Water Stewardship Lead, Global Sustainability

About the role

A Program Manager at Google leads complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish, working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. As the Water Stewardship Lead, you will lead Google’s water stewardship strategy and steward its operationalization across the company. You will be a key strategic leader, partnering cross-functionally to drive and publish new research, establish our global advocacy and engagement positions, and steward the optimization of our end-to-end program processes for scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead Google’s water stewardship strategy, steward its operationalization, and drive optimization of the end-to-end processes for scale across the organization.
• Establish a global advocacy and engagement strategy on water, and represent Google externally in key forums, including standard-setting efforts.
• Drive new research and data insights and lead the publication of position papers.
• Support goal and execution of water stewardship programs in priority regions and manage extended workforce resources.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program or project management.
• 8 years of experience in water stewardship, or a related field.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Hydrology, or in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience establishing water stewardship strategies, leading the execution of watershed health, water replenishment, or related community-level projects in priority regions.
• Experience working with hyperscalers or large-scale technology infrastructure on environmental or water sustainability initiatives.
• Exceptional ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear communications for various audiences, while thriving in a cross-functional environment.
• Proven track record driving global advocacy and engagement strategies on water, including working with cross-functional teams and publishing position papers and research insights.

Benefits

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance.
• Retail Benefits: 401(k) with company match.
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment.
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance.
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks.
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks.
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Pay

US: $188000 - $275000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits