Decarbonization Strategy & Execution Lead

Royal Caribbean Group; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Caribbean Group in Miami is seeking a Senior Manager, Decarbonization to lead end-to-end workstreams spanning energy efficiency, enabling technologies, and operational measures for fleet operations and newbuilds. You will drive structured analysis, develop decision-ready materials for leadership, and govern delivery cadence across Marine Ops, Newbuild, Supply Chain, and Finance.

The role also includes mentoring 2–4 direct reports and collaborating with partners to deliver measurable

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of cross-functional program leadership.
• Experience with decarbonization or climate policy/regulation topics (maritime context preferred).
• Advanced problem-solving and analytical skills; ability to deliver structured options for decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence without authority.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills; executive-ready materials.
• Travel flexibility as required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of assigned decarbonization workstreams (e.g., energy efficiency, enabling technologies, operational measures, digital optimization, compliance) translating long-term ambition into near- and mid-term execution plans.
• Establish workstream charters with scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and success criteria.
• Maintain disciplined tracking of schedule, scope, and value delivery; support enterprise governance and value-tracking mechanisms.
• Conduct high-quality quantitative and qualitative analysis to size opportunities and inform priorities.
• Prepare decision-ready materials for leadership and synthesize inputs into actionable recommendations.
• Model emissions trajectories, abatement costs, and compliance exposure across multi-brand operations; evaluate OpEx/CapEx and ROI.
• Monitor regulatory and carbon pricing landscapes to advise on cost impacts and risk mitigation.
• Lead cross-functional workshops to accelerate scope definition and delivery across functions and geographies.
• Create reusable playbooks, templates, and lessons learned to improve delivery speed and consistency.
• Lead and develop 2–4 direct reports; foster ownership and accountability.

Skills

Program management

Governance

Analytics

Stakeholder mgmt

Decarbonization

People leadership

PowerPoint

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, environmental science or sustainability

MBA preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Royal Caribbean Group in Miami is seeking a Senior Manager, Decarbonization to lead end-to-end workstreams spanning energy efficiency, enabling technologies, and operational measures for fleet operations and newbuilds. You will drive structured analysis, develop decision-ready materials for leadership, and govern delivery cadence across Marine Ops, Newbuild, Supply Chain, and Finance.

The role also includes mentoring 2–4 direct reports and collaborating with partners to deliver measurable