Principal Adviser Training & Enablement

• Act as the 2IC shaping training and enablement for a major SAP S/4HANA transformation
• Influence readiness, strategy and delivery as the business prepares for go‑live
• Partner with leaders and change teams to ensure the organisation is Day‑1 ready

About the role
We are looking for a Principal Adviser – Training & Enablement to act as the 2IC to the Program Training Lead within Rio Tinto’s SAP S/4HANA (Modern ERP) program. Based in Brisbane, this role plays a critical leadership and coordination role as the program prepares for go‑live, where the business transitions to S/4HANA.
This is a senior advisory and execution‑shaping role. You will work closely with the Program Training Lead, stepping into conversations, taking ownership of complex enablement activities and ensuring training is designed, planned and delivered in a way that enables the business to be Day‑1 ready.

What you’ll be doing

• Act as 2IC to the Program Training Lead, stepping into leadership conversations and taking accountability for complex training and enablement activities
• Lead and coordinate Training Needs Analysis to define impacted audiences, readiness requirements and Day‑1 capability for the SAP S/4HANA go‑live
• Shape training insights into clear curricula, learning pathways and rollout strategies across Global Process Owners and regions
• Coordinate and prepare digital learning and eLearning assets, ensuring
• Act as the 2IC shaping training and enablement for a major SAP S/4HANA transformation
• Influence readiness, strategy and delivery as the business prepares for go‑live
• Partner with leaders and change teams to ensure the organisation is Day‑1 ready

About the role
We are looking for a Principal Adviser – Training & Enablement to act as the 2IC to the Program Training Lead within Rio Tinto’s SAP S/4HANA (Modern ERP) program. Based in Brisbane, this role plays a critical leadership and coordination role as the program prepares for go‑live, where the business transitions to S/4HANA.
This is a senior advisory and execution‑shaping role. You will work closely with the Program Training Lead, stepping into conversations, taking ownership of complex enablement activities and ensuring training is designed, planned and delivered in a way that enables the business to be Day‑1 ready.

What you’ll be doing

• Act as 2IC to the Program Training Lead, stepping into leadership conversations and taking accountability for complex training and enablement activities
• Lead and coordinate Training Needs Analysis to define impacted audiences, readiness requirements and Day‑1 capability for the SAP S/4HANA go‑live
• Shape training insights into clear curricula, learning pathways and rollout strategies across Global Process Owners and regions
• Coordinate and prepare digital learning and eLearning assets, ensuring readiness for deployment through Workday (LMS)
• Oversee the use learning tools to support detailed, role‑based system enablement
• Lead train‑the‑trainer preparation and rollout, supporting large‑scale delivery for ~300 trainers globally
• Work closely with regional training leads to plan delivery logistics, localisation and translation requirements
• Ensure all training and enablement outcomes reflect a strong Rio Tinto lens, aligned to change, adoption and business readiness

What you’ll bring

• Senior experience in Learning & Development, training or enablement leadership, ideally within large‑scale transformation programs
• Proven capability leading or coordinating Training Needs Analysis, curriculum planning and global rollout models
• Experience supporting ERP or SAP S/4HANA implementations, with a strong focus on adoption and readiness
• Ability to operate as a principal adviser and 2IC, confidently influencing leaders and stepping into complex discussions
• Strong stakeholder management skills across change teams, regional leads and system integrators
• Experience with enterprise learning platforms and enablement tools (e.g. Workday LMS, Enable Now or similar)
• Exposure to global delivery, localisation and translation approaches, balancing consistency with regional needs

What We Offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Competitive base salary with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Career development & education assistance
• Flexible working arrangements
• Be part of Rio Tinto’s global Modern ERP transformation, contributing directly to one of the organisation’s most significant multi‑year programs
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where You’ll Be Working
You’ll join the Modern ERP Program — a multi‑disciplinary team bringing together technology, process, data and change specialists to reshape how work happens across Rio Tinto. We’re modernising a 20‑year‑old ERP system and redesigning core business processes to improve safety, efficiency and ignite innovation.
 This work supports our people across global operations to spend less time on transactional tasks and more time on work that really matters. By simplifying and digitising how the organisation runs, the Modern ERP Program is creating the foundation for future productivity gains, smarter decision‑making and AI‑enabled transformation.

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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.

Respect and Inclusion
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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