Total Rewards Consultant, U.S.

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, 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.

About the role:

At Alcoa, our people are our greatest asset.

We're looking for a Total Rewards Consultant, U.S. to play a key role in designing, administering, and enhancing compensation and benefits programs that help us attract, retain, and engage top talent across the organization.

This is an exciting opportunity for a compensation professional who enjoys blending analytics, strategy, and collaboration to meet our talent and business objectives.

You'll work closely with HR leaders, managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure our total rewards programs remain competitive, compliant, equitable, and aligned with business goals.

As a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, you will:



* Analyze compensation data, market trends, and industry best practices to develop insights and recommendations that support talent attraction, retention, and engagement.


* Partner with HR and business leaders to provide expert guidance on compensation programs, job evaluations, and pay-related decisions.


* Lead the job evaluation process, ensuring consistency, internal equity, and compliance with established governance requirements.


* Manage key compensation activities, including market pricing, competitive analysis, salary benchmarking, survey participation, and variable pay support.


* Lead the annual salary planning process, supporting the design, administration, and implementation of merit and compensation planning activities.


* Develop and maintain compensation policies, process documentation, educational materials, and compliance resources


* Support compliance, audits, process improvements, and strategic Total Rewards initiatives, including global compensation and executive compensation projects.

What you can bring to the role:


* Experience leading projects and managing multiple priorities, with familiarity in areas such as healthcare benefits, retirement plans, and total rewards program design considered a plus.


* 5+ years of compensation experience with strong knowledge of compensation principles, market pricing, job evaluation, salary administration, and broad-based reward programs.


* Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights and recommendations.


* Experience leveraging HR systems and technology, including Workday (preferred), along with advanced p...