do. You start with safety. Who you are You have a university degree in Metallurgy or Mathematical Optimization combined with commercial business acumen. Experienced people leader for leaders with the ability to engage and motivate people. You have a track record of developing high-performance culture in a global organization. You are experienced in industrial plant operations, both on equipment and process levels. You know what type of services customers appreciate. Your experience is preferably from a Mining & Minerals Processing background. You have worked for an industrial plant. You can create clearly defined and executable service & product concepts that we can scale globally to different regions and customer locations. You can drive efficient improvement of the products and services. You understand that customer segments vary and can communicate a clear offering for each segment. You can capture the opportunities emerging technologies (such as AI) offer in the process planning & simulation workspace to create market leading offering. You are experienced in mathematical and 1st principles optimization and can expand on it with data from processes. You have a solid executive presence and ability to foster relationships and influence customers in the mining industry You can communicate fluently in a global environment. What's in it for you We offer you an opportunity to work with top of the class experts as well as the latest emerging data & AI technologies in a global community and influence the industry towar