Senior Advisor, Process

Senior Advisor, Product Owner - Supply Chain Scheduling & Optimisation 

Excited to grow your career? 

• Permanent full-time role | Mon – Fri | Based at the Operations Centre, Perth airport 

• Drive innovation by creating digital solutions that drive business success 

• Lead cross-functional teams to develop strategic products in an agile environment 

• Own the roadmap, turn user needs into solutions, and enhance operations 

• Challenge yourself to drive change and develop key partner relationships with project teams 

• Work in a collaborative and fast paced environment 

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 different.  

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 

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 

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 

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 

• Full relocation provided to Western Australia 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.