Senior Manager Product Portfolio - P&SD

Senior Manager Product Portfolio

Rio Tinto is building a world-class software engineering capability

We are at the forefront of automation and intelligent mining. In keeping with our pioneering spirit, we’re building an internal software engineering capability focused on high value, strategic products that will enable the digital transformation of Rio Tinto. To accelerate us through this journey, helping us to expand our thinking, capabilities, and ability to deliver, we’re partnering with one of the world’s best software engineering companies. Do you want to join us on this journey to digitally transform Rio Tinto?

Right now, we are a small, multi-cultural and diverse “start-up” team, who are inclusive and committed to building and scaling a deeply engaged, fulfilled and high-performance software delivery team. We have a culture of inclusion, agility, innovation and learning curiosity where our people work on engaging opportunities and problems that build the digital future for Rio Tinto and help the world progress. 

About the role

The Senior Manager Product Portfolio reports directly to the General Manager of Products & Software Development, leading the product ownership stream. In this role you will build a product ownership and portfolio capability. 

The Senior Manager Product Portfolio is responsible for both product planning and internal product marketing ensuring establishment and widespread recognition of a product “marketplace”. Coordination of the Product Owner team in managing the products throughout the Product Lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering teams, to deliver valuable products. It also includes working with the wider Rio Tinto organisation on the Portfolio Management processes to ensure that the most valuable work is being prioritised and that revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.

 Specific accountabilities include;

• Defines the portfolio vision, strategy, and roadmap, accountable to develop and maintain the P&SD portfolio and integrate with the broader organisation for future development.
• Builds new products, and implements new ideas, identifies business needs and solves problems that ultimately bring added value.
• Builds a ‘marketplace’ of Platforms/Products for the business to start using products and have an integrated approach as a long-term goal.
• Defines, supports and builds the development and practice maturity of Product Ownership so that the business service and value statements define the valuable business problem(s), priorities and justifications for new and existing products.
• Leads the practice of user experience, user interface and business analysts (supporting product owners)
• Works closely with delivery and engineering teams to ensure business case and customer satisfaction goals are met.

About you

You will bring a deep career experience where you have performed to a high level in a value driven environment and have defined and launched products that meet and exceed business objectives. You build, grow and lead your teams with a commitment to inclusion, innovation excellence, growth and caring for people.

You have a passion for delivering digital assets or products that deliver ongoing superior value, and for being on the journey to product management. You may have worked within numerous digital transformations, and you will appreciate that transformation challenges don’t come in perfect sizes nor are smooth, and so are energised by the opportunity to create tomorrow within a team committed to doing the same.

A few other things to consider;

• Understanding and in-depth experience in modern product practices.
• Strategic thinker and leader.
• Very strong partnering and negotiation skills with a capability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree level or holds a relevant professional qualification and may have a postgraduate qualification such as an MSc, MBA, or other appropriate business, engineering, scientific or industry qualification.

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
• An excellent 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.
• Attractive share ownership plan.
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options.
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Domestic relocation if required.

Every Voice Matters

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.

Come and join us in this exciting journey as a member of the leadership team, where you be integral in establishing and executing on our strategy, building our team, implementing best practices and technology to meet our plans for scaling and value delivery.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.