Programme Manager - Information Technology Projects
- Great opportunity to join a global mining organisation offering outstanding personal development and career opportunities
- Join us during this exciting time of growth and transformation and contribute to success of our PMO team
- Permanent opportunity based in Brisbane
About the role
All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.
We are looking for a Programme Manager - Information Technology Projects to be accountable for the delivery of application and technology infrastructure projects across our APAC E IS&T Portfolio. This role ensures the efficient and effective use of allocated resources to safely deliver programmes and projects on-time and on-budget, in a consistent way using a variety of delivery methodologies and tools that include Waterfall, DevOps and Agile. You will also be accountable for ensuring each project in the programme of work is reporting within the agreed metrics and thresholds for budget, schedule, quality and risk.
Reporting to the Manager, PMO & Delivery APAC East and working in a collaborative and exciting environment within our APAC East PMOteam, you will:
- Lead and manage a diverse team of resources to deliver a large Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) funded programme of work.
- Build and sustain a team culture of accountability, excellence, teamwork and continuous improvement through leading by example every day.
- Foster a culture of team collaboration across other areas of the business that encourages the sharing of success and leverages capability to meet challenges in your programme of work.
- Coach and align your team’s activities with relevant project management methodologies required (Waterfall, Agile etc).
- Maintain a forward programme plan that you review and update regularly.
What you’ll bring
- Tertiary qualification in Project Management and/or Programme Management, Information Technology or relevant engineering discipline.
- Proven experience in leading and nurturing a large, geographically disbursed and diverse teams of Project Delivery professionals.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and leaders across multiple business functions.
It will also be beneficial if you have:
- Demonstrated experience successfully delivering projects in remote and isolated environments.
- Familiarity with the application of HSE principles in the execution of projects.
- Experience with organisational change frameworks and tool.
- Experience with Agile and DevOps delivery methodologies.
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
- Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
- Attractive share ownership plan
- Brand new modern office building that is set up for you to do your best work and have a great time doing so, with breakout areas, little nooks, and quiet places to retreat (and we have a BBQ at level 20!)
- Company provided insurance cover
- Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
- Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
- Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
- Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
- Possible domestic relocation assistance
About Rio Tinto
Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.
For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.
Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.
Where you will be working
Rio Tinto Information Systems and Technology operates to enable better alignment with customer priorities, end-to-end accountability and flexibility to prioritise critical work. The function provides solutions that are aligned with current and future business requirements through the development and ongoing delivery of IT strategy and solution roadmaps. Through appropriate governance, consultative processes, and the use of industry best practices, IS&T also ensures that emerging technologies and innovative ideas are constantly evaluated, considered, and adopted, to provide easy-to-use, best-in-class solutions and services.
Every Voice Matters
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.
