Program Manager II, Life Cycle Assessment, Cloud Sustainability

Google; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 126,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company seeks a Program Manager II for Life Cycle Assessment in Cloud Sustainability. This role involves leading cross-functional projects aimed at reducing the environmental impact of technology. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in project management, sustainability practices, and relevant software tools, as well as the ability to work across diverse teams and time zones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2 years of program/project management experience.
• Experience with LCA software tools.

Responsibilities

• Build process-level life cycle models for environmental impacts.
• Lead collaboration with the Tools Team.
• Identify hotspots in data center hardware's life cycle.

Skills

Program Management

Project Management

Sustainability

Cross-functional Collaboration

Life Cycle Assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Life Cycle Assessment software (SimaPro, GaBi, etc.)

Job description

Program Manager II, Life Cycle Assessment, Cloud Sustainability

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software tools and databases (SimaPro, GaBi, Sphera, Open LCA, LCA for Experts, ecoinvent, etc.).
• Experience in data center operations or logistics.
  
  

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software tools and databases (SimaPro, GaBi, Sphera, Open LCA, LCA for Experts, ecoinvent, etc.).
• Experience in data center operations or logistics.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience working in electronics hardware design, manufacturing, data center environments, or supply chain.
• Experience in implementing initiatives on carbon-aware design, circularity, or sustainable manufacturing and operations.
• Experience with carbon accounting standards.
• Ability to work with stakeholders from different time zones such as PST/CST and EMEA/APAC working hours as needed.
  
  

About The Job

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead 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. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us.

The Net Zero Data team provides carbon data used towards a net zero hardware supply chain. This includes using a life cycle framework to develop methodology and assessments to account for supplier baseline emissions, emissions projections, and supplier interventions

In this role, you will help support other pillars of the Net Zero organization by collaborating with the Net Zero Tools team to provide guidance on solutions and with the Net Zero Supplier Engagement team to provide insights regarding areas of focus within the supply chain.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $126,000-$181,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Build-out process-level life cycle models and inventories to account for environmental impacts of legacy equipment, new product introductions and future looking technologies.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with our Tools Team in building solutions to assess fleet-level emissions of our portfolio of equipment.
• Uncover environmental hotspots in our data center hardware's life cycle from production, deployment, maintenance, and circular system, parts and material reuse, to identify mitigation strategies.
• Share progress updates with stakeholders, including multi-disciplinary, technical and non-technical audiences and work with other sustainability teams across Google on strategies, methods and joint programs to reach NetZero.
• Lead joint industry initiatives on standardization of accounting methods, reporting, and accelerating the shift toward a low-carbon economy.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management, Strategy/Planning, and Other

• Industries

  Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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