Sr. Manager, Global Operational Risk (Location Flexible)
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Job Location:
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 127500 - 175000
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Shape Your World
At Alcoa you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it every Alcoan is a work-shaper team-shaper idea-shaper & world-shaper.
At Alcoa youre an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.
About the role:
Join Alcoa as a Sr. Manager Global Operational Risk and play a highimpact role shaping how a worldleading metals and mining company anticipates manages and transforms risk into strategic advantage.
In this role you will influence decisions at the highest levels partner with senior leaders across all regions and drive the adoption of a unified global risk approach. Youll facilitate enterpriselevel risk assessments strengthen operational resilience and embed a proactive riskinformed culture across our global operationsincluding mining refining smelting casting and functional support areas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead global Operational Risk and ERM activities including executive and boardlevel reporting.
- Lead complex risk assessments and workshops on high-priority risk topics covering a wide range of areas within the business.
- Integrate a common risk management framework across all functions and regions.
- Evolve the global operational risk management strategy goals and performance targets to ensure annual plans are aligned with company vision.
- Provide expert guidance to teams as they identify evaluate and monitor critical operational risks.
- Advance a modern global risk training curriculum and promote systemic control improvements.
- Support assurance activities (audit insurance 2LOD/3LOD governance).
- Drive alignment across Operations EHS ESG Legal IT HR and other global functions.
What you can bring to the role:
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Business Mathematics or related technical field.
- 10 years in Operational Risk Management with direct experience leading the development and implementation of a global risk assessment framework ideally in heavy industry or other highhazard environments.
- Deep understanding of ISO 31000based risk management principles.
- Proven ability to lead risk workshops on complex crossfunctional topics.
- Highly capable and comfortable leading and influencing multicultural teams leveraging strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to build relationships with key stakeholders (including Sr. leaders) challenge the status quo and drive valuebased compromise.
- Global mindset selfdriven curious and executionfocused.
- Fluency in English; additional languages (French Spanish Portuguese Norwegian Icelandic) are a plus.
- Ability to work across global time zones and travel up to 20%.
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Base salary: $127500 - $175000 USD annuallyTotal rewards packages listed including base salary and bonus eligibility applies to US based applicants only. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on a range of factors including a candidates qualifications skills and competencies in conjunction with multiple components of the Employee Total Rewards Package. Alcoa reserves the right to change plans at its discretion.About the Location
Alcoa is an international company with multiple locations and joint ventures across six continents. Wherever you choose to join us youll be joining a global team committed to advancing sustainability and delivering excellence and innovation. As industry pioneers we are redefining what it means to be a sustainable aluminum company bridging the journey from mines to metal.
We are values led vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress. Our commitments to Inclusion Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe respectful and inclusive of all individuals free from discrimination bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.
As a proud equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer Alcoa is dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of a persons gender age race ethnicity sexual orientation gender identity religion nation of origin disability veteran status language spoken or any other characteristic or status protected by the laws or regulations in the places where we operate.
If you have visited our website in search of information on U.S. employment opportunities or to apply for a position and you require an accommodation please contact Alcoa Recruiting via email at
This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work be your authentic self and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!
Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.
Application close date is: 23 February 2026 however Alcoa reserves the right to change this date at its discretion.Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Operational Risk Management
- Risk Management
- Six Sigma
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean
- Process Improvement
- Pricing
- Customer Support
- Alteryx
- Kaizen
- Project Management Lifecycle
About Company
Discover how Alcoa is reinventing the aluminum industry through sustainable products and processes, environmental stewardship, and equitable career opportunities.
