Product Manager – Land Access and Heritage, Brisbane or Perth

Product Manager – Land Access & Heritage, Brisbane or Perth – Australia

Rio Tinto is building a world-class Digital Products team. We're establishing a Product Management team to support our Product portfolio and guide our business-critical programs of work.

About the role

Do you thrive on tackling complex business problems and shaping the future of digital products? We're seeking a passionate Product Manager – Land Access and Heritage, to drive digital roadmaps and value from our applications and platforms in the areas of land access approvals and traditional owner engagement.

The process of mining-related land access approvals is key to achieving many of Rio Tinto’s long-term objectives that cover commercial, operational, environmental, and community engagement priorities. We’re developing bespoke digital products that will ultimately be deployed globally to add strength to our social license-to-operate on top of the significant risk, productivity and efficiency benefits.

As part of the Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) division, the Product Manager – Land Access & Heritage is the primary IS&T contact for land access products and related initiatives across the group. Working closely with business stakeholders, as part of blended teams, you’ll collaborate widely with senior stakeholders, to articulate and then drive product vision, strategy and roadmaps.

Join us and make a lasting impact on our organisation

If you meet some of these requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application.

· Demonstrated understanding of product lifecycle management, with proven ability to manage and develop product strategies.

· Working knowledge and experience with Agile frameworks.

· Strategic and commercial acumen, acting as a trusted advisor to influence senior management and stakeholder decisions.

· Analytical skills, to anticipate challenges and devise innovative solutions, maintaining a focus on delivering high-quality product outcomes.

· Focus on measurable outcomes, driving teams towards achieving business targets and delivering exceptional value to customers.

· Ability to empathetically guide, coach and mentor Associate Product Managers, encouraging professional growth and foster a supportive environment.

· Practices open and clear communication, ensuring that all stakeholders are informed and aligned with the product’s progress and direction.

Specific accountabilities for the Product Manager – Land Access and Heritage, include:

· Provide the focus on problem definition and value realisation – providing strategic recommendations into product viability, clearly linked to return on investment.

· Envisioning future states of digital products in alignment with evolving business conditions and strategies, to drive vision and strategy for core products.

· Lead the planning and execution of scoping, requirements definition, and prioritization for complex initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals.

· Analyse business and market trends as well as end-user data to identify opportunities and understand customer needs, informing investment proposals, product strategies, and buy versus build versus re-use decisions.

· Collaborate with internal leadership, subject matter experts, and key business stakeholders to define and prioritize roadmaps of digital solutions linked to value cases and customer requirements.

· Provide oversight and drive collaboration with related functions across Design, Engineering, Product Operations and Data & Analytics.

· Monitor product performance continuously to ensure it meets desired business outcomes and adjust strategies as necessary.

· Build and maintain trust with stakeholders through consistent, high-quality product delivery and effective communication.

· Ensure regular alignment on product direction with key stakeholders and ensuring important product-related decisions are made with effective collaboration.

About you

· A graduate degree in a relevant field.

· At least 5 years Product Management experience.

· Demonstrated product management experience in environmental and/or approvals contexts in mining highly regarded.

· Experience creating and delivering presentations to both technical and business audiences.

· Excellent stakeholder management skills. Prior experience with managing large groups of stakeholders.

· Broad understanding of product lifecycle management.

· Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills.

· Strong problem-solving skills demonstrated by the ability to structure issues and analyse alternative solutions.

· Excellent communication skills – being able to communicate effectively both strategic vision and specific details to various stakeholders, from leadership to individual team members and technical teams.

· Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.

· Strong organisational and time-management skills.

What we offer

· 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.

· 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.

Come and join us in this exciting journey as a member of the Product Management 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*

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.

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