Water Stewardship Lead, Global Sustainability

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in program or project management.
  
• 8 years of experience in water stewardship, or a related field.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Hydrology, or in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience establishing water stewardship strategies, leading the execution of watershed health, water replenishment, or related community-level projects in priority regions.
  
• Experience working with hyperscalers or large-scale technology infrastructure on environmental or water sustainability initiatives.
  
• Exceptional ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear communications for various audiences, while thriving in a cross-functional environment.
• Proven track record driving global advocacy and engagement strategies on water, including working with cross-functional teams and publishing position papers and research insights.
  

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.

As the Water Stewardship Lead, you will lead Google’s water stewardship strategy and steward its operationalization across the company. You will be a key strategic leader, partnering cross-functionally to drive and publish new research, establish our global advocacy and engagement positions, and steward the optimization of our end-to-end program processes for scale. You will support third-party standard development efforts, and will act as a primary representative of our water program in internal and external forums.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Google’s water stewardship strategy, steward its operationalization, and drive optimization of the end-to-end processes for scale across the organization.
  
• Establish a global advocacy and engagement strategy on water, and represent Google externally in key forums, including standard-setting efforts.
  
• Drive new research and data insights and lead the publication of position papers.
  
• Support goal and execution of water stewardship programs in priority regions and manage extended workforce resources.