Incubation Manager, Innovation, Science and Technology Group (ISTG)
- Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
- Access to industry-leading technical development programmes
- Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
- Diverse & challenging projects
- Role based in Singapore
About the role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are looking for an entrepreneurial Incubation Manager as part of our newly established Growth team within Innovation, Science and Technology Group (ISTG).
This is a great opportunity for an innovative leader with strong entrepreneurial skills to drive incubation projects forward.
We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.
Reporting to the Head of Growth & Ventures and working in a challenging and exciting environment within Rio Tinto’s Innovation, Science & Technology Group, you will:
- Lead the Incubation team, helping set its vision, strategy, and objectives
- Identify and evaluate new business opportunities, technologies, and trends relevant to the mining industry and future of Rio Tinto
- Manage the incubation process from ideation to proof of concept, and thereafter ultimately to commercial scale-ups
- Work as one team with Ventures, helping generate projects from our start-up partners to help them scale and deliver impact
- Bring together and collaborate with Product Group, Functional and R&D stakeholders to leverage the capabilities and expertise relevant to each project
- Design and implement measures to assess and report on progress and value creation
- Contribute to a team culture of inclusiveness and foster collaboration, and be a relentless supporter of risk-taking by “playing to win” vs. “playing not to lose”
- Communicate complicated ideas in a simple way (verbal, written, slides) to a variety of internal and external stakeholders and senior leaders
What you’ll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Degree in a technical discipline
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
- Outstanding communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
- A minimum of 10 years of professional experience, with a proven track record in start-ups, incubation, venture capital or similar
- Strong understanding of valuations, ideally in the context of heavy industry innovation
- Excellent leadership and management skills focused on leading by example
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
- Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
- Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
- Wellbeing benefits
- Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
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 and meet opportunities.
Where you’ll be working
Rio Tinto’s Innovation, Science & Technology Group (ISTG) is committed to advancing the frontiers of mining technology and finding better ways. By bringing together the best in talent and ideas, combined with fast decision making, we are committed to accelerating and incubating the highest value innovation projects for Rio Tinto, the mining or adjacent industries and our value chains.
Growth & Ventures is a new and exciting pillar of our ISTG team, combining our existing Venture Capital fund with a dedicated Growth team focused on Incubation and Commercial Scale-up capabilities.
Every Voice Matters
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.
