Alli Rogers' Notes: Climate and Sustainability Jobs

2024, Edition 1: Friday, March 8, 2024

Are you looking for a job in climate solutions, environmental justice, sustainability, climate tech, climate policy, energy, environment, environmental law, ESG, or a related area? I’ve had the pleasure of meeting many talented and inspiring individuals looking for their next climate job or hoping to switch careers and transition into a role helping our planet. Oftentimes, the questions I hear are: where do I start and where do I look? One of my greatest joys is helping connect passionate environmentalists with career opportunities, especially when it comes to positions that will help our communities, environment, and planet. With the hope of helping others in their search, I've compiled current climate and sustainability job openings to help save time looking for new opportunities. Please feel free to share this post with any colleagues looking for their next role!

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⏰ Special Highlight: Fast-Approaching Deadline

Aspen Tech Policy Hub: Science & Technology Policy Fellowship.  Full-time, paid program that teaches science and technology experts (prioritizing those who work on climate, cybersecurity, and/or emerging technology) the skills they need to impact policy. The fellowship will take place from June 5-28, 2024 at Tides Converge in San Francisco. Fellows will have the option to work remotely part-time on a final project from June 28-August 25, 2024. $7,500 stipend to offset costs of participation; additional $5,000 for completion of final policy project. 

🕰 Applications DUE: Monday, March 11, 9:00am PT / 12:00pm ET.

0 to 5 Years of Experience 🌿  

🌿 Appalachian Mountain Club: Staff Scientist, Terrestrial Ecology & Climate Change.  Gorham, NH.  2 years’ experience.  $82,498 - $111,348.  

🌿 Appalachian Mountain Club: Director of Sustainability.  Remote (needs to be in driving distance to AMC’s lodges/locations).  3 years’ experience.  $80,000 - $90,000.

🌿 Brown University: Paleoclimate and Climate Change Lab Manager.  Providence, RI.  2 years’ experience.  Date posted: Dec. 20, 2023.

🌿 City of Boston: Environment Department Communications Manager.  Boston, MA.  3 years’ experience.  $64,747 - $89,482.  Posting End Date: July 10, 2024.

🌿 City of Boston: Carbon Neutrality Project Manager.  4 years’ experience. $64,747 - $89,482.  Posting End Date: Aug. 20, 2024.

🌿 ClimateWorks Foundation: Finance & Grants Associate.  Remote.  2+ years’ experience.  $65,000 - $70,000; $70,000 - $75,000 (Bay Area / NYC).

🌿 ClimateWorks Foundation: Strategy, Impact, and Learning Associate (contract position).  Remote.  2 - 3 years’ experience.  $35 to $38/hr; $38 to $40/hr (Bay Area / NYC).

🌿 Google: Materials Engineer, Net Zero, Carbon Reduction Technologies.  Locations: Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Addison, TX; Raleigh, NC; Durham, NC; Reston, VA.  2 years’ experience.  $114,000 - $167,000.

🌿 Google: Technical Program Manager, Data Center Innovation, Carbon Reduction.  Atlanta, GA.  2 years’ experience.  $118,000 - $172,000.

🌿 Google: Energy Structuring Negotiator, Global Data Centers.  New York, NY; San Francisco, CA.  4 years’ experience.  $136,000 - $203,000. 

🌿 Google: Technical Program Manager II, Carbon-Aware Computing, Climate Operations.  San Francisco, Mountain View, or Sunnyvale, CA.  2 years’ experience.  $118,000 - $172,000.

🌿 Google: Technical Program Manager, Greenhouse Gas and Environmental Metrics Tooling.  Chicago, IL.  2 years’ experience.  $118,000 - $172,000. 

🌿 Google: Program Manager II, Product Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability.  Sunnyvale, CA.  2 years’ experience.  $114,000 - $167,000.

🌿 Google: Program Manager II, Software Partnerships, Climate Operations.  New York, NY.  2 years’ experience.  $114,000 - $167,000. 

