Manager Planning and Governance, ePMO – Perth or Brisbane, Australia

Manager Planning and Governance, ePMO – Perth or Brisbane, Australia

• Lead integrated planning and governance for the APAC Region at Rio Tinto
• Provide capability to prioritise and sequence programs and projects.
• Join a supportive leadership team dedicated to your growth.
• Permanent full-time role in our Perth or Brisbane office.

About the role

Innovate for a better future

The Manager, Planning & Governance, is a global role specialising in integrated planning, dependency management, annual planning, and related governance. Working closely with the ePMO team (Value & Benefits, Demand, Risk, Governance & Assurance, Resourcing).

This role ensures that programs and projects are prioritised and sequenced to align with strategic objectives, utilising the value framework. By minimising conflicts and resource contention across the technology portfolio from roadmap to implementation levels, the Manager creates a single, integrated plan known as the “Portfolio Master Schedule”.

This is in context of the role of the ePMO:

Global Scope:

The ePMO operates across multiple regions, countries, or continents.

Strategic Alignment:

The global ePMO aligns the technology portfolio with the broader Rio Tinto strategy.

Governance and Compliance:

The PMO navigates international regulations and compliance requirements.

Collaboration and Communication:

The ePMO facilitates virtual collaboration across time zones.

Resource Allocation and Capacity Planning:

The global ePMO optimises resource allocation across regions.

Metrics and Reporting:

The ePMO tracks performance metrics consistently across global projects.

As our preferred applicant you are a promoter and ambassador of the new culture and ways of working. You bring deep expertise and are a proven coach of this competency and capability in teams. You take care for and nurture the growth of your team members to ensure they are inspired by a sense of purpose and are continually building their mastery and autonomy.

Key Accountabilities

Chapter leadership accountabilities – people development

• Develops and continuously improves the chapter with a deliberate and structured pathway for the types of projects, leveraging the people capability model.
• Provides strategic execution and operational leadership.
• Professional growth and technical expertise.
• Recruitment and Team Development.

Integrated Planning

• Establish and mature the IS&T enterprise integrated planning capability & framework in the ePMO.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive and sequenced change initiative portfolio and the associated RAIDD (Risk, Assumptions, Interdependencies, Dependencies and Decisions).

• Provide key insights, risks, opportunities and actions in line with regular governance and cadence that result from the integrated planning process

Dependency Management

• Identify and ensure interdependencies between change initiative roadmaps are managed.
• Working with Program & Product managers, minimise risks arising from dependencies.

Overall Annual Planning

• Develop the annual project plan as part of the APR process aligned with priorities.
• Ensure sufficient resource requirements identification
• Monitor progress throughout the year.

Governance

• Provide input into project management policies and guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with standards.
• Evaluate project performance.
• Define integrated planning governance processes.

• Initiate regular change initiatives audits.
• Provide guidance on project management best practices

What you’ll bring

• Strong safety mindset and experience with operational and project safety, both physical and psychosocial.
• Collaborative Influence: Acts as a key liaison between the chapter team, other chapters, and domains supporting cross-functional initiatives and ensuring that the chapter’s contributions are well-integrated within the larger context of IS&T and Rio Tinto projects.
• Expert and experienced PMO skills and competencies.
• Experienced and passionate about integrated planning.
• Strength and curiosity in using data to drive improvements.
• Superior supplier partnership management, outcome-based skills.
• Knows the status of projects within the portfolio.
• Strong people leadership in career development and performance management.

What we offer

• We offer a range of flexible working and leave options, so you can balance your work and life commitments and interests. Have a conversation with us about how this could work for you, including requests for part time hours.
• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you have helped the world progress.
• An excellent 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.
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options.
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more).
• Domestic relocation if required.

Every Voice Matters

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.

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

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