Principal Advisor Market Analysis (8- Months Contract / Secondment)

Rio Tinto; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety-first culture

Inclusive environment

Career development

Competitive salary

Wellbeing support

Multicultural environment

Job summary

Rio Tinto's Commercial team in Singapore is seeking a Principal Advisor - Market Analysis to deliver insights on lithium demand and pricing. You will strengthen analytical frameworks and help shape strategic decisions with robust data and forward-looking forecasts.

You will build global and regional demand models, track short- to medium-term trends, and explore AI-enabled automation to improve reporting and workflow efficiency within a diverse, safety-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant Degree qualifications.
• 6 years relevant experience within a commodity focused MNC.
• Experience using AI tools and coding to automate data collection, processing and reporting workflows.
• Experience developing automated data pipelines that integrate multiple data sources and reduce manual effort.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Exposure to trading environment would be an added advantage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English) are essential.
• Candidates with expertise in applying generative AI to decision-making, market analysis, workflow automation, and productivity enhancement strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Develop global and regional demand models.
• Maintain tracking metrics for short- to medium-term demand over a 0–3 year horizon.
• Maintain a view on current market pricing together with a forecast of short-term movements.
• Monitor industry developments and provide analysis on how various events will impact forecast prices.
• Identify opportunities for AI-enabled workflow improvements and translate business requirements into practical solutions.

Skills

AI tools

Coding

Automated data pipelines

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Trading exposure

Education

Relevant Degree qualifications

Tools

Automation tools

Job description

• Key role in formulating short-term market insights & price forecasts for the Group
• Opportunity to influence key decisions globally
• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

Why explore

• Key role in formulating short-term market insights & price forecasts for the Group
• Opportunity to influence key decisions globally
• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About The Role

We are looking for a Principal Advisor - Market Analysis to provide insightful analysis within the lithium market analysis and strategy team, with a focus on lithium demand and pricing. The role will also help strengthen and improve the team’s analytical framework and toolkit.

Reporting to the Senior Manager - Market Analysis & Strategy, you will,

Market Analysis & Forecasting

• Developing a deep understanding of the battery supply chain.
• Maintain, develop and validate global and regional demand models.
• Develop and maintain tracking metrics that provide leading indicators of short- to medium-term demand over a 0–3 year horizon, covering key regions, end-use industries and products.
• Contribute to longer term demand discussion and trends, including battery chemistry and intensity of use analysis in various battery types.
• Maintain a view on current market pricing together with a forecast of short-term movements.
• Monitor industry developments and provide analysis on how various events will impact forecast prices

Analytical Framework Development

• Identify opportunities for AI-enabled workflow improvements and translate business requirements into practical solutions.
• Assess opportunities to use AI assistants, agents and automation tools to improve productivity, reporting and analytical workflows.
• Collaborate with broader Battery Materials and Economics teams to increase intel collection.
• Seek leading indicators to predict short term price movements.

About You

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have

• Relevant Degree qualifications.
• 6 years relevant experience within a commodity focused MNC.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools and coding to automate data collection, processing and reporting workflows.
• Experience developing automated data pipelines that integrate multiple data sources and reduce manual effort.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Exposure to trading environment or a strong industry network would be an added advantage
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English) are essential.
• Candidates with expertise in applying generative AI to decision-making, market analysis, workflow automation, and productivity enhancement strongly encouraged to apply.

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 safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Career development to further your ambitions
• Competitive salary package
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support
• Exciting multicultural working environment

Where you will be working

Our Commercial function at Rio Tinto connects our product groups, customers and suppliers from mine to market. We bring together Sales & Marketing and Trading (Sell), Global Procurement (Buy), and Marine & Logistics (Move) to buy, sell and move the materials the world needs, by partnering across the value chain to optimise outcomes for our customers and the Group. Headquartered in our global Commercial hub in Singapore, and with a strong presence in Chicago, Frankfurt, Antwerp and across Asia in Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, we work as one team to deliver customer centric value, safely and sustainably. Work at the heart of our global Commercial hub in Singapore, partnering cross-functionally across Buy, Sell and Move to shape strategy and deliver mine‑to‑market value around the world.

Application Deadline 2 October 2026

(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.

Respect and Inclusion

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