Workday Platform Manager

at  RIO Tinto

WORKDAY PLATFORM MANAGER

• Tremendous opportunity to join a global organisation at the forefront of mining
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
• Great work life balance and attractive benefits
• Be part of a group that is safety focused and values inclusion
• Permanent position that can be based in Brisbane or Perth, Australia, or Montreal, Quebec

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are looking for a Platform Manager who will have overall responsibility for Workday. The role will need to partner with various teams across the organisation, including Business Stakeholders, Product Owners, and numerous teams in IS&T to ensure ongoing operations and continuous improvement of Rio Tinto’s core HR platform.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced leader with expertise in Workday platform management at a global scale to take accountability for managing the core technology supporting the HR function, overseeing platform health, service performance, and continuous platform improvement to ensure operational experience and ongoing service stability.
This is an excellent opportunity build a team and establish best practices as Rio Tinto transitions to Workday across its global operations and will undoubtedly be one of the greatest professional challenges & rewards of your career as opportunities like this are truly few and far between.
We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Manager – Business Platforms and Services and working in collaborative and supportive environment within our Technology Platforms division, you will:

• Be responsible for managing the Workday Platform including overseeing system health, performance, issue identification and resolution to deliver maximum availability
• Champion data security working with the security lead to verify cross application security policies are in place and followed
• Ensure appropriate controls are in place regarding security access considering the high sensitivity of the information within the platform. This applies to both non-production as well as production tenants
• Ensure integrations to Workday, as the single source of truth for HR data, follows Rio Tinto’s current standards to maintain data integrity
• Oversee the implementation of new features and functions in Workday in line with prioritised business needs
• Establish and maintain the processes involved in making configuration changes to Workday, including appropriate testing and change control procedures that align with a Tier 1 application
• Find and mitigate Workday platform risks to a level acceptable within Rio Tinto risk matrix
• Ensure platform DR plans are developed, agreed with the software vendor (Workday), regularly reviewed and maintained
• Oversee the twice-yearly Workday releases
• Identify and implement opportunities for system optimisation and efficiencies
• Stay abreast of Workday releases and updates to effectively manage their impact.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of a release and environment management calendar for Workday
• Managing relationships and outcomes with external vendors, including software providers and Outsourcing Partners