Senior Project Manager

Shanghai, China Job Family Group: Information Technology (IT) Worker Type: Regular Posting Start Date: June 3, 2026 Business Unit: Projects and Technology Experience Level: Experienced Professionals Job Description: What’s the role This role will deliver strategic projects aligned with Lubricants China’s digital transformation and operational excellence goals. Lead medium-to-large projects of moderate-to-high complexity within the Lubricants China portfolio and, if needed, at corporate level, ensuring delivery of business value through disciplined project management and stakeholder engagement. What you’ll be doing Plan, execute, monitor, and close projects across Lubricants China’s landscape (e.g., Sales Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Operation). Manage scope rigorously through structured change processes. Develop and maintain stakeholder engagement plans; ensure clear communication across regional and global teams. Create and validate financial forecasts; track resource utilization. Identify and mitigate risks proactively; escalate issues promptly. Ensure compliance with Shell Project Delivery Framework and governance standards. Offer strong leadership to both the internal team and external vendors, mentor junior staff members, and take necessary action when performance falls outside of agreed limits. What you bring Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field. 8+ years in project management with exposure to complex, multi-stakeholder environments. Proven experience in managing sizeable teams (Typical project size: 10-20 FTE) and large budgets (>$2m). Strong skills in financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost control. Leadership of interdependent and virtual teams deliver results through others. Comprehensive end-to-end delivery expertise encompassing RFI/RFP processes, project scoping, team formation, requirements definition, design, build, and transition to support. Virtual team management experience as well as global partnership experience. PMI/PMP certification preferred. Excellent communication and influencing skills; ability to work in a matrix organization. Proficiency in English (spoken and written). Strong collaboration mindset. Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results. Commitment to Shell’s safety, ethics, and inclusion principles. What we offer You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself. Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together. Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead. Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices. Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise. Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself. Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working. Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world. Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents. Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply. Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams. Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes. We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here. We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesn’t feel like the perfect fit for your qualifications right now, we’d still love to hear from you. Consider creating a profile in our Talent Community so we can keep you in mind for future opportunities that may align with your skills. Shell in China Shell's story in China dates back to more than one century ago. All of Shell’s core businesses are now represented in China and our head office in China is in Beijing. As a leading global group of energy and petrochemical companies that is high up on the Fortune 500 list, Shell helps meet the world’s demand for energy in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways. We embrace the ambition to be the most competitive and innovative energy company in the world. Today, all of Shell’s core businesses – Upstream, Integrated Gas and New Energies, Downstream and Projects & Technology – are active in Chin