- Bring deep technical remuneration expertise to evaluate complex base pay challenges and develop practical, evidence-based solutions within Rio Tinto’s global reward frameworks.
- Work across markets and with regional Reward teams to assess salary structures, market positioning and internal equity, translating complex analysis into clear technical recommendations.
- Lead defined areas of technical work, designing and testing solutions and translating agreed approaches into practical methodologies, tools and guidance.

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 to bring deep technical expertise to complex base pay questions across Rio Tinto’s globally banded workforce. Working within our global Reward area of expertise, you will investigate business, market and workforce challenges, evaluate how global frameworks apply and design and test practical solutions within agreed enterprise direction.

You will lead defined areas of technical work, applying strong analytical capability and professional judgement to assess options, explain trade-offs and develop clear, evidence-based recommendations. Working with regional Reward teams, you will help ensure our global approaches remain effective across different markets and workforce contexts, identifying where refinement or further consideration may be required.

This is an opportunity to be a senior technical expert in base





- Bring deep technical remuneration expertise to evaluate complex base pay challenges and develop practical, evidence-based solutions within Rio Tinto’s global reward frameworks.
- Work across markets and with regional Reward teams to assess salary structures, market positioning, internal equity, translating complex analysis into clear technical recommendations.
- Lead defined areas of technical work, designing and testing solutions and translating agreed approaches into practical methodologies, tools and guidance.

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 to bring deep technical expertise to complex base pay questions across Rio Tinto’s globally banded workforce. Working within our global Reward area of expertise, you will investigate business, market and workforce challenges, evaluate how global frameworks apply and design and test practical solutions within agreed enterprise direction.

You will lead defined areas of technical work, applying strong analytical capability and professional judgement to assess options, explain trade-offs and develop clear, evidence-based recommendations. Working with regional Reward teams,



you will help ensure our global approaches remain effective across different markets and workforce contexts, identifying where refinement or further consideration may be required.

This is an opportunity to be a senior technical expert in base pay, solve complex remuneration challenges and influence outcomes through the quality of your judgement, analysis and recommendations.

What you’ll be doing

As a senior technical expert within our Reward area of expertise, you will lead defined areas of base pay analysis and solution development, working with Reward colleagues and stakeholders globally to:

- Evaluate complex base pay challenges, applying technical expertise and qualified judgement to determine how global frameworks apply and where different solutions or refinements should be considered.
- Design, model and test solutions across salary structures, market positioning, pay ranges and positioning methodologies within agreed enterprise principles and governance.
- Assess existing base pay frameworks, methodologies and job architecture standards, identifying gaps and developing evidence-based recommendations for refinement.
- Partner with regional Reward and People teams to understand market, business and workforce requirements, test options and assess where local differentiation can be accommodated within global frameworks.
- Analyse remuneration data, external market insights and regional practices to assess market alignment and internal equity, explain trade-offs and develop clear technical recommendations.
- Provide exper

📌 Principal Advisor Remuneration (Brisbane)
🏢 Rio Tinto
📍 Brisbane