WWGS Carbon Lead, WWGS Sustainability

Amazon • Austin, TX

1d • $115,600 - $160,000

About The Position

The Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) Sustainability team utilizes science-based approaches to lower Amazon's environmental impact across carbon, waste, water, biodiversity, and social responsibility, driving measurable decarbonization progress across operations and supply chain. This role seeks an experienced Senior Program Manager to lead carbon reduction initiatives across global grocery operations, directly impacting Amazon's path to Net Zero Carbon by 2040. The position involves driving tactical execution of decarbonization programs, building measurement and mechanism infrastructure for data-driven decision-making, planning, and progress tracking. Working at the intersection of WWGS operations, supply chain, and central Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) stakeholders, the lead will collaborate with senior leadership and working teams internally and externally to develop and scale programs that reduce carbon emissions across retail operations, transportation networks, and global supply chains. Responsibilities include owning end-to-end carbon measurement, planning, and tracking systems for WWGS, delivering leadership updates and forecasted plans through 2040, and driving supplier engagement with over 1000 suppliers for tracking, goal setting, and action toward decarbonization plans. The role requires managing multiple projects, from setting carbon intensity goals to evaluating new sustainability tools, preparing stakeholder reports, and partnering with senior leadership to achieve Amazon's Net Zero 2040 commitments. This high-visibility, partnerships-driven role offers a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on global sustainability practices, shaping customer experience and driving measurable progress toward climate commitments. A successful candidate must be able to work independently, be comfortable with ambiguity, and influence partners at all levels.

Requirements

• 5+ years of program or project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Experience with core carbon and decarbonization concepts, including net zero frameworks, carbon accounting principles, Scope 1/2/3 emissions boundaries, emissions factor application, and abatement planning
• Experience translating decarbonization strategies into projects and programs with internal operational and/or external supply chain partners
• Experience translating complex carbon and sustainability concepts for diverse audiences, including communicating technical emissions data to non-technical business stakeholders and engaging suppliers or external partners on decarbonization goals and expectations

Nice To Haves

• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
• Experience with agricultural, food supply chain, or grocery retail decarbonization and sustainability project management
• Experience with Scope 3 supplier engagement, including carbon data collection, goal-setting, and driving supplier action toward decarbonization
• Familiarity with Scope 1 and 2 decarbonization strategies, including building electrification, energy efficiency in built environments, fleet and transportation electrification, and renewable energy procurement

Responsibilities

• Lead scalable carbon abatement projects across WWGS's diverse value chain, partnering with WWGS stakeholders, sustainability subject matter experts, and external partners including suppliers to drive execution from design through implementation
• Act as operational lead and liaison for carbon programs across the organization, coordinating with diverse stakeholders to maintain programmatic health and execution momentum
• Monitor goals, progress, and key indicators of success for carbon initiatives, providing regular updates to keep work on-track and on-target
• Drive tactical decarbonization roadmaps, in partnership with climate SMEs, to pilot and implement lower carbon solutions across buildings, private brands, and transportation
• Support setting and tracking WWGS carbon intensity reduction goals on an annual and long-term (3+ year) basis
• Identify Pan-Amazon opportunities to force multiply and accelerate decarbonization progress across the company
• Gather and coordinate stakeholder input data to support measurement and reporting needs from WWS Measurement and Science organizations
• Own mechanisms to track historical records, build and maintain forecasts, improve data fidelity, and integrate WWGS data into enterprise-wide measurement, tracking, and reporting systems across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions
• Drive assessment and adoption of new Amazon Sustainability tools that accelerate decision-making while reducing effort across stakeholders
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, biannual, and annual carbon updates (MPR, QBR, stakeholder one-pagers, biannual Net Zero Transition Plan update) by collecting inputs from key stakeholders
• Lead supplier engagement process for carbon data collection and top supplier goal-setting in partnership with WWS
• Build and maintain operational relationships with internal and external business partners to support carbon program execution
• Coordinate cross-functional working groups to drive alignment and progress on carbon reduction initiatives
• Facilitate communication and collaboration between WWGS teams, sustainability experts, and external partners to ensure program success

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed