Sr. Manager, Global Operational Risk (Location Flexible)

Alcoa • Massena, NY

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About The Position

At Alcoa, you’re 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. Join Alcoa as a Sr. Manager, Global Operational Risk and play a high‑impact role shaping how a world‑leading 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. You’ll facilitate enterprise‑level risk assessments, strengthen operational resilience, and embed a proactive, risk‑informed culture across our global operations—including mining, refining, smelting, casting, and functional support areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s 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 high‑hazard environments.
• Deep understanding of ISO 31000‑based risk management principles.
• Proven ability to lead risk workshops on complex, cross‑functional topics.
• Highly capable and comfortable leading and influencing multi‑cultural teams, leveraging strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to build relationships with key stakeholders (including Sr. leaders), challenge the status quo, and drive value‑based compromise.
• Global mindset, self‑driven, curious, and execution‑focused.
• Fluency in English

Nice To Haves

• additional languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Icelandic)

Responsibilities

• Lead global Operational Risk and ERM activities, including executive and board‑level 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 This Job Offers

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