Be a key driver in achieving Amazon’s Climate Pledge goals by transforming real estate strategies and operations across our global fulfillment network. As a Senior Carbon Modelling Lead within the Global Realty Sustainability & Renewable Energy team, you will lead cross-functional initiatives to integrate advanced sustainability solutions into Amazon’s Worldwide Operations (WWOps) real estate portfolio. Your expertise in carbon modeling, whole-life carbon accounting, and sustainable building design will set new industry benchmarks, aligning Amazon’s facilities with net-zero ambitions.
Collaborating with up to 30 stakeholder groups, including technical, engineering, and operational teams, you will embed strategic sustainability goals into global real estate standards. Through data-driven decision-making and innovative program management, you will develop impactful mechanisms to deliver high-quality results, optimize carbon reduction, and create tangible environmental and organizational value. If you are a proactive, independent leader with a passion for driving sustainability in large-scale, complex projects, this role offers an opportunity to shape Amazon’s real estate practices and leave a lasting impact on the planet.
Key job responsibilities
• Establish and manage corporate-level carbon reduction targets specific to the real estate portfolio, aligning them with Amazon's overarching sustainability goals.
• Define and lead the development of technical models for energy, carbon, and cost, working with third-party vendors and internal teams.
• Lead the development of whole-life carbon assessment models to evaluate the carbon impact of buildings across their lifecycle, from material extraction to demolition and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to refine methodologies, ensuring alignment with global standards and best practices.
• Implement carbon risk evaluation approaches (e.g., CREEM, GRESB) to identify and evaluate financial, operational, and regulatory risks associated with carbon performance and develop decision-making frameworks that incorporate carbon risk into real estate investments and strategy.
• Spearhead cross-functional initiatives within a dynamic, fast-paced environment, adeptly navigating high levels of ambiguity and adjusting strategies as needed.
• Prepare white papers and presentations to stakeholders and leadership that distill key metrics and provide insights into recommended strategies.
• Improve the data quality in the models by establishing processes to work with stakeholders to ingest data from sites and calibrate models.
A day in the life
Our team is looking for a dedicated leader to drive carbon modelling and analytics for Amazon’s real estate portfolio. We need someone who takes ownership, dives deep to learn, and delivers impactful results. You will leverage expertise in carbon accounting, and goal setting to address complex, long-term challenges. You will oversee the management of carbon datasets across diverse building types, supporting data-driven decision-making for the Worldwide Operations network. Your insights will inform multidisciplinary technical teams, enabling alignment with corporate sustainability goals and fostering confidence in achieving net-zero carbon targets through innovative strategies and solutions.
About the team
Global Realty is Amazon’s WWOps real estate organization, delivering top-tier real estate solutions for operational needs. Within it Global Realty Sustainability & Renewable Energy is part of the Global Realty Sustainable Development (GSD) team which leads pioneering building and engineering designs and cost strategies that exceed industry standards, benefiting Amazon’s internal clients. GSD’s work aligns with Global Realty’s vision: to set the global benchmark in sustainable real estate for employees, customers, and communities. GSD drives Amazon's sustainable real estate, supporting The Climate Pledge across Amazon's portfolio by advancing decarbonization (Scope 1, 2, 3), renewable energy, regenerative design, biodiversity, and real estate sustainability programs.
