Global Environmental Waste Program Lead, AWS Environmental

Amazon • Herndon, VA

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About The Position

Amazon is looking for a talented and self-motivated Global Environmental Waste
Program Manager to support all AWS sites globally. The successful candidate will
join the AWS Environmental team, an expanding and dynamic team that is critical
to enabling AWS's growth around the world, as well as ensuring regulatory
compliance and highest-level environmental performance of AWS's data center
global operations. The Environmental team has responsibility for managing
Environmental requirements and risk from site selection through to
decommissioning. This is a Senior Global Program Manager role within the Global
Environmental Programs Team of AWS Environmental. The role requires a highly
skilled professional to manage complex, ambiguous waste initiatives across
organizational boundaries.

The ideal candidate must lead waste program initiatives, influence stakeholders,
and work independently while seeking guidance when needed. Strong strategic and
tactical skills are essential, including balancing short and long-term needs,
mitigating risks, and delivering simplified solutions. Excellent communication
skills are crucial, with the ability to present to senior leadership and write
strategic narratives. The role involves mentoring, recruitment, and process
improvement. Cross-functional collaboration and consensus-building are key. The
successful candidate will significantly impact long-term organizational goals
and model best practices in Waste and Circular Economy, driving change and
innovation across the organization.

Requirements

• 8+ years of project management (including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and critical path management) experience
• Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, geology, environmental science, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience serving as an environmental professional with solid regional or global environmental management or program experience in waste management.
• Experience in environmental program development, environmental compliance, environmental risk, environmental due diligence and environmental permitting/reporting.
• Strong environmental project management skills working with globally displaced teams across different business areas and levels within a growing business environment
• Ability to implement environmental performance enhancing initiatives and programs across functional teams, building processes that scale globally in a fast paced, growing organization.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in regional and/or global environmental management in cloud-based infrastructure companies preferred.
• 10+ years in multinational company with focus on waste program development, deployment, implementation and verification.
• Excellent communication skills, strong relationship builder, solid influencing and negotiation skills, and the ability to coach at multiple levels.
• Master's degree in science, engineering or a related field

Responsibilities

• Leadership and commitment. Ensure the global waste program evolves to meet changing organizational needs, stakeholder expectations, and environmental challenges, and securing necessary resources and support for continuous improvement.
• Collaboration. Collaborate with wider environmental, operations, legal, policy and sustainability teams to perform reviews and updates needed to ensure the waste program remains relevant and effective.
• Risk management and planning. Support the ongoing identification and assessment of environmental risks identified through the waste program across the full AWS lifecycle from equipment development and site selection through to decommissioning. Develop and implement strategic plans to address significant environmental risks and opportunities, setting ambitious yet achievable improvements.
• Implementation and operation. Oversee the design and deployment of our Waste program to enhance environmental performance and drive circular economy initiatives to ensure compliance with legal and other requirements. Lead associated environmental development training and awareness programs to embed skills throughout the organization.
• Performance evaluation. Establish and manage a robust system for monitoring, measuring, and reporting performance of the waste program. Conduct regular assessments of waste related tools and processes being used by AWS, collate and analyze waste data gathered to identify trends, gaps, and areas for improvement. Present performance reports and recommendations to top management.
• Continual improvement. Drive the ongoing enhancement of the waste program leading management reviews, implementing corrective and preventative actions, and identifying innovative approaches to improve environmental performance.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

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