Specialist Capability Excellence

Rio Tinto • Charlotte, NC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As part of the RTAL Global Capability Development team, this role contributes to advancing learning, future skills, talent, and culture across Rio Tinto Aluminum & Lithium. We are looking for a Specialist Capability Excellence to lead the unification, governance, and optimization of capability systems, ensuring strong data integrity while providing subject matter expertise to the global capability community across Aluminum & Lithium. This role plays a critical part in enabling consistent, reliable capability data that supports informed decision‑making at all levels of the organization. With a strong focus on learning, future skills, talent, and culture, this is an excellent opportunity for a data‑driven, detail‑oriented, and highly collaborative professional to influence capability excellence at scale. You will work across regions and functions, partnering with stakeholders globally to strengthen systems, streamline processes, and support a more integrated and future‑focused capability ecosystem. Reporting to the Manager – Capability Excellence and working in a challenging and exciting environment, you will:

Requirements

• A strong commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Data Analytics, Human Resources, Business, Computer Science, or a related field
• Strong experience working with capability, HR or learning systems, including learning management systems and data integration platforms
• Solid data analytics and reporting skills, with experience using tools such as SQL, Power BI or similar BI solutions
• Ability to analyze, streamline and improve workflows, with a focus on data quality, governance and consistency
• Proven experience supporting the transition from manual or Excel‑based processes to more structured, integrated and scalable solutions
• Strong communication, collaboration and training skills, with the ability to provide guidance to a diverse stakeholder group
• A global mindset, focused on enabling a unified and consistent approach to capability systems across RTAL
• Fluency in English and Spanish, both written and spoken, required due to regular collaboration with global teams and partners

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of French is considered an asset

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance and best practice to the capability and HR community across RTAL for effective use of HR, learning technologies and data systems.
• Develop training resources to enhance system knowledge and reporting skills for end users
• Oversee system upgrades, assess project needs, and implement solutions to improve capability outcomes.
• Work with various teams to identify opportunities and implement solutions that enhance learning workflows, system integrations and automation.
• Maintain high data accuracy within capability and learning management systems ensuring all records are complete, updated and aligned with organisational needs across RTAL globally
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal standards, maintaining best practices in data governance and record management principles
• Extract, analyse and present capability data to provide insights on effectiveness, compliance and skill development trends.
• Develop comprehensive reports and dashboards using tools like Power BI, SQL, and Crystal Reports to support data-driven decision making
• Identifying opportunities for system/process enhancements, working with the AoE and regional capability teams to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions

Benefits

• outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Balanced Work-Life Rhythm
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level