Senior Manager, Decarbonization and Energy Strategy

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Caribbean Group is seeking a Senior Manager, Decarbonization and Energy Strategy to own end-to-end decarbonization workstreams across fleet operations and newbuilds. The role requires translating strategy into actionable plans and delivering measurable outcomes while partnering with Marine Ops, Newbuild, Supply Chain, and Finance in Miami.

The successful candidate will lead governance cadences, develop analytics, models of emissions trajectories and costs, and mentor 1–2 direct reports in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, environmental science, sustainability, or related field.
• 10–12 years of cross-functional program ownership and leadership experience.
• Proven ability to manage complex programs end-to-end with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in decarbonization, climate policy, or maritime context preferred.
• Strong analytical, modeling, and financial forecasting skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of decarbonization workstreams (energy efficiency, enabling technologies, digital optimization, regulatory enablement).
• Establish governance charters, milestones, risks, and benefits tracking with weekly cadence and monthly updates.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to size opportunities and inform priorities.
• Prepare decision-ready materials for leadership and synthesize technical inputs into actionable options.
• Model emissions trajectories, abatement costs, and CapEx/OpEx implications; support low-carbon fuel sourcing.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration and facilitate workshops across Marine Ops, Newbuild, Supply Chain, and Finance.
• Mentor 1–2 direct reports and drive knowledge sharing and capability building.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

PowerPoint skills

Excel skills

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Environmental Science, Sustainability, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

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Senior Manager, Decarbonization and Energy Strategy

Senior Manager, Decarbonization and Energy Strategy

Journey with us!Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our incredible team of employees atRoyal Caribbean Group. We are proud to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations, and the best people. Together, we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests.

Royal Caribbean Group’s Decarbonization Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Senior Manager, Decarbonizationreporting to the Senior Director, Decarbonization.

This position will work onsite in Miami, Florida.

This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship.

Position Summary:

The Senior Manager, Decarbonization is a key execution leader responsible for owning defined decarbonization workstreams and converting the enterprise decarbonization roadmap into measurable outcomes across fleet operations and the newbuild pipeline. The role supports disciplined governance, value tracking, and decision support, working as a day-to-day integrator across Marine Operations, Newbuilding, Supply Chain, Finance, and other partners to ensure decarbonization initiatives are delivered with rigor and pace.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1) Workstream ownership: strategy-to-execution translation

- Own end-to-end delivery of assigned decarbonization workstreams (e.g., energy efficiency, enabling technologies, operational measures, digital optimization, compliance enablement), translating long-term ambition into near- and mid-term execution plans.

- Identify relevant decarbonization levers within scope, clarify what success looks like, and ensure delivery plans are grounded in operational reality.

2) Program governance & delivery cadence (PM discipline)

- Establish clear workstream charters including scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, decision points, and success criteria.

- Ensure consistent project status reporting and stakeholder cadence aligned to agreed frameworks/charters (e.g., weekly working cadence, monthly steering updates), escalating blockers and driving actions to closure.

- Maintain disciplined tracking of schedule, scope, and value delivery for assigned initiatives, supporting enterprise governance and value-tracking mechanisms.

3) Structured problem solving, analytics & decision support

- Conduct high-quality quantitative and qualitative analysis to size opportunities, evaluate trade-offs, and inform priorities within assigned workstreams.

- Synthesize complex technical, regulatory, and operational inputs into structured options and recommendations; prepare decision-ready materials for leadership.

- Prepare high-quality presentations, reports, memos, and workshop materials that drive clarity, alignment, and decisions

- Own analytical modelling of emissions trajectories, abatement costs, and compliance exposure across multi-brand operations.

- Quantify financial implications of decarbonization initiatives, including OpEx and CapEx forecasting, ROI, and scenario analysis.

- Support evaluation of low-carbon fuel sourcing opportunities and strategic investments through financial modeling and market benchmarking.

- Monitor evolving regulatory and carbon pricing landscapes to anticipate cost impacts and advise on risk mitigation measures.

4) Stakeholder orchestration & workshop facilitation

- Orchestrate cross-functional stakeholder interactions to establish alignment and a shared understanding of priorities, milestones, and delivery trade-offs.

- Design and facilitate workshops and working sessions to accelerate scope definition, problem solving, and delivery execution across functions and geographies.

- Maintain strong working knowledge of maritime decarbonization levers (energy efficiency, alternative fuels, shore power, battery electrification, enabling technologies, digital optimization, operational measures) and translate insights into execution priorities.

- Proactively monitor relevant regulatory and industry developments, assess implications, and recommend necessary actions or adjustments to plans.

6) Knowledge building & capability uplift

- Create reusable playbooks, templates, and lessons learned (e.g., charter templates, KPI definitions, reporting packs, governance cadence) to improve delivery consistency and speed.

- Contribute to a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the decarbonization team and partners.

7) People leadership

- Lead, coach, and develop 1–2 direct reports; set clear accountability and build strong ownership for deliverables and outcomes.

- Lead effectively with and without direct authority, inspiring execution across stakeholders and functions.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Environmental Science, Sustainability, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• 10-12 years of relevant experience, including demonstrated ownership of cross-functional programs/projects and (ideally) initial people leadership or team mentorship
• Demonstrated experience managing complex programs/projects end-to-end with cross-functional stakeholders (program management, delivery planning, cadence, and status reporting).
• Experience working with decarbonization and climate policy/regulation topics (maritime context preferred, or strong ability to ramp quickly).
• Advanced problem-solving and analytical skills; ability to deliver high-quality structured options and steering for decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills; ability to resolve conflicts, influence without authority, and ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills; ability to produce executive-ready materials.
• Travel flexibility as required.

Success Profile:

• Entrepreneurial energizer who creates momentum: proactively identifies opportunities, turns ideas into practical pilots, and drives progress through ambiguity with pace and optimism.
• Disciplined program leader: runs a strict delivery cadence (charters, milestones, risks, decisions, and benefits tracking) and reliably lands outcomes, not just activity.
• Innovative, creative problem-solver: challenges the status quo, uses out-of-the-box thinking, and translates emerging technology/regulatory signals into actionable execution plans.
• Trusted cross-functional integrator: influences without authority, aligns stakeholders quickly, resolves conflict constructively, and unblocks delivery across Marine Ops, Newbuild, Supply Chain, Finance, and partners.

We know there's a lot to consider.As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.