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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Manager, Information Technology - **Company:** Rio Tinto - **Location:** Salt Lake City, UT, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Cyber Security, Disaster Recovery, Information Technology - **Published:** June 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/27761553/Manager-Information-Technology-Utah-Salt-Lake-City-1505 ## About the Role * A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team * A proven senior IS&T leader with experience building credibility and confidence with executive and business leaders through high-quality service delivery and trusted advisory support. * Deep experience leading technology services across IT and OT environments, with a strong track record of improving service resilience, reducing major incidents and delivering against service expectations and SLAs. * Strong business partnering capability, able to work closely with operational and digital stakeholders to enable business outcomes through stable infrastructure, reliable platforms and practical technology solutions. * Demonstrated success managing vendors, service providers and external partners, with the ability to strengthen performance, improve accountability and drive cost optimization. * A collaborative and commercially minded leader with experience overseeing budgets, prioritizing demand and balancing operational needs with long-term transformation goals. * An engaging people leader who builds high-performing teams, fosters accountability and develops capability in safety-critical and operationally complex environments. * A practical, hands-on and safety-focused professional who thrives in industrial, mining, manufacturing or other asset-intensive settings and leads with a strong commitment to operational excellence. ## Description * Play a pivotal leadership role at the intersection of business, technology and operations, shaping the IS&T service strategy for Rio Tinto's Copper Business Unit. * Influence executive decision-making and enable digital outcomes by building a stable, resilient and high-performing IT/OT service environment. * Permanent role based in Salt Lake City, UT. 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 senior IS&T leader for the Copper Business Unit, acting as a trusted advisor to BU executive leadership and accountable for end-to-end technology service delivery across IT and OT environments, ensuring a stable, resilient foundation that enables-rather than leads-digital transformation. This is a great opportunity for a strategic, hands-on and collaborative IS&T leader to shape the future technology landscape of a standalone industrial operation in transformation. Reporting to the Senior Manager and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the IS&T team, you will be: * Represent IS&T at Copper Business Unit leadership forums, providing strategic advice and governance on technology service delivery, IT resilience and disaster recovery across the business. * Lead end-to-end IS&T service delivery across IT and OT environments, ensuring stable, secure and reliable operations that enable business * Play a pivotal leadership role at the intersection of business, technology and operations, shaping the IS&T service strategy for Rio Tinto's Copper Business Unit. * Influence executive decision-making and enable digital outcomes by building a stable, resilient and high-performing IT/OT service environment. * Permanent role based in Salt Lake City, UT. 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 senior IS&T leader for the Copper Business Unit, acting as a trusted advisor to BU executive leadership and accountable for end-to-end technology service delivery across IT and OT environments, ensuring a stable, resilient foundation that enables-rather than leads-digital transformation. This is a great opportunity for a strategic, hands-on and collaborative IS&T leader to shape the future technology landscape of a standalone industrial operation in transformation. Reporting to the Senior Manager and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the IS&T team, you will be: * Represent IS&T at Copper Business Unit leadership forums, providing strategic advice and governance on technology service delivery, IT resilience and disaster recovery across the business. * Lead end-to-end IS&T service delivery across IT and OT environments, ensuring stable, secure and reliable operations that enable business continuity and digital progress. * Own demand management, portfolio prioritization and service performance across infrastructure, enterprise platforms and external vendors, building a strong operational foundation for Copper Digital initiatives. * Act as a senior IT/OT advisor in a mining and industrial environment, translating operational and commercial needs into practical technology solutions and long-term roadmap priorities. * Support Day-1 readiness and long-term transition activities, partnering with business leaders, separation teams, system integrators and vendors across infrastructure, applications, ERP, cyber security and service delivery. * Lead financial and operational performance of the IS&T function, including OPEX/CAPEX oversight, service levels, vendor governance and continuous improvement against agreed OKRs. * Build, lead and develop a high-performing IS&T team, fostering a strong safety culture, accountability, collaboration and service excellence in critical operational environments. * Drive technology simplification and optimization, reviewing existing applications, systems and support models to improve reliability, user experience, operational effectiveness and future scalability. ## Related Videos - [What makes Cybersecurity different for critical infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/571-what-makes-cybersecurity-different-for-critical-infrastructure) - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) - [Convincing Product teams to Adopt Gitops in a Large Org](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1936-convincing-product-teams-to-adopt-gitops-in-a-large-org) - [Thinking Differently - How to Make Money from Cyber Attacks & Cheats](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/745-thinking-differently-how-to-make-money-from-cyber-attacks-cheats) - [We adopted DevOps and are Cloud-native, Now What?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/485-we-adopted-devops-and-are-cloud-native-now-what) - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [A Guide to Green Tech and Green IT Careers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/374-a-guide-to-green-tech-and-green-it-careers) - [Should Tech Managers Be Developers First? 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