Strategic Applications Director

5 days ago

Perth, Western Australia Rio Tinto Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a Strategic Applications Director to lead the planning, implementation, and governance of Business Applications across America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

This role offers a great opportunity for someone with a demonstrated history in application delivery to make their mark across a broad and valuable portfolio of applications.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IT and experience leading teams, with excellent communication and interpersonal relationship building skills.

The successful applicant will be responsible for:

  • Leading a team of Business Application Specialists and outsourced integration partners to provide quality operational support services throughout the application lifecycle.
  • Establishing, managing, and maintaining systems and procedures to deliver operational support services to users of Business Applications, ensuring solutions are maintained in a responsive and available state.
  • Managing support and budgets for operations and minor improvements.
  • Analyzing, designing, and developing application standards and roadmaps across their technical domain.
  • Serving as the primary expert in Business Applications domain, providing advice, consultation, and expertise to Business Partners, Project Managers, and Business Unit customers.
  • Tracking critical or complex incidents.
  • Maintaining relationships with outsourced partners and managing service levels to contractual standards.
  • Supporting the technology strategy by contributing to the modernization of applications to corporate platforms.
  • Implementing and coordinating continuous improvement initiatives.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

  • A university degree required.
  • Over 5 years' experience in a global organization in a similar role in IT.
  • Significant experience leading a team.
  • Fluent communication skills in English and French.
  • Strong experience in engaging business representatives, analyzing business requirements, 3rd party vendor management, and identifying and developing technical solutions.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship building skills.
  • Customer-oriented with a solid understanding of the challenges with the operations of the applications.
  • Experience with Azure DevOps, Agile methodologies, and DevOps.
  • Technical competencies and skills in Microsoft Server/SQL, .NET, Active Directory, Azure, coding & development skills desirable.
  • Experience with web-based client applications and enterprise deployment strategies.
  • Azure and ITIL certifications an asset.

What We Offer

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company operating in 35 countries. 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 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.

Our estimated salary range for this role is between $120,000 - $180,000 per year, depending on location and experience.

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