Director Strategy and Business Development

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.

As a leader within Alcoa, you can help fulfill our purpose and realise our vision to build a legacy of excellence for future generations.

This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience and help shape the future of Alcoa.

About the Role

Are you ready to take the lead in driving growth and shaping the future of a global leader in the aluminium industry? As a Director of Strategy and Business Development you will drive strategy, portfolio, and business development initiatives that uncover new opportunities.

You’ll identify, develop, and deliver strategic projects that make a lasting impact.

Key responsibilities include:


* Lead large strategy and business development projects across all phases, screening, evaluation, validation, and delivery and work with teams from Operations, Commercial, Finance, and Corporate Affairs.


* Conduct due diligence on projects and entities, including country entry assessments.


* Develop concept studies for greenfield projects, M&A, joint ventures, and adjacent opportunities, including financial valuation and risk analysis.


* Build compelling business cases, make recommendations, and present to regional and corporate executives for endorsement.


* Develop relationships and support negotiations with external stakeholders and counterparties.


* Structure key terms and review entry documentation, term sheets, and definitive agreements.

What’s on offer


* Access to training designed for executives.


* Competitive short-term and long-term performance-based rewards.


* Direct engagement with board-level decisions and enterprise-wide strategy shaping.


* Flexible arrangements that support work-life integration at the executive level.


* Collaborate across diverse operational domains to shape enterprise-wide outcomes.


* A competitive executive salary that reflects the strategic impact of your role.

What you can bring to the role


* A Bachelor’s degree and MBA (or equivalent experience).


* 8–10 years in the aluminium or minerals industry, with at least 3–5 years in strategic planning and analysis.


* Expertise in business case development, financial modelling and project concept/feasibility analysis.


* Strong project management, stakeholder engagement, and negotiation skills.


* Ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct reporting lines.


* Exceptional presentation and communication skills for executive-level audiences.


* Experience in strategy or corporate development environments, ideally within the minerals industry.


* Exposure to Asia markets is highly regarded.

Additional information


* Interviews may progress prior to the closing date, although all applications will be considere...