Position summary

Google is seeking a Program Manager III for its Carbon Removal team within the Global Sustainability organization. The team’s mission is to find and scale the innovations the planet and Google need to fight climate change, with a portfolio spanning breakthrough carbon removal technologies, nature-based carbon removal, and superpollutant elimination. The role manages carbon removal offtake deals end to end, sourcing the right projects and executing agreements, and sets procurement strategy for a defined pathway or geography.

Why this role matters

The Global Sustainability team drives the development and implementation of Google’s global sustainability strategy across carbon, circular economy, water, product integration, reporting, and employee engagement. This role scales the carbon removal innovations central to Google’s climate goals, navigating ambiguous environmental markets to secure high-quality, viable carbon removal.

Key responsibilities

• Manage offtake deals end to end, sourcing the right carbon removal projects and executing agreements.
• Set strategy for a defined area of carbon removal or superpollutant procurement (a given pathway or geography).
• Shape and drive programs by leading complex sustainability programs and iterating rapidly to navigate ambiguous environmental markets.
• Lead diligence for projects, applying a technical screen (to assess scale and certainty of climate impact) and a commercial screen (to assess viability and business value).
• Negotiate and contract deals in collaboration with internal collaborators and approvers, suppliers, and other third parties.

Team and stakeholders

Part of the Carbon Removal team within Google’s Global Sustainability organization, the role collaborates with research, product, and advocacy teams across Google, as well as suppliers and third parties.

Key details

This role is based in New York, NY or Cambridge, MA. Compensation includes a 15% bonus target and equity in addition to base salary.

Requirements

Essential

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

Preferred

• 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/analysis.
• Experience conducting business across a variety of geographies, within the US and globally.
• Experience working directly with suppliers on carbon removal or sustainability projects.