Manager, Information Technology

• Play a pivotal leadership role at the intersection of business technology and operations shaping the IS&T service strategy for Rio Tintos Copper Business Unit.

• Influence executive decision-making and enable digital outcomes by building a stable resilient and high-performing IT/OT service environment.

• Permanent role based in Salt Lake City UT.

WereFindingBetterWaysto provide materials the world needs now and in the values care courage and curiosity guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a senior IS&T leader for the Copper Business Unit acting as a trusted advisor to BU executive leadership and accountable for endtoend technology service delivery across IT and OT environments ensuring a stable resilient foundation that enablesrather than leadsdigital transformation.

This is a great opportunity for a strategic hands-on and collaborative IS&T leader to shape the future technology landscape of a standalone industrial operation in transformation.

Reporting to the Senior Manager and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the IS&T team you will be:

• Represent IS&T at Copper Business Unit leadership forums providing strategic advice and governance on technology service delivery IT resilience and disaster recovery across the business.

• Lead end-to-end IS&T service delivery across IT and OT environments ensuring stable secure and reliable operations that enable business continuity and digital progress.

• Own demand management portfolio prioritization and service performance across infrastructure enterprise platforms and external vendors building a strong operational foundation for Copper Digital initiatives.

• Act as a senior IT/OT advisor in a mining and industrial environment translating operational and commercial needs into practical technology solutions and long-term roadmap priorities.

• Support Day-1 readiness and long-term transition activities partnering with business leaders separation teams system integrators and vendors across infrastructure applications ERP cyber security and service delivery.

• Lead financial and operational performance of the IS&T function including OPEX/CAPEX oversight service levels vendor governance and continuous improvement against agreed OKRs.

• Build lead and develop a high-performing IS&T team fostering a strong safety culture accountability collaboration and service excellence in critical operational environments.

• Drive technology simplification and optimization reviewing existing applications systems and support models to improve reliability user experience operational effectiveness and future scalability.

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• A proven senior IS&T leader with experience building credibility and confidence with executive and business leaders through high-quality service delivery and trusted advisory support.

• Deep experience leading technology services across IT and OT environments with a strong track record of improving service resilience reducing major incidents and delivering against service expectations and SLAs.

• Strong business partnering capability able to work closely with operational and digital stakeholders to enable business outcomes through stable infrastructure reliable platforms and practical technology solutions.

• Demonstrated success managing vendors service providers and external partners with the ability to strengthen performance improve accountability and drive cost optimization.

• A collaborative and commercially minded leader with experience overseeing budgets prioritizing demand and balancing operational needs with long-term transformation goals.

• An engaging people leader who builds high-performing teams fosters accountability and develops capability in safety-critical and operationally complex environments.

• A practical hands-on and safety-focused professional who thrives in industrial mining manufacturing or other asset-intensive settings and leads with a strong commitment to operational excellence.

What we offer

Berecognisedfor your contributionyourthinkingand your hard work and go home knowingyouvehelped the world progress.

• Aworkenvironmentwheresafetyisalwaysthenumberonepriority.

• Competitivebasesalaryreflectiveofyourskillsandexperiencewithanannualincentivebonus.

• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical prescription drug dental vision life insurance coverage and various voluntary benefits.

• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program.

• Attractiveshareownershipplan.

• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off) paid holidays and paid bereavement leave.

• A generous parental leave policy which ensuresyoureable to spend quality time with your new family.

• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.

• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get throughlifeschallenges.

Where youll be working

Our Kennecott mine is a world-class fully integratedcoppermining operation including a concentrator smelter and refinerylocatedjust outside Salt Lake City Utah in the United States. We producecopper precious metals including gold and silver molybdenum and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903 and is one of the top producing mines in the worldcomprisingapproximately 11 percent of U.S. annualcopperproduction.

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 cant do it on our own so were focused on creating partnerships to solve problems create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race color sex age religion national origin disability or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.

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