Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability Programs

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• Direct and oversee intricate cross-functional sustainability initiatives and implementation efforts that align with Carrier’s climate strategy, environmental programs, sustainability disclosures, and regulatory readiness.

• Transform regulatory, investor, customer, and business requirements into actionable steps and implementation strategies.

• Collaborate with EHS, Product Sustainability, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, Investor Relations, Communications, and various business units.

• Develop practical strategies, oversee execution, and propel implementation forward.

• Assist with sustainability disclosures, public reporting, and activities related to regulatory readiness.

• Organize readiness initiatives and contribute to the creation of clear, consistent, evidence-based disclosure content.

• Address sustainability inquiries, ratings, rankings, and external assessments from investors, customers, and stakeholders.

• Foster alignment across different functions, facilitate decision-making and issue resolution, and lead project teams within a matrixed environment.

• Manage dependencies, communicate risks and recommendations, and supervise consultant work and deliverables within the agreed scope and budget.

• Establish requirements for environmental metrics, methodologies, source data, boundaries, assumptions, evidence, and review responsibilities.

• Assist with issue resolution, readiness testing, and remediation of environmental datasets and narratives.

• Offer environmental subject-matter expertise for the condensed Sustainability and Impact Report.

• Operate autonomously at the Senior Manager level and appropriately escalate significant policy, risk, and resource decisions.

• Ensure consistency among environmental strategy, programs, metrics, disclosures, and supporting evidence.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree.

• Over 5 years of progressive experience in corporate sustainability, environmental programs, sustainability consulting, or regulatory disclosure.

• Willingness and capability to travel up to 10% annually.

• A degree or relevant professional credential in sustainability, climate, environmental science, engineering, business, or communications.

• Experience in climate transition planning, greenhouse gas accounting, climate risk analysis, circular economy, product sustainability, or lifecycle assessment.

• Proven experience in developing policies, actions, targets, metrics, and implementation plans regarding environmental topics.

• Background in supporting sustainability assurance, internal controls, data lineage documentation, or audit-ready evidence packages.

• Experience in managing consultants and coordinating deliverables across EHS, Product Sustainability, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, and business teams.

• Familiarity with sustainability reporting and data platforms such as Workiva, Enablon, or similar systems.

• Experience independently leading complex cross-functional programs within a global or matrixed organization.

• Strong written communication skills, including drafting clear, evidence-based sustainability disclosures and executive-ready documents.

• Excellent analytical, organizational, and stakeholder management abilities, demonstrating executive presence and the capability to resolve dependencies, drive decisions, and manage multiple priorities.

• Proficient in translating technical or regulatory requirements into actionable steps for business and functional teams.

• Comprehensive knowledge of climate and environmental sustainability topics and familiarity with CSRD and ESRS requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

• Medical, Dental, Vision coverage.

• Wellness incentives.

• Retirement benefits.

• Paid vacation days, up to 15 days.

• Paid sick days, up to 5 days.

• Paid personal leave, up to 5 days.

• Paid holidays, up to 13 days.

• Birth and adoption leave.

• Parental leave.

• Family and medical leave.

• Bereavement leave.

• Jury duty leave.

• Military leave.

• Purchased vacation options.

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage.

• Health Savings Account.

• Health Care Spending Account.

• Dependent Care Spending Account.

• Tuition Assistance.