• Job Description

  Req#: RITM9929512

  Manager – Strategy and Architecture

  • Great opportunity to shape the future of our organisation and empower our team to achieve remarkable success
  • Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
  • Permanent position – Perth based – flexible work environment

  All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

  About the role:

  We are looking for a dynamic and visionary Manager – Strategy and Architecture to lead our Enterprise Architecture team and drive strategic transformation and innovation within our organization. As a preferred candidate of this role, you will be responsible for not only aligning technology strategies with our business objectives but also leading and developing a high-performing team of Enterprise Architects. Your role will involve driving the strategic impact of technology initiatives, fostering a culture of innovation, and ensuring the success of our digital transformation efforts.

  Reporting to the Head of Enterprise Architecture and working in a collaborative and exciting environment within our Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) team. You will:

  • Lead and manage a team of Enterprise Architects by providing guidance, mentorship, and professional development opportunities. You will define team objectives, establish performance metrics, and foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment by promoting knowledge sharing and cross-functional collaboration
  • Strategic alignment – develop and implement technology roadmaps that align with our overall business strategies, and drive the strategic impact of technology initiatives by identifying opportunities for innovation and competitive differentiation
  • Continuously scan the technological landscape, assess emerging trends, and identify innovative opportunities for business transformation
  • Lead the exploration and adoption of emerging technologies, methodologies, and best practices
  • Provide customer-centric solutions – deeply understand customer needs, pain points and preferences to design customer-centric solutions
  • Act as a trusted advisor, you will provide technology leadership and guidance to senior stakeholders, and you will stay abreast of technology advancements to ensure the organisation’s technology infrastructure is scalable, secure and aligned with industry best practices
  • Foster a collaborative environment and lead organisational change initiatives, promoting the adoption of new technologies and ways of working

  What We Are Looking For

  As our ideal candidate, you will have:

  • High levels of experience in IT enterprise architecture in a large corporate or consulting environment with the ability to drive strategic transformation and innovation
  • Strong leadership and people management skills, with demonstrated experience leading and managing a highly performing team, providing vision, direction, and regular communication to team members
  • Strong strategic thinking and business acumen, with the ability to align technology strategies with business goals and objectives
  • Excellent change management skills with a track record of successfully leading digital transformation initiatives
  • Exceptional collaboration, and stakeholder engagement and influencing skills with demonstrated ability to communicate in both technical and business language to a diverse range of senior stakeholders
  • Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, or other related discipline, or equivalent experience
  • In-depth knowledge of emerging technologies, such as AI, cloud computing, blockchain, and data analytics would be preferred

  If you are a passionate leader with a drive for innovation, strategic transformation and developing high performing team, we would like to hear from you.

  What we offer

  Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and 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 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
  • Company provided insurance cover
  • Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
  • Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
  • Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
  • Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
  • Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

  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 almost 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 will be working

  Rio Tinto Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) operates to enable better alignment with customer priorities, end-to-end accountability and flexibility to prioritise critical work. The function provides solutions that are aligned with current and future business requirements through the development and ongoing delivery of IT strategy and solution roadmaps. Through appropriate governance, consultative processes, and the use of industry best practices, IS&T also ensures that emerging technologies and innovative ideas are constantly evaluated, considered, and adopted, to provide easy-to-use, best-in-class solutions and services.

  Every Voice Matters

  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.

• About the company

  Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian multinational and the world's second largest metals and mining corporation, behind BHP, producing iron ore, copper, diamonds, gold and uranium.

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