Carbon Program Lead

Role Summary

The Carbon Programme Lead role provides comprehensive program direction and project support by coordinating with subject matter experts across regional teams in Americas and Europe, guiding engineering, operations and capital project teams to deliver against our sustainability objectives and strategic roadmap to 2030 and beyond. The role supports a strategy to reduce approximately 30,000T of Carbon Scope 1 through operational reduction initiatives and structured technology adoption, facilitating execution, steering forums, and driving best practices and alignment across site and regional teams.

Responsibilities

• Strategy Deployment - orchestrate transformational carbon projects through initiation, planning, implementation, and close-out within defined budget and schedule, leading matrixed teams across RDES, R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, Vaccines, IT, Finance, Procurement and HR.
• Build relationships with Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Engineering to manage stakeholders and promote the RDES Carbon Programme.
• Translate strategy into action—provide clarity and direction to regional and operational teams.
• Deliver technical engineering appraisal of interventions with actionable items for operational teams.
• Motivate the RDES community and deploy energy and utility programs to influence behavior and reduce energy demand.
• Ensure strategic sustainability projects comply with engineering policies and processes (EP90, TP26) throughout the project lifecycle.
• Prepare global trackers, reporting dashboards and leadership communications to monitor performance across governance structures.
• Lead RDES Global Energy metering strategy, innovating energy reporting and validation across the group.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree
• Required: 5+ years in project controls or project management with an engineering focus
• Preferred: Master’s degree in sustainability, engineering, or a related field
• Preferred: Experience in energy management and/or engineering projects
• Preferred: Degree in energy management/mechanical/electrical/building services engineering or related field
• Preferred: Knowledge of design and operation of Mechanical Systems (HVAC, LEV, Chilled Water, Steam Distribution)
• Preferred: Ability to work effectively in a matrix leadership environment and establish strong stakeholder relations
• Preferred: Strong analytical skills to analyze complex issues and develop actionable insights

Skills

• Energy management and sustainability program leadership
• Project management and governance in matrix organizations
• Technical engineering appraisal and problem-solving
• Stakeholder management and external partner collaboration
• Data analysis, reporting, and performance tracking
• Strong communication and collaboration across regional teams

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred

Additional Requirements

• Hybrid work arrangement