Program Manager – non-CO2 Mitigation

The Program Manager & Operations Integration Lead will own both integrated program execution and airline OCC operational implementation for the Contrail CMOU program. You will: 

• Lead the integrated execution of the Contrail CMOU program across technical, operational, commercial, legal, and external stakeholder workstreams, including schedule management, action tracking, risk identification, leadership updates, and budget oversight. 

• Serve as the primary day-to-day interface with airline partners, driving program management cadences, decision-making, issue resolution, and alignment across customer and internal teams. 

• Lead implementation of dispatcher workflow standard operating procedures within airline OCC environments, including on-site support during development, shakedown trials, and early monitoring to ensure operational adoption and workflow effectiveness. 

• Drive operational data quality and monitoring readiness, including audit trail requirements, reconciliation of relevant flight planning and operational records, and corrective actions needed to support validation and verification activities. 

• Coordