Copper Growth & Transactions Lead

Rio Tinto; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive

Career development

Health and pension

Wellbeing benefits

Employee share plan

Parental leave

Life event leave

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking a Manager, Business Development to help the Copper business deliver long-term portfolio growth through origination, evaluation, negotiation and execution of strategic opportunities across the copper value chain. You will identify value-accretive investments while collaborating with global stakeholders across commercial, technical, operational and executive teams.

Based in London at Rio Tinto's global headquarters, this role shapes growth strategy and influences major

Qualifications

• A finance, commerce, economics, business or related degree, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in commercial, corporate development, transaction services, investment banking, strategy or business development with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience in mining, metals or capital-intensive industries.
• Proven capability leading negotiations, transaction processes and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong financial modelling, valuation and investment analysis skills and ability to communicate insights to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate acquisition, joint venture, partnership and market-entry opportunities.
• Lead transaction processes from screening through due diligence to negotiation and execution.
• Develop investment cases and strategic recommendations for senior leadership and investment committees.
• Build and oversee financial models to assess project economics, investment returns and strategic scenarios.
• Conduct market, competitor, customer and copper industry analysis to support investment decisions.
• Structure commercial arrangements to optimise value while managing commercial risk.
• Build relationships with external partners, governments and key stakeholders to support opportunity development and execution.
• Present transaction updates, commercial insights and recommendations to executive decision-makers.

Skills

Financial modelling

Valuation

Investment analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic thinking

Education

Finance / Commerce / Economics / Business degree

MBA (Helpful)

Job description

Rio Tinto is seeking a Manager, Business Development to help the Copper business deliver long-term portfolio growth through origination, evaluation, negotiation and execution of strategic opportunities across the copper value chain. You will identify value-accretive investments while collaborating with global stakeholders across commercial, technical, operational and executive teams.

Based in London at Rio Tinto's global headquarters, this role shapes growth strategy and influences major