Senior Global Program Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

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.
Key job 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.
About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on

We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.
You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.

And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences

Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony

Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.
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