Water Sustainability Manager, WW Sustainability

Amazon • Arlington, VA

5h

About The Position

Join us at the forefront of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on
environmental and social advancements to support Amazon's long term worldwide
sustainability strategy. At Amazon, we're working to be the most
customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented,
bright, and driven people.

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.

The Worldwide Environment team (focusing on waste, water, circularity and
biodiversity) utilizes science-based approaches to lower Amazon’s environmental
impact in the areas of waste, water, and biodiversity across the operations of
our business units and products, making meaningful and measurable impacts in the
communities in which we operate.

We seek a Water Sustainability Manager to join the company’s water stewardship
program.

In this role, you will develop and oversee replenishment projects that support
Amazon’s goal to be water positive by 2030. You will work with global partners
to identify opportunities for restoring watersheds, expanding water access, and
improving water system efficiency in regions where Amazon operates.

You will develop a portfolio of projects, oversee project implementation, and
own long-term project maintenance and reporting workstreams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or Master's degree in business, data science, public administration, finance, engineering, human resources or related field
• 5+ years of business development, partnership management, or sourcing new business experience
• 5+ years of cross functional project delivery experience, or a PMP certificate and 5+ years of managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining commitment to deadlines, or experience with end-to-end project management
• Experience influencing internal and external stakeholders
• • Strong understanding of corporate water stewardship, international water and sanitation programs, watershed restoration, or water technology

Nice To Haves

• 7+ years’ work experience in water resources management, international development, or other relevant field

Responsibilities

• Work with external partners to source replenishment projects for 10-15 watersheds per year
• Manage relationships with existing partners and ensure that projects deliver sustainable benefits for targeted watersheds
• Work with the Amazon Worldwide Sustainability Water Replenishment team to track project pipeline for replenishment projects in targeted watersheds
• Work with internal teams to complete contracting and payment processes for all projects
• Work with external partners to identify and validate volumetric benefits of replenishment projects
• Work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions
• Communicate publicly about Amazon’s water stewardship work

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