PMO Specialist

• Based in Shanghai – China

About the role

The PMO (Project Management Office) Specialist supports the GM Procurement – China, BP Simfer & Projects in tracking and landing strategic priorities, progressing key projects, and strengthening team coordination and communication. This role is hands-on, execution-focused, and helps ensure critical matters are actively progressed and effectively communicated across China Procurement Hub, Simfer Procurement, and BP Projects.

Reporting to the GM Procurement – China, BP Simfer & Projects, you will:

• Track progress and milestones for strategic priorities, key initiatives, and action items

• Provide regular updates to the GM, highlighting progress, risks, and delays

• Support day-to-day PMO activities: project updates, dashboards, and documentation

• Coordinate inputs and feedback across teams for smooth project progression

• Organise team training, activities, and team-building events to foster a positive culture

• Support quarterly townhall, monthly team meetings’ planning and delivery, including content and follow-up

• Track and visualize team spend, savings, and performance metrics

• Prepare materials for senior leadership meetings: briefing notes, talking points, and draft speeches

• Curate stories and materials for China Hub, Simfer Procurement, and BP Projects

• Maintain shared team documentation and leverage AI tools to improve productivity

About you

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

• Bachelor degree as minimum, major in communication, project management is preferred.

• 2-5 years’ experience in PMO support, project coordination, consulting, procurement, or related roles

• Strong tracking, coordination, and execution support skills

• Structured thinking and clear communication (Mandarin and English is required, French is preferrable)

• High ownership, attention to detail, and follow-through

• Experience supporting senior leaders or high-profile initiatives is advantageous

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization; interest in AI tools

Where you will be working

You will be based in our office in Shanghai. 

Since Rio Tinto established its first office in Beijing almost 40 years ago with just three people, the Group has built partnerships with China that span supply, innovation, knowledge transfer, culture and procurement. It's a relationship that has been transformative for Rio Tinto and which continues to make a significant contribution to China’s growth story.

The company’s history in China stretches back over a century, when Rio Tinto made the first borates sales to the country. Since 1973 when Rio Tinto was one of the first foreign companies to export iron ore to China, it has shipped over 2.5 billion tonnes of the commodity, more than any other mining company. This extraordinary volume has been driven in large part by the pioneering joint ventures and partnerships that the Group has forged in recent decades.

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.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.

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