🌿 Microsoft: Carbon Dioxide Removal Asset Manager.  Redmond, WA; Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX; Phoenix, AZ.  2+ years’ experience.  $94,300 - $182,600; $120,900 - $198,600 for NYC metro and San Francisco Bay area.  Dated posted: Feb 22, 2024.

🌿 Microsoft: Senior Carbon Dioxide Removal Asset Manager.  Redmond, WA; Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX; Phoenix, AZ.  3+ years’ experience.  $112,000 - $218,400 per year; $145,800 - $238,600 for NYC metro and San Francisco Bay area.  Dated posted: March 1, 2024.

🌿 Microsoft: Senior Program Manager, Global Energy Strategy.  Redmond, WA; Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX; Phoenix, AZ.  4+ years’ experience.  $112,000 - $218,400; $145,800 - $238,600 for NYC metro and San Francisco Bay area.  Date posted: Jan 30, 2024.

5 to 10 Years of Experience 🌿 🌿 

🌿 Apple: Environmental Investments and Transactions Deal Manager.  Cupertino, CA.  5-10 years’ experience.  $148,200 - $223,100.  Posted: Mar 4, 2024.

🌿 Brandeis: Associate Director, Sustainability Programs.  Waltham, MA.  5 years’ experience.  

🌿 City of Boston: Director of the Municipal Energy Unit.  Boston, MA.  5 years’ experience.   $105,453 - $126,950.  Posting End Date: August 7, 2024.

🌿 City of Boston: Director of Energy Justice, Environment Department.  Boston, MA.  5 -7 years’ experience.  $105,453 - $126,950.  Posting End Date: August 7, 2024.

🌿 ClimateWorks Foundation: Business Analyst, Information Systems (contract position).  Remote.  5 years’ experience.  $45 to $48/hr; $49 to $53/hr (Bay Area / NYC).

🌿 ClimateWorks Foundation: Program Manager, DEC-Emerging Economies + Batteries (Remote: Americas).  Remote.  6-8 years’ experience.  $95,000 - $110,000.

🌿 ClimateWorks Foundation: Senior Manager for Session Content and Design, Funder Collaborations. San Francisco, CA or Remote.  8+ years’ experience.  $120,000 - $140,000.

🌿 ClimateWorks Foundation: Associate Director, Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI).  Remote.  8+ years’ experience.  $125,000 to $130,000; $130,000 - $140,000 (Bay Area / NYC).

🌿 Conservation Law Foundation: Press Secretary.  Boston, MA; Concord, NH; Montpelier, VT; New Haven, CT; Portland, ME, Providence, RI.  7 years’ experience.  $88,000 - $103,000 (Boston); $79,000 - $92,000 (outside of Boston).

🌿 Google: Program Manager III, Net Zero Content and Engagement, Climate Operations.  San Francisco, CA; Mountain View, CA; Atlanta, GA; Boulder, CO; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Sunnyvale, CA; Portland, OR.  5 years’ experience.  $136,000 - $203,000. 

🌿 Google: Technical Program Manager, Structuring Analyst, Data Centers.  New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA.  5 years’ experience.  $118,000 - $172,000. 

🌿 Google: Technical Program Manager III, Net Zero, Devices and Services.  Mountain View, CA.  5 years’ experience.  $139,000 - $208,000. 

🌿 Google: Strategic Negotiator, Energy Market Development.  Playa Vista, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Kirkland, WA; Portland, OR; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA.  6 years’ experience.  $136,000 - $203,000.

🌿 Google: Strategic Negotiator, Energy Market Development, Central Region.  Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Washington D.C.  6 years’ experience.  $136,000 - $203,000.

🌿 Google: AI/ML Carbon Reduction and Net Zero Lead.  Mountain View, CA.  8 years’ experience.  $160,000 - $246,000.

🌿 Google: Senior Program Manager, Net Zero Advocacy.  Boulder, CO.  

8 years’ experience.  $160,000 - $246,000.

🌿 Google: Program Manager, Supplier Engagement, Renewable Energy.  Sunnyvale, CA; Atlanta, GA.  8 years’ experience.  $160,000 - $246,000.

🌿 Google: Circular Economy Lead, Cloud Supply Chain, Operations Sustainability.  Atlanta, GA.  8 years’ experience.  $160,000 - $246,000.

🌿 MBTA: Director, Climate and Sustainability Planning.  Boston, MA.  7 years’ experience.  $102,520 - $135,000.

Posted: Feb 12, 2024.  Closing Date:  March 21, 2024.

🌿 MBTA: Director, Climate Policy.  Boston, MA.  7 years’ experience.  $102,520 - $135,000.  Posted: Feb 12, 2024.  Closing Date:  March 21, 2024.

🌿 Microsoft: Director, Cloud Supply Chain Sustainability.  Austin, TX.  6+ years’ experience.  $133,600 - $256,800; $173,200 - $282,200 for NYC metro and San Francisco Bay area.  Date posted: Jan. 18, 2024.

🌿 MIT: Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center.  Cambridge, MA.  7 years’ experience.  $136,550 - $226,920.  Posted: Feb. 14, 2024. See additional position description here.

🌿 The Nature Conservancy: Climate and Energy Strategy Lead.  Kansas.  6 years’ experience.  $92,100 - 136,800.  Posted: March 6, 2024.

🌿 The Nature Conservancy: Partnership Manager - US Federal Agencies/NFWF.  6 years’ experience.  $76,000 – $124,000.  Posted: Feb. 20, 2024.

🌿 The Nature Conservancy: Partnership Manager - US International Agencies/USAID.  6 years’ experience.  $76,000 – $124,000.  Posted: Feb. 20, 2024.

🌿 NRDC: Multi-Sector Regional Lead, Midwest, Climate & Energy.  Chicago, IL.  7+ years’ experience.  $157,000 - $178,000.

🌿 Surfrider Foundation: Senior Manager of Coasts and Climate.  7+ years’ experience.  $67,000 - $100,165.  Deadline: March 15, 2024.

10 to 15 Years of Experience 🌿 🌿 🌿 

🌿 Apple: Energy and Climate Solutions - Data Strategist.  Cupertino, CA.  10+ years’ experience.  $174,900 - $263,200.  Posted: Feb 26, 2024.  

🌿 Apple: Senior Commercial Deal Specialist - Renewable Energy.  Cupertino, CA.  10+ years’ experience.  $174,900 - $263,200.  Posted: Mar 5, 2024.

🌿 JP Morgan Chase: Head of Sustainability Reporting Policy, Executive Director.  Washington, DC; New York, NY.  10+ years’ experience.  $166,300 - $260,000.  Posted: Feb 15, 2024.

🌿 Marriott: Vice President, Climate Action Program.  Bethesda, MA.  10+ years’ experience.  Posted: Feb 5, 2024.

🌿 Marriott: Senior Director, Energy & Sustainability. Irvine, CA.  10+ years’ experience.  $127,088 - $281,923.00 (CA applicants); $127,088 - $256,293 (CO applicants); $153,776 - $281,923 (HI applicants); $127,088 - $281,923 (NY applicants); $127,088 - $281,923.00 (WA applicants).  Posted: Mar 5, 2024.  Deadline: Mar 19, 2024.

🌿 Southern Environmental Law Center: Director of Program Communications.  Asheville or Chapel Hill, NC; Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Charleston, SC; Charlottesville, VA; Nashville, TN; Richmond, VA; Washington, DC.  10+ years’ experience.  $122,500- $144,100.

15+ Years of Experience 🌿 🌿 🌿 🌿

Unspecified Organization: Senior Director/VP, Sustainability Consulting Services.  Washington.  15+ years’ experience.  $180,000 - $200,000.

Internships 🗒 🌱 

🌿 House Energy and Commerce Committee - Democratic Staff: Summer 2024 Session Intern.  Washington, DC.  Paid stipend.  Deadline: March 20, 2024.

🌿 Hasbro: Intern - Environmental, Social and Governance (Summer 2024).  Pawtucket, RI.  Posted: Feb. 29, 2024. 

🌿 Southern Environmental Law Center: Glynn D. Key Summer Intern Fellowship.  Atlanta, GA, Chapel Hill, NC, or Charlottesville, VA.  Legal internship, between 1L - 2L years.  $900/week, 10-week summer internship. 

Unspecified Years 🌲 🌲 🌲

🌿 Arête Glacier Initiative: Program Director. See additional link for application here.

🌿 Carbon Disclosure Project: Director of Development (Fundraising).  USA, Canada, Brazil, China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, or United Kingdom.  $147,800 - $204,000.  Closing Date: Apr 26, 2024.

🌿 University of Massachusetts Boston: Dean, School for the Environment.  Boston, MA.  $220,000-240,000.  Date posted: Feb. 29, 2024.  Review begins: March 27, 2024 (until filled). 

Legal Jobs ⚖ 

🌿 Conservation Law Foundation: Senior Attorney.  Boston, MA. 7 years’ experience.  $97,000 - $115,000.

🌿 The Nature Conservancy: Senior Attorney.  7 years’ experience.

$160,000-$210,000.  Posted: March 4, 2024.  

🌿 Southern Environmental Law Center: Associate Attorney.  Atlanta, GA.  0 - 3 years’ experience post-law school.  $79,000- $92,000.  

🌿 Southern Environmental Law Center: Staff Attorney or Senior Attorney - Energy Program.  Charlottesville, VA; Atlanta, GA; or Charleston, SC; possibly other SELC offices can be considered, except for Richmond, VA office.  5 years’ experience.  $103,283+.

🌿 Southern Environmental Law Center: Staff or Senior Attorney -  Environmental Justice. Chapel Hill, NC (preferred location, but other locations can be considered).  5’ years experience.  $103,283+.

Outside of the United States 🌍

🌿 Carbon Disclosure Project: Disclosure Lead, Latin America.  Latin America.  6 years’ experience.  Closing Date: Mar 22, 2024.

🌿 ClimateWorks Foundation: Senior Program Associate (Africa), Global Energy Transition Initiative.  Remote (must be based in Africa or the UK and expected to work on UK time).  5 years’ experience.

🌿 ClimateWorks Foundation: Associate Director (Latin America), Global Energy Transition Initiative. Remote (must be based in Latin America with a preference for Mexico, Colombia, or Brazil).  8 - 10 years’ experience.

🌿 ClimateWorks Foundation: Global Energy Transition East Africa Lead.  Nairobi, Kenya.  12+ years’ experience.  $120,000 - $140,000.

🌿 Marriott: Sustainability Manager.  Bangkok, Thailand.  

🌿 Microsoft: Energy Program Manager / Senior Energy Program Manager.  Hyderabad, Telangana, India.  5+ years’ experience.  Dated posted: Feb 2, 2024.

🌿 Microsoft: Technical Program Manager.  Hyderabad, Telangana, India.  6+ years’ experience.  Date posted: Dec 15, 2023. 

🌿 Microsoft: Regional Lead & Senior Energy Program Manager (APAC).  Singapore.  10+ years’ experience.  Date posted: Jan 22, 2024.

🌿 Netflix: Manager, ESG Reporting EMEA.  Amsterdam, Netherlands.  8 - 12 years’ experience.

🌿 World Resources Institute (WRI): Climate Change Director.  Sao Paulo, Brazil.  15+ years’ experience.  Closing Date: Mar 31, 2024.

* Standard Disclaimers and Disclosures:

I am not a recruiter and inclusion of any postings or information does not equal an endorsement of any kind.  I attempt to share only paid roles (as opposed to unpaid internships or pro bono fellowships).  The listing order does not reflect prioritization, but is an attempt to sort by years of experience, organization, etc.  It is possible postings may be updated and/or there may be copy/paste typos, so please be sure to check the organizations' websites directly for actual and/or current information.  I encourage you to not let the years of experience listed deter you from checking out the posting or considering possibly applying.  The postings may include additional information about qualifications that may help meet and/or substitute for the experience requirements.  Most of all, best of luck with your search and next steps!