Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability Programs
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability Programs will lead complex cross-functional sustainability initiatives and implementation efforts that support Carrier’s climate strategy, environmental programs, sustainability disclosures, and regulatory readiness. The role translates regulatory, investor, customer, and business requirements into practical actions and implementation plans, combining strategic perspective, sound judgment, and disciplined execution. The position partners across EHS, Product Sustainability, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, Investor Relations, Communications, and business units to advance enterprise sustainability priorities. It maintains a strong climate and environmental focus while adapting to evolving Corporate Sustainability priorities, regulatory developments, and stakeholder needs. The position reports to the Director, Corporate Sustainability. The role is scheduled Monday through Friday, typically 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Eastern Time. It is onsite in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, or remote, preferably in the Eastern Time Zone.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 5 years of progressive experience in corporate sustainability, environmental programs, sustainability consulting, or regulatory disclosure.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% of the year.
Nice To Haves
- Degree or relevant professional credential in sustainability, climate, environmental science, engineering, business, or communications.
- Experience with climate transition planning, greenhouse-gas accounting, climate-risk analysis, circular economy, product sustainability, or lifecycle assessment.
- Experience developing policies, actions, targets, metrics, and implementation plans for environmental topics.
- Experience supporting sustainability assurance, internal controls, data-lineage documentation, or audit-ready evidence packages.
- Experience managing consultants and coordinating deliverables across EHS, Product Sustainability, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, and business teams.
- Familiarity with sustainability reporting and data platforms such as Workiva, Enablon, or comparable systems.
- Experience independently leading complex cross-functional programs in a global or matrixed organization.
- Strong written communication skills, including the ability to draft clear, evidence-based sustainability disclosures and executive-ready materials.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills, executive presence, and the ability to resolve dependencies, drive decisions, and manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to translate technical or regulatory requirements into practical actions for business and functional teams.
- Strong knowledge of climate and environmental sustainability topics and familiarity with CSRD and ESRS requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead sustainability initiatives and implementation efforts focused on climate and environmental priorities; shape practical approaches, coordinate execution, and drive implementation as assigned.
- Support sustainability disclosures, public reporting, and regulatory-readiness activities by translating requirements into business actions and contributing to clear, consistent, evidence-based disclosure content.
- Support investor, customer, and other stakeholder sustainability inquiries, ratings, rankings, and external assessments; coordinate responsive and accurate communications with Investor Relations, Communications, and subject-matter experts.
- Build cross-functional alignment, facilitate decisions and issue resolution, and lead project teams through influence in a matrixed environment.
- Coordinate dependencies, communicate risks and recommendations, and manage consultant work and deliverables within approved scope and budget.
- Partner with data, systems, controls, and functional owners to define environmental metric requirements, methodologies, source data, boundaries, assumptions, evidence, and review responsibilities.
- Support issue resolution, readiness testing, and remediation for environmental datasets and narratives, while maintaining functional data ownership and the data-and-systems lead’s responsibilities.
- Provide environmental subject-matter support for the Sustainability and Impact Report, including selected environmental narrative and metric updates, reviews, and evidence.
- Perform other duties supporting environmental sustainability strategy, governance, disclosure readiness, or program implementation.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Wellness incentives
- Retirement benefits
- Paid vacation, sick days, personal leave, and holidays
- Birth and adoption leave, parental leave, family and medical leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and military leave
- Purchased vacation
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage
- Health Savings Account, Health Care Spending Account, and Dependent Care Spending Account
- Tuition assistance
- Short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
