Lead Platform Solution Design

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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

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Lead, Platform Solution Design – Workday

  • Shape the future of our People technology landscape by designing solutions that enhance efficiency and innovation. We're seeking an experienced professional to help us evolve our Workday platform and deliver value across our global operations.
  • Join a company that prioritises safety, values diversity, and supports flexible working arrangements—while offering competitive benefits and career growth opportunities.
  • We offer a range of flexible working and leave options, so you can balance your work and life commitments and interests. Have a conversation with us about how this could work for you, including requests for part time hours.
  • Permanent role based in Brisbane or Perth, giving you the flexibility to work with our global team.

About The Role

At Rio Tinto, we find better ways to provide the materials the world needs - that starts with building strong, innovative teams.

We're looking for a Lead Platform Solution Design to be instrumental in strategic alignment of business processes, system developments and solutions within our HR technology landscape. As part of our Business Platforms team, you'll play a key role in shaping the foundation of Workday across our global operations.

This is an opportunity for an experienced professional to enhance platform health, optimise service performance and continuous improvement. You'll be instrumental in establishing leading practices as we evolve our Workday solution, ensuring operational excellence and long-term stability.

Come and join a collaborative global team of industry experts, where your contributions are recognised with competitive, performance-based remuneration and broad career growth opportunities.

Reporting to the Functional Manager – People Platforms, you will
  • Leverage Workday expertise to understand stakeholder requirements and translate them into functional solutions.
  • Develop and document solution options for business review and approval.
  • Prototype system changes, including test script creation, execution, and analysis.
  • Evaluate and recommend alternative design options, considering trade-offs and business impact.
  • Identify and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within HCM solutions.
  • Model, simulate, or prototype platform behaviour to validate solutions.
  • Configure, build, and test system changes while managing impact assessments and regression testing for vendor releases.
  • Ensure adherence to change and release processes for smooth deployment.
  • Monitor system health, performance, and issue resolution to maximize platform availability.
  • Maintain data security and controls, ensuring compliance with Rio Tinto's risk framework.
  • Identify and mitigate platform risks, while optimizing system performance and efficiency.

What You Will Bring
  • Safety First - you're committed to creating a safe and supportive environment for yourself and your team.
  • Experience in IT operations, software development, or DevOps and you're comfortable navigating technical challenges.
  • Workday Expertise - you have deep configuration skills in Workday Core HR and at least two additional modules (e.g., Talent, Compensation, Learning), and you enjoy optimising systems to meet business needs.
  • Technology Product Mindset - you understand SaaS models and know how to work effectively within SaaS support structures.
  • Collaborative Approach - you've worked in outsourced or multi-stakeholder environments and know how to build strong relationships across teams.
  • Stakeholder Engagement - Ability to translate technical concepts into business value and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
  • Business Insight - you have a broad understanding of business processes and can anticipate the ripple effects of decisions and changes.

What We Offer
  • Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you have 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).

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) operates to enable better alignment with customer priorities, end-to-end accountability, and flexibility to prioritise critical work. The function provides solutions that are aligned with current and future business requirements through the development and ongoing delivery of IT strategy and solution roadmaps.

Through appropriate governance, consultative processes, and the use of industry best practices, IS&T also ensures that emerging technologies and innovative ideas are constantly evaluated, considered, and adopted, to provide easy-to-use, best-in-class solutions and services.

Every Voice Matters

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 LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

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

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About Rio Tinto

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 situations and meet opportunities.

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.

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.Seniority level
  • Seniority levelNot Applicable
Employment type
  • Employment typeFull-time
Job function
  • Job functionInformation Technology
  • IndustriesMining and Oil and Gas

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