Job Description

Position Purpose

The Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability Programs will lead complex cross-functional sustainability initiatives and implementation efforts that support Carrier’s climate strategy, environmental programs, sustainability disclosures and regulatory readiness. The role will translate regulatory, investor, customer and business requirements into practical actions and implementation plans, combining strategic perspective, sound judgment and disciplined execution.

The role will partner across EHS (Environmental Health and Safety), Product Sustainability, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, Investor Relations, Communications and business units to advance enterprise sustainability priorities. It will maintain a strong climate and environmental focus while remaining flexible to support evolving Corporate Sustainability priorities, regulatory developments and stakeholder needs. The position reports to the Director, Corporate Sustainability.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, Days (typically 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Eastern Time).

Work Location: Onsite in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, -or- remote (preferably in the Eastern Time Zone).

Principal Accountabilities

Percentages are directional planning assumptions and should be validated with HR and the hiring manager. They total 100%.

Responsibilities

Sustainability Strategy and Program Leadership

Lead sustainability initiatives and implementation efforts with a strong focus on climate and environmental priorities. Shape practical approaches, coordinate execution and drive implementation where assigned, adapt to evolving business needs and Corporate Sustainability priorities.

Sustainability Reporting and Regulatory Readiness

Support sustainability disclosures, public reporting and regulatory-readiness activities. Translate applicable requirements into business actions, coordinate readiness efforts and contribute to clear, consistent and evidence-based disclosure content and implementation support.

External Stakeholder Engagement

Support investor, customer and other stakeholder sustainability inquiries, ratings and rankings, and external sustainability assessments. Partner with Investor Relations, Communications and subject-matter experts to develop responsive, accurate sustainability communications and disclosures.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Build alignment across functions, facilitate decisions and issue resolution, and lead project teams through influence in a matrixed environment. Coordinate dependencies, communicate risks and recommendations, and manage consultant work and deliverables within approved scope and budget.

Metrics, evidence and assurance readiness

Partner with data, systems, controls and functional owners to define environmental metric requirements, methodologies, source data, boundaries, assumptions, evidence and review responsibilities. Support issue resolution, readiness testing and remediation for environmental datasets and narratives without replacing functional data ownership or the team’s data-and-systems lead.

SIR and other duties

Provide environmental subject-matter support for the Sustainability and Impact Report, including selected environmental narrative and metric updates, reviews and evidence. Perform any other duties as assigned in support of environmental sustainability strategy, governance, disclosure readiness or program implementation.

Key Working Relationships

• Corporate Sustainability team: Director, Corporate Sustainability; Senior Director, Sustainability; Associate Director responsible for social and governance programs, Project Manager for Corporate Sustainability and Lead Data Engineer
• Environmental and operational functions: EHS (Environmental Health and Safety), Product Sustainability, Engineering, Operations, Real Estate, and business units.
• Enterprise partners: Finance, Enterprise Risk Management, Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, Internal Controls, Internal Audit, and Communications.
• External partners: sustainability advisers, assurance providers, and other subject-matter specialists within approved scopes.

Success Profile

• Operate independently at the Senior Manager level, making sound day-to-day judgments while escalating material policy, risk and resource decisions appropriately.
• Build productive relationships with technical experts and senior stakeholders without replacing functional ownership.
• Balance regulatory precision with pragmatic implementation and clear communication.
• Create structure from ambiguity and keeps complex workstreams moving toward decisions and deliverables.
• Maintain consistency between environmental strategy, programs, metrics, disclosures and supporting evidence.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in corporate sustainability, environmental programs, sustainability consulting, or regulatory disclosure.
• Willing and able to travel up to 10% of the year.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree or relevant professional credential in sustainability, climate, environmental science, engineering, business, or communications.
• Experience with climate transition planning, greenhouse-gas accounting, climate-risk analysis, circular economy, product sustainability, or lifecycle assessment.
• Experience developing policies, actions, targets, metrics, and implementation plans for environmental topics.
• Experience supporting sustainability assurance, internal controls, data-lineage documentation, or audit-ready evidence packages.
• Experience managing consultants and coordinating deliverables across EHS (Environmental Health and Safety), Product Sustainability, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, and business teams.
• Familiarity with sustainability reporting and data platforms such as Workiva, Enablon, or comparable systems.
• Experience independently leading complex cross-functional programs in a global or matrixed organization.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to draft clear, evidence-based sustainability disclosures and executive-ready materials.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills, with executive presence and the ability to resolve dependencies, drive decisions and manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to translate technical or regulatory requirements into practical actions for business and functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of climate and environmental sustainability topics and familiarity with CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) and ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards) requirements.