Senior GHG & Carbon Accounting Lead

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSU program

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Seattle, WA, is seeking a Senior Sustainability Specialist to embed decarbonization into core business strategy and oversee GHG data collection, inventory, and reporting across AWS infrastructure.

You will partner with energy, real estate, and data center teams to implement carbon accounting methodologies, improve data quality, and align with evolving standards, while communicating results to senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in sustainability-related field or 6+ years in field.
• 5+ years developing environmental sustainability or GHG programs.
• Fluency with AI/GenAI tools to automate analysis.
• Experience obtaining, managing, and analyzing carbon and energy data.
• Experience developing or applying carbon accounting methodologies.
• Experience leading programs involving multiple teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with infrastructure planning, real estate, energy, and data center teams to integrate carbon considerations into siting, design, and development decisions.
• Develop, document, and operationalize new and improved carbon accounting methodologies for both operational and embodied emissions across the AWS infrastructure lifecycle.
• Own and mature the AWS GHG inventory — improving data quality, calculation methods, emission factors, and Scope 1, 2, and 3 boundary definitions.
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert on carbon accounting and GHG inventory methodology within the group and across partner teams.
• Measure the carbon impact of current and future infrastructure and sustainability programs, and effectively communicate results to key decision‑makers and leaders.
• Responsible for program delivery, developing metrics, internal and audit‑ready reporting, and managing data inputs from multiple teams.
• Bring a solutions‑oriented mindset, offering creative, rigorous, and defensible approaches to measurement challenges.

Skills

GHG data management

Carbon accounting

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

AI/GenAI in analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Sustainability/related field

MBA/MS preferred

Job description

Amazon Inc. in Seattle, WA, is seeking a Senior Sustainability Specialist to embed decarbonization into core business strategy and oversee GHG data collection, inventory, and reporting across AWS infrastructure.

You will partner with energy, real estate, and data center teams to implement carbon accounting methodologies, improve data quality, and align with evolving standards, while communicating results to senior leaders.