Senior Manager - Internal Strategy Consulting

Senior Manager – Internal Strategy Consulting

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Work on Rio Tinto’s top priorities and deliver lasting sustainable impact
• Gain exposure across different product groups and functions to rapidly gain depth and breadth of experience of all parts of the business
• Interact with senior leaders, and assist in managing key relationships
• Play a key role on PACE Consulting leadership team, guiding and executing the global PACE strategy
• Permanent role directly employed by Rio Tinto based in Brisbane

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Senior Manager – PACE Consulting to join our established internal management consulting team. This is a crucial leadership position to ensure PACE accelerates the delivery of lasting value to our ‘clients’ by applying consulting experience, analytical insights, business knowledge and relationships.

This is a great opportunity for a team player with extensive Strategy Consulting experience to work on projects that deliver value to the business while enjoying a sustainable work life balance based in Brisbane.

Reporting to the General Manager PACE APAC Hubs, and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the PACE team, you will:

• Work with senior leaders to identify, scope and deliver consulting projects which create value for product group assets and functions
• Autonomously deliver one or more projects at a time, managing the interfaces and ensuring strong collaboration with clients and their teams
• Develop and lead the project work plan, milestones and deliverables for a combined team of PACE and client team members to deliver outcome with the right mindsets and behaviours
• Be the development lead of a team up to Senior Consultant level, to guide their growth and future careers
• Lead the recruitment, coaching and development of PACE team members

What you’ll bring

• Substantial experience leading projects in a top-tier consulting firm or complex, company-wide projects within a corporate environment: operational experience is highly regarded
• Extensive experience in leading and coaching teams to unleash their potential
• Demonstrated experience in conducting analysis, ensuring accurate and updated data from varying sources and interpreting complex results to find key opportunities
• Demonstrated ability to exercise critical thinking and challenge pre-established concepts
• Good understanding of business improvement principles and practices
• Experience working and delivering outcomes within industry
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field. MBA would be seen as advantageous

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 permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto with part time employment available
• Full relocation provided to Brisbane from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders

Where you’ll be working

PACE Consulting is an internal management consultancy embedded within Rio Tinto. It is focused on working with each part of the business on opportunities that will deliver the highest possible value. Rio Tinto has established PACE to support the business in many areas where it has previously sought external management consulting expertise.

Who we are 

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.

Applications close on Friday, 5th July 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).