The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization capitalizes on Amazon’s scale and speed to build a more resilient and sustainable company. We manage our social and environmental impacts globally, and drive solutions that enable our customers, businesses, and the world to become more sustainable.
Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge, our commitment to reach net-zero carbon across our global operations by 2040. As part of the Worldwide Environment team, Amazon's Worldwide Carbon team is dedicated to working across the company with our business units to make operational changes to accelerate solutions and decarbonize our businesses in service of The Climate Pledge.
The Worldwide Carbon Team is looking for a Principal Program Manager, Carbon. The successful candidate will develop tools and mechanisms to accelerate Amazon’s transition to net-zero operations, with a particular focus on assessing the cost of emerging technologies for transition glidepaths and developing innovative financing solutions to encourage their adoption. This role requires a unique combination of strategic thinking, quantitative analysis, technical decarbonization experience, and practical project implementation experience in one or more high emitting sectors.
The ideal candidate will be able to navigate complex stakeholder environments, understand technological, macroeconomic, and market barriers to decarbonization, and create solutions to overcome these challenges. Key responsibilities of this role include:
Key job responsibilities
- Develop and implement strategic frameworks to help Business Units evaluate and execute decarbonization opportunities, including technological solutions and financing mechanisms.
- Work with teams across the company to drive development and utilization of Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACCs) in planning and investment decisions that consider technological readiness, market conditions, policy frameworks, and regional contexts.
- Regularly update Amazon's senior leadership on the technological, financial, and economic levers that will drive cost curves and supply chains for low carbon solutions in commercial industries such as transportation, building construction, fuels, aviation, and maritime shipping.
- Collaborate with multilateral finance institutions to identify strategic opportunities to accelerate climate technologies and solutions, and opportunities for novel financing mechanisms.
- Support Amazon Business Units in developing region-specific decarbonization strategies that consider local market conditions, policy environments, and technological capabilities.
- Engage externally to explore public-private partnerships and blended finance to accelerate the transition to net zero.
About the team
Diverse Experiences:
World Wide Sustainability values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Inclusive Team Culture:
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Mentorship & Career Growth:
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance:
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
- 7+ yrs of experience in sustainability, climate action, environmental economics or related fields in the private sector
- 7+ yrs program or project management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
- 5+ yrs of experience with large data sets, and analytics
- Proven track record of using data and metrics to drive strategic decision making
- Experience working with emerging markets and developing economies, including in the Global South
- Strong understanding of blended finance and technology commercialization
- Experience working with multilateral institutions, such as the United Nations, World Bank and the International Energy Agency
- Master’s degree in relevant field (e.g., sustainability, business, economics, engineering)
- Experience in cost forecasting and modeling
- Experience in corporate venture capital, development finance, or project finance
- Demonstrated understanding of latest industry trends and emerging decarbonization technologies relevant to Amazon (e.g., transport, buildings, cloud computing)
- Demonstrated expertise in emerging decarbonization technologies and their application across different sectors
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $149,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit
https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
