Program Manager III, Carbon Removals, Global Sustainability

Google•Cambridge, MA

7d•$159,000 - $230,000

About The Position

As a Program Manager at Google, you will lead complex, multidisciplinary projects from start to finish, coordinating stakeholders to plan requirements, manage schedules, identify risks, and communicate progress and deadlines across cross-functional teams. Projects may span offices, time zones, and regions. The Carbon Removal team works to find and scale innovations needed to address climate change. Its portfolio includes breakthrough carbon removal technologies, nature-based carbon removal, and superpollutant elimination. The team is part of Global Sustainability and collaborates with research, product, and advocacy teams across Google. The Global Sustainability team develops and implements Google’s global sustainability strategy and programs across carbon, circular economy, water, product integration, reporting, and employee engagement. This role manages carbon removal offtake deals and procurement strategy, leads project diligence, and negotiates agreements with suppliers and other parties. US compensation is $159,000–$230,000, plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits. Individual pay depends on job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in program or project management.
Experience with carbon removal and superpollutant credit types, such as biomass-based, alkalinity-based, nature-based, and superpollutant elimination pathways.
Experience managing an end-to-end pipeline of agreements from sourcing through facilitation.

Nice To Haves

5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
Experience managing and driving complex programs in ambiguous environments.
Experience with communications, marketing, public relations, or financial modeling or analysis.
Experience conducting business across a variety of geographies within the United States and globally.
Experience working directly with suppliers on carbon removal or sustainability projects.

Responsibilities

Manage carbon removal offtake deals end to end, from sourcing suitable projects through executing agreements.
Set strategy for a defined area of carbon removal or superpollutant procurement, such as a specific pathway or geography.
Shape and drive complex sustainability programs, iterating rapidly to navigate ambiguous environmental markets.
Lead project diligence using technical screening to assess the scale and certainty of climate impact, and commercial screening to assess viability and business value.
Negotiate and contract deals with internal collaborators and approvers, suppliers, and other third parties.