Environmental Manager – Water, Oceans and Waste

Pacto Global - Rede Brasil

Gerente de Meio Ambiente leading projects on Água, Oceano e Resíduos for Pacto Global. Mobilizing companies and coordinating technical teams in environmental agenda management.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeSão Paulo • 🇧🇷 BrazilMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing environmental initiatives, with a focus on water resources, sanitation, and circular economy. Proven ability to lead teams, engage stakeholders, and secure funding while ensuring project delivery and alignment with sustainability goals.

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Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementTeam ManagementAdvanced EnglishInfluence and Convening Skills

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Hard Skills

Water Resources ManagementSanitationCircular EconomySolid Waste ManagementPerformance and Impact Indicators

Soft Skills

Executive CommunicationSystems Thinking

Certifications & Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Environmental FieldsCertifications in Corporate SustainabilityESG Certification2030 Agenda Certification

Industry Keywords

Environmental ManagementSustainabilityOceanographyGeographyPublic Policy

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Water, Oceans and Waste Action Platform as a forum for engagement, technical deepening and mobilization of companies interested in the agenda, ensuring coherence and alignment among prioritized topics.
Structure and monitor projects and initiatives linked to the platform, connecting concept, timeline, deliverables and company participation, with the technical rigor that underpins the credibility of the Global Compact with participating companies.
Convene companies, specialists, partner organizations and other stakeholders around common agenda challenges, promoting collective discussion and responses.
Manage relationships with sponsors and supporters and seek funding for platform projects, in collaboration with the involved teams, ensuring consistent delivery of projects and agreed deliverables.
Manage the platform team, setting priorities, distributing activities across technical work, corporate engagement and operational execution, and supporting the team’s professional development.
Represent the agenda in meetings, workshops, events and institutional dialogues, when required, in coordination with Executive Management, for topics where Executive Management is the established institutional interlocutor.
Connect the platform’s agenda with other directorate streams and the Global Compact where topics require interface with other environmental or cross-cutting agendas.
Report to the Executive Management of the area.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Completed postgraduate degree in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, Environmental Management, Geography, Biology, Oceanography, Sanitation, Water Resources, Sustainability, Business Administration, International Relations, Public Policy or related environmental fields
Experience in water resources, sanitation, circular economy, solid waste management and/or ocean-related agendas
Project management experience
Advanced English
Team management
Stakeholder management
Influence and convening skills
Systems thinking
Executive communication
Master’s degree or certifications in corporate sustainability, ESG or the 2030 Agenda (desirable)
Experience with performance and impact indicators (desirable)
Spanish – intermediate (desirable)
Experience in fundraising and sponsor relations (desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Dental plan
Meal/food allowance
Mobility allowance
Home office allowance
Life insurance
Extended maternity and paternity leave
Childcare allowance
Wellhub (formerly Gympass)
Birthday day off
Reimbursement — up to BRL 1,000 for adapting the work environment