Business Platforms and Services Leader - Brisbane, Australia - Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto

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Brisbane, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Business Platforms and Services Leader

Great opportunity to join a global leader in mining
Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
Work in a flexible work environment where we prioritise a healthy work/life balance
Permanent opportunity based in Brisbane, Perth or Montreal

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

We are looking for a highly experienced
Business Platforms and Services Leader to lead the Business Platforms and Services team which provide central governance and delivery of foundational elements of common business systems which span across multiple product lines such as Finance, Procurement, HR, HSES etc.

This role will form part of the leadership structure in Technology Platforms within our IS&T function, reporting to our
Head of Technology Platforms.

As a Senior Leader, you will bring thought leadership, strategic thinking and work with other parts of IS&T to transform the technology landscape.

You will also be accountable for global service delivery, improvement and vendor management.

You will keep abreast of new trends and best practices in technology and strive to deliver consistent and quality outcomes.

Your key accountabilities include but are not limited to:

Provide technical leadership to the evolving Business Platforms and Services team, contributing to the technology vision, direction and strategy
Lead the team for Business Platforms, partnerships, and external relationships
Define and manage the Solution Architecture and Roadmap in collaboration with Product Lines, and IS&T strategy and Enterprise Architecture functions
Deliver end to end Business Platform Services to product and project teams
Ensure Business Platforms are safe, stable and secure, and that it meets the availability expectations of the business
Approving, preparing, planning and managing new or changed services
Manage the performance of systems and services in terms of their contribution to business outcomes, financial costs and sustainability

You will have the following skills and experience:

Tertiary qualification in IT/Computer Science or relevant qualification
Extensive experience in Best of Breed enterprise platforms such as SAP S/4HANA, Workday, ERP etc.
Experience driving digital transformation and business growth and development through innovation and implementation of technology
Strong leadership skills with demonstrated experience leading and managing a highly performing team, providing vision, direction, and regular communication to all team members
Experience in managing large vendor contracts
Exceptional presentation, interpersonal, and stakeholder engagement skills with demonstrated ability to communicate in both technical and business language to a diverse range of stakeholders & senior leaders
Strong ability to influence at a senior level and at levels of the organisation
Experience working in product management, Service Management and running a DevOps team
Agile methodology experience would be preferred

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
Employee share ownership plan
Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
Career development & education assistance
Ongoing access to familyfriendly 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