Principal Advisor

Principal Advisor – Enterprise Architecture

• Critical role in shaping and executing our digital strategy
• Work and partner with critical commercial functions
• Based in Singapore, global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

The Principal Advisor EA (PA EA) plays a critical role in shaping and executing our digital strategy aligned with business and enterprise architecture goals. The role also provides guidance to support the design and delivery of effective solutions. This role will ensure the "right technology" is selected for the right business outcomes; to reduce complexity, increase organizational agility and drive competitive advantage in this space.

Working closely with the domain architecture team, the PA EA ensures that the digital strategy is fit for purpose and solutions are holistic – integrating data, technology, processes and people while remaining aligned to organisations strategic objectives and technology standards.

What You'll Do

• Drive digital transformation by identifying and integrating emerging technologies and implementing best practices
• Leading to outcomes through influence to execute customer-centric enterprise architecture strategies
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to create and execute an architecture vision and strategy
• Shape investments and drive architectural direction to foster re-use of application architecture components
• Ensure alignment of business and technology architecture
• Standardize technologies, services, and patterns within the Domain and across the organization
• Guide the enhancement of strategic business processes in accordance with automation or contemporary technologies
• Manage technology dependencies across Products, Product Lines, Domains, and Platforms
• Design large or complex systems, ensuring a balance between functional and non-functional requirements

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Expertise in architecture frameworks (TOGAF etc.), methodologies and best-practices, targeting delivery of sustainable people, process and technology outcomes
• Deep understanding of the either /both business domain(s) in their scope – particularly functional processes and existing solutions, and/or specialist technology domain – e.g. cloud, communications, networking.
• Ability to move up and down the architecture levels
• Possesses strong communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, crucial for leading discussions and driving consensus
• Skilled in cultivating and growing relationships across various business levels, contributing to a collaborative work environment
• Adept at seeking and building consensus and driving clear decision making across multiple viewpoints
• Experience in Commercial and commodity trading preferred

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Commercial puts the company's value over-volume approach into practice, with the goal of maximizing the value of our physical flows to improve both our business and that of our customers. Headquartered in Singapore, and integrated with Rio Tinto's assets, hubs, and offices globally, our Commercial group works hand-in-hand with our product groups to ensure both the amount and types of products we produce meet our customer's needs, and manage the trade-off between volumes, quality, cost, and capital expenditure.

Application Deadline: 3rd September 2025

(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

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

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto."

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 Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.