Technical Program Manager – Functional Academies

Novelis Corporate HQ • Atlanta, GA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Novelis is a global leader in aluminum recycling and rolling, providing sustainable aluminum solutions to 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 to shape a sustainable world together. The Novelis COE (Center of Excellence) 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. While part of HR, this role 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 COE role is crucial for ensuring consistent functional depth, data-driven decision-making, risk discipline, and business readiness across various functions. It focuses on transferring functional capabilities, systems, and expertise within 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 architecture, role-based learning paths, curriculum logic, and progression/mastery levels.
• Ensure academies are grounded in functional workflows, decision rights, risk/compliance/governance requirements, and business outcomes (margin, supply assurance, customer impact, safety).
• Partner with regional learning teams and functional leaders to implement academies consistently across regions and adapt delivery to local contexts without diluting standards.
• Act as the single point of accountability for academy relevance, quality, and scalability.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key external vendors and business schools to implement high-level, high-quality solutions.
• Maintain current knowledge of functional trends and propose innovative solutions to enhance employee development.
• Plan and coordinate face-to-face and blended learning events, including vendor sourcing, negotiation, purchase process alignment, on-site logistical support, transportation, catering, participant communication, and budget adherence.
• Work in partnership with regional learning teams to enable seamless deployment of global academies, translating global intent into executable regional deployment models.
• Provide clear design standards, playbooks, and enablement for regions to focus on execution.
• 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/operations roles, and speed to competence.
• Identify friction points in learning access, content usability, progression visibility, and on-the-job application.
• Redesign learning processes using a functional systems mindset (lean, flow, standard work, feedback), ensuring learning is embedded into work processes.
• 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 and ensure alignment between role expectations, capability depth, Functional Academies, and 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, integrating these assets into academies and execution systems.
• Reduce dependency on individuals by building institutional functional capability.
• Partner with SMEs and process owners to co-create learning content, converting real business challenges, regulatory requirements, risk scenarios, and improvement initiatives into learning interventions.
• Ensure technical rigor, accuracy, and applicability of content, applying practical learning design for immediate on-the-job application.

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