- Provide thought leadership and lead key work shaping Rio Tinto's global approach to base pay.
- Lead the development and evolution of global base pay frameworks, methodologies and solutions, including where existing approaches need to evolve to meet changing business needs.
- Bring deep reward expertise and external insight to challenge existing thinking and develop equitable, commercially grounded approaches that work across a complex global organization.

We're Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values - care, courage and curiosity - guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Adviser Remuneration Strategy to provide thought leadership and lead strategic design work shaping Rio Tinto's global approach to base pay. Working within our global Reward area of expertise, you will bring deep remuneration expertise, external perspective and robust commercial judgement to some of our most important base pay challenges.

You will lead the development and evolution of global pay frameworks, methodologies and solutions, from salary structures, market positioning and job architecture through to pay equity and annual remuneration investment.

You will identify where our approaches need to evolve, challenge existing thinking and develop practical solutions that respond to changing workforce and business needs while maintaining appropriate global principles and governance.

This is an opportunity to

- Provide thought leadership and lead key work shaping Rio Tinto's global approach to base pay.
- Lead the development and evolution of global base pay frameworks, methodologies and solutions,



including where existing approaches need to evolve to meet changing business needs.
- Bring deep reward expertise and external insight to challenge existing thinking and develop equitable, commercially grounded approaches that work across a complex global organization.

We're Finding Better Ways to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values - care, courage and curiosity - guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Adviser Remuneration Strategy to provide thought leadership and lead strategic design work shaping Rio Tinto's global approach to base pay. Working within our global Reward area of expertise, you will bring deep remuneration expertise, external perspective and strong commercial judgement to some of our most important base pay challenges.

You will lead the development and evolution of global pay frameworks, methodologies and solutions, from salary structures, market positioning and job architecture through to pay equity and annual remuneration investment.

You will identify where our approaches need to evolve, challenge existing thinking and develop practical solutions that respond to changing workforce and business needs while maintaining appropriate global principles and governance.

This is an opportunity to be a recognized subject matter expert in base pay,



influence the direction of our global reward strategy and turn complex remuneration questions into approaches that work in practice across Rio Tinto.

What you’ll be doing

As a senior subject matter expert within our Reward area of expertise, you will provide thought leadership on base pay and lead significant strategic design workstreams from problem definition through to recommendation and implementation. Reporting to the Manager Remuneration Strategy, you will work with Reward colleagues and business stakeholders globally to:

- Provide thought leadership on base pay strategy and emerging reward issues, bringing external practice, evidence and business insight into the evolution of Rio Tinto's approach.
- Lead the development and evolution of global base pay frameworks, methodologies and standards across your areas of responsibility.
- Identify emerging business or workforce needs that are not adequately addressed through existing approaches and develop fit-for-purpose solutions within Rio Tinto's broader reward philosophy and governance.
- Lead design work across salary structures, market positioning, job architecture and role valuation, balancing global coherence with legitimate differences in markets and workforce needs.
- Shape recommendations for annual remuneration investment, bringing together market movement, pay progression, pay health, affordability and investment priorities.
- Translate complex remuneration data, external market intelligence and business context into clear points of view, options and recommendations for senior stakeholders and governance forums.
- Partner with Reward and People teams globally to translate strategy and policy into practical approaches and resolve co

📌 Principal Adviser Remuneration Strategy (Brisbane)
🏢 Rio Tinto
📍 Brisbane