Manager Project Delivery Functional
Job Summary
Lead businesscritical project delivery in one of Rio Tintos largest transformation programs
Shape how global teams adopt SAP S/4HANA and redesigned business processes
Drive outcomes influence lead and deliver at scale
12 month fixed term opportunity
About the role
As Manager Project Delivery - Functional Delivery you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving businessfacing delivery across Rio Tintos Modern ERP (SAP S/4HANA) transformation.
This role is designed for an experienced Project Manager leader who can confidently take charge of complex delivery at scale. Youll provide strategic oversight across multiple functional workstreams ensuring plans dependencies and risks are actively managed while keeping delivery on track through the S/4HANA uplift.
Youll lead and coach a team of Project Managers responsible for functional and processled delivery setting clear direction and standards while maintaining strong visibility across scope schedule cost and quality. Ensuring solutions are not only delivered on time but are genuinely ready for realworld business use.
What youll be doing
Lead and coach a team of Project Managers delivering functional ERP workstreams across the SAP S/4HANA program
Own endtoend project delivery planning including schedules resourcing dependencies and integrated delivery views
Maintain strong oversight of delivery risks and issues actively resolving crossstream dependencies to keep momentum
Ensure business processes and teams are fully ready for testing adoption and successful golive
Partner closely with GPOs functional SMEs and business stakeholders to align delivery priorities with business outcomes
Drive delivery performance across scope cost time and quality using clear governance and reporting
Manage Systems Integrator performance within a commercial delivery model to ensure commitments are met
Provide strong daytoday leadership by setting direction prioritising work coaching the team and removing blockers
What youll bring
Proven program and project delivery experience in complex environments
Direct experience delivering an ERP transformation or major upgrade
SAP experience ideally SAP S/4HANA (highly desirable)
Strong leadership capability with experience leading delivery teams
Confidence working with senior business stakeholders and delivery partners
Ability to translate business needs into executable delivery plans
Strong risk management prioritisation and decisionmaking skills
Experience working with Systems Integrators or thirdparty vendors
SAP experience ideally SAP S/4HANA (highly desirable)
What We Offer
Be recognised for your contribution your thinking and your hard work
A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
Competitive base salary with annual incentive program
Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance
Attractive share ownership plan
Career development & education assistance
Flexible working arrangements
Be part of Rio Tintos global Modern ERP transformation contributing directly to one of the organisations most significant multiyear programs
Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
Exclusive employee discounts (banking accommodation cars retail and more
Where Youll Be Working
Youll join the Modern ERP Program a multidisciplinary team bringing together technology process data and change specialists to reshape how work happens across Rio Tinto. Were modernising a 20yearold ERP system and redesigning core business processes to improve safety efficiency and ignite innovation.
This work supports our people across global operations to spend less time on transactional tasks and more time on work that really matters. By simplifying and digitising how the organisation runs the Modern ERP Program is creating the foundation for future productivity gains smarter decisionmaking and AIenabled transformation.
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 cant do it on our own so were 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 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.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining group that focuses on finding, mining and processing the Earth’s mineral resources. Discover more about Rio Tinto's mining operations today.