Senior Advisor, Process

at  RIO Tinto

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• Experience in Product Management
• Highly desirable to have expertise in resource Supply Chain Scheduling
• Proficient in Scaled Agile (SAFe) and integrating it into Lean Portfolios
• Adopts a supportive and transparent leadership style, fostering collaboration, problem-solving, and personnel development
• Skilled in influencing stakeholders, including Executives, on Scaled Agile principles and their impact on operations
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills, with expertise in product lifecycle management
• Deep understanding of technology, industry trends, customer needs, user experience principles, and business processes
• Experienced in defining and prioritizing product features and working with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals
• Demonstrates a customer-centric mindset, engaging with stakeholders to align priorities and backlog items
• Embraces Agile/SAFe values, actively participating in Agile ceremonies and fostering transparency and collaboration
• Maintains an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset, seeking improvements while respecting technical expertise
• Exhibits strong decision-making, proactive leadership, and effective communication while fostering collaboration, resilience, adaptability, and a commitment to quality

Our dynamic team is at the forefront of modernising the Rio Tinto supply chain scheduling & optimisation landscape, transforming processes and delivering impactful solutions that drive Rio Tinto’s change and sustainable value. Reporting to the Principal, Future Scheduling Platform you will be responsible for:

• Creating and maintaining the product roadmap, including epics and features, in collaboration with the Digital Product Lead and Solution Architect
• Communicating the roadmap to delivery teams and prioritising the product backlog with the Scrum Master and Business Analyst
• Providing decision support to product delivery teams to maximise the impact of their work, in partnership with Developers and Test Analysts
• Making decisions on product functionality, including accepting or rejecting features
• Managing the product backlog by consolidating user requirements, prioritising tasks, and ensuring visibility and clarity with input from Business Stakeholders and the Business Analyst
• Deciding on deployment release dates, content, and communication, while coordinating with enabling teams like the Release Train Engineer and Cyber Security
• Identifying and recommending additional features, improvements, and enhancements
• Acting as a liaison between Business Stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts, and Technology Stakeholders, centralising their needs
• Collaborating with other Product Owners to manage dependencies and future roadmaps
• Working with stakeholders to understand their needs and translate these into product requirements with input from Business Stakeholders and Solution Architect
• Iterating on product functionality in collaboration with users, Developers, and Test Analysts
• Partnering with architects and leadership to ensure product quality alongside Solution Architect and enabling teams like Data Management