Commercialisation Manager/Principal Adviser

Commercialisation Manager/Principal Advisor – Steel Decarbonisation

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities

• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits

• Support the commercialisation pathways!

• Real meaningful and impactful work in a mining giant

• Based in Perth, Australia or Singapore

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

The decarbonisation of the steel industry between now and future is likely to change the iron ore supply chain as we know it. The next 20 years will see the largest and fastest change in iron and steelmaking technology the industry has seen in decades. Positioning Rio Tinto as sustainability leaders is key in realising our ambitions, strategy and growth agenda. The Steel Decarbonisation team is at the forefront of this and will shape pathways for Rio Tinto’s iron ores in a decarbonised iron and steelmaking future.

The purpose of the Rio Tinto Steel Decarbonisation (RTSD) team is to:​

• Protect the long-term value of Rio Tinto’s iron ore through development and scale up of cost-effective technologies that utilise our iron ores in the future low-carbon steel industry

• To position Rio Tinto to participate in the nascent green iron market, and

• To provide steel decarbonisation analysis and intelligence to support decisions on Rio Tinto’s future iron ore resource portfolio, product strategy, and renewable energy development.

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Success will be driven through the development and execution of a pipeline of technical and commercial opportunities, developed through deep partnerships across the value chain from ore body to steel end users

We are recruiting for a Commercialisation Manager/Principal Advisor – Steel Decarbonisation to join our team!

The primary accountability of this role is to identify, define, develop and lead commercialisation pathways for existing and emerging iron and steel decarbonisation opportunities within RTSD.

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Reporting to the Senior Manager Steel Decarbonisation Business Development, you will be:

• External facing for the development of relationships with industry peers, customers, technology providers, customer representatives, JV participants and other industry stakeholders to identify and develop early-stage and partnering opportunities for RTSD.

• Lead and shape commercial aspects of projects, including participation, timing and leveraging enablers such as government and industry leveraged funding.  

• Working with internal stakeholders, to identify, assess and mitigate commercial & technical risks.

• Be a key focal point for the region to strategically align and identify key interdependencies across projects in the region

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Deep interpersonal and influencing skills

• Around 10-15 years of commercial experience with a background in sales and marketing or commercial or procurement or legal

• Understanding of adjacent markets and their influence on decarbonisation pathways

• Proven abilities in navigating and operating successfully in a matrix organization, with stakeholders’ engagement and business partnering skills being key requisites

Where you will be working

Centrally located in beautifully appointed offices in Central Park – Perth, CBD.  Everything at your doorstep and just a short walk to all transport.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements

• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave

• 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

• 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); and

• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

Application Deadline: 29th Nov 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions

 Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.”

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

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.