Technical Program Manager – Functional Academies

Novelis • Atlanta, GA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Novelis is a global leader in aluminum recycling and rolling, providing sustainable aluminum solutions for aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging, and specialty markets. With approximately 13,000 employees across 32 operating facilities on 4 continents, Novelis is driven by its purpose of shaping a sustainable world together. The Novelis COE team is seeking a Technical Program Manager to specialize in the design and implementation of enterprise-level learning initiatives, building capabilities for effective deployment of learning solutions in technical areas. This role, while organizationally part of HR, collaborates closely with Global Functions such as Commercial, Metal, and SCM. As Novelis University and Functional Academies serve as the enterprise platform for capability building, this pivotal COE role ensures consistent functional depth, data-driven decision-making, risk discipline, and business readiness across diverse functions. It is a role focused on functional capability, systems, and expertise transfer, grounded in real business and operational contexts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 8–10+ years’ experience in one or more of the following: Commercial / Customer roles, Procurement / Supply Chain, Metal or Non‑Metal functions, EHS or other risk‑based functional roles.
• Experience working across regions or business units.
• Exposure to standardization, best-practice deployment, or functional operating models.
• Strong functional credibility and business understanding.
• Systems, process and continuous improvement mentality.
• Ability to translate deep functional expertise into scalable capability structures.
• Comfort working with senior functional SMEs.
• Pragmatic, application-focused orientation.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working across multiple plants or regions.
• Interest in scaling technical expertise beyond individual contribution.

Responsibilities

• Own Novelis Functional Academies across core P&L functions.
• Lead end-to-end academy design, including: academy architecture, Role-based learning paths, curriculum logic, progression and mastery levels.
• Ensure academies are grounded in: functional workflows and decision rights, risk, compliance, and governance requirements, business outcomes such as margin, supply assurance, customer impact, and safety.
• Partner with regional learning teams and functional leaders to: implement academies consistently across regions, adapt delivery to local context without diluting standards.
• Act as the single accountability point for academy relevance, quality, and scalability.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key external vendors and business schools, partnering with them to implement high-level / high-quality solutions at Novelis.
• Maintain current knowledge of trends in functions and propose innovative solutions to enhance employee’s development.
• Plan and coordinate face-to-face and blended learning events. This includes: vendor sourcing and negotiation, purchase process aligned with Procurement team, providing on-site logistical support for learning events, booking transportation, event space reservations, ordering catering and booking entertainment, communicating logistics to participants, adhering to and reporting on pre-determined budget for events, and additional event support as needed.
• Work in strong partnership with regional learning teams to enable seamless deployment of global academies.
• Translate global academy intent into executable regional deployment models.
• Provide clear design standards, playbooks, and enablement so regions focus on execution, not redesign.
• Establish structured feedback loops from regions and plants to continuously refine academies based on real-world application.
• Continuously improve functional learning systems, processes, and interventions to enhance: ease of use, learner experience, relevance to engineering and operations roles, speed to competence.
• Identify friction points in: learning access, content usability, progression visibility, On-the-job application.
• Redesign learning processes using a functional systems mindset (lean, flow, standard work, feedback).
• Ensuring learning is embedded into how work is done, not treated as a separate activity.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of functional career pathways across Commercial, Procurement, Metal/Non‑Metal, and EHS roles.
• Define functional growth expectations at different career stages.
• Ensure alignment between: role expectations, capability depth, Functional Academies, experiential development.
• Reinforce strong functional expert tracks alongside leadership paths.
• Drive systematic capture of critical functional knowledge and expertise.
• Partner with senior functional SMEs to convert tacit knowledge into: functional playbooks, decision frameworks, case‑based learning, standards and guidelines.
• Integrate knowledge assets directly into Functional Academies and execution systems.
• Reduce dependency on individuals by building institutional functional capability.
• Partner hands on with SMEs and process owners to co-create learning content.
• Convert real business challenges, regulatory requirements, risk scenarios, and improvement initiatives into learning interventions.
• Ensure technical rigor, accuracy, and applicability of content.
• Apply practical learning design so engineers and operators can immediately apply skills on the job.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Company-paid life insurance and voluntary coverage options
• Competitive paid time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retirement and post-retirement health coverage options
• Employee assistance programs available 24/7
• Wellness, career development, and work-life support resources

What This Job Offers

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