Waste Sector Program Manager (FT)

• Refining use cases and data needs through stakeholder interviews, data product characterization, and storyboarding to inform understanding of user needs
• Defining technical requirements based on stakeholder needs and programmatic/mission considerations.
• Design and prototype data products, analytics, visualizations tailored to the waste industry and regulators
• Provide inputs to the data platform engineering team on the operability, user interface, and user experience of the open data portal from the waste industry perspective
• Contribute to the Carbon Mapper Master GIS inventory / point source emissions inventory database
• Lead day-to-day waste sector stakeholder engagement to:
• Collaborate with the Director of Strategy and Partnerships to build key partnerships and develop capacity building programs
• Facilitate technical discussions with partners and collaborators to design capacity building activities, helping partners understand our data, how it can be applied, what it can be used for.
• Organize, conduct, and facilitate technical workshops

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, environmental science, physics, chemistry, or similar field with 8 years of experience; master’s degree with 5 years of experience, or PhD with 3 years of experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Expertise in solid waste methane emissions and root causes
• Strong knowledge of domestic US and international landfill management practices, including existing ground and remote sensing methods for methane emissions monitoring
• Familiarity with federal and state regulations pertaining to the solid waste industry, landfill emissions
• Experience working with facility operators to interpret and apply methane data

Carbon Mapper is a non-profit organization with a public-good mission to detect, pinpoint, quantify and track 80% of the world’s methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) point source emissions. Our mission is to aid in the acceleration of climate mitigation efforts globally at the scale of individual facilities. The Carbon Mapper public-private partnership includes Planet Labs, Inc., the California Air Resources Board, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Carbon Mapper uses advanced imaging spectroscopy remote sensing on satellites and airborne assets to detect and analyze methane and carbon dioxide emissions around the world and provide information data products to inform decision makers as well as the general public. As part of its public education and research support activities, Carbon Mapper will provide a global open data portal, including a data trust and a website offering rapid visualization and interpretation for both expert and non-expert audiences. Carbon Mapper also supports advances in science algorithms, machine learning, and big data for remote sensing through multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source development, and geospatial analytics.