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Member of the Special Projects Staff

Mariana Minerals· Special Projects
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San Francisco HQ$170k - $185kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Special Projects is a high-agency problem-solving team at Mariana Minerals that embeds quickly to solve the company’s most critical and least defined problems across engineering, operations, software development, finance, brand, and more.

Responsibilities

  • Own critical, ambiguous problems end-to-end: take on discrete problems with diverse stakeholders and drive to defined outcomes with high visibility within the company.
  • Build and lead teams you won't manage: assemble the right people from across the company for each project, set a pace, and bring them along.
  • Build systems that outlast the project: deliver iterative working solutions while creating the processes so the project succeeds on its own.
  • Communicate relentlessly and plainly: up and down the chain, set strategic direction and build consensus.
  • Execute with judgment: make real decisions in leadership's absence consistent with the company’s strategy; identify and scope special projects for the team.

Qualifications

  • 5-8+ years in roles that demanded ownership of undefined problems: engineering, operations, consulting, banking, construction, founder or early-employee at a startup, military service, or comparable. Preference for those who have operated at high-growth startups.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver results through people who do not report to you.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication.
  • Willingness to engage seriously with both technical and commercial material (mining/process engineering, construction, contract structure, financial modeling, software, robotics, autonomy architecture). Depth in any one of these areas is a plus, but genuine interest in all is a requirement.
  • Willingness to travel to our mines and refineries (Moab, UT; East Texas; potential international operations); 25-50% but subject to change.
  • No mining experience required, but industrial, technology, construction, aerospace, and/or manufacturing experience is a plus.

Skills

Required:Problem-solving and ownershipCross-functional leadershipCommunicationAdaptability in ambiguity

Benefits

  • Compensation: $170K – $185K • Offers Equity
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Mariana Minerals

We to the Future of Minerals, verify the mineral supply chain.

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies.

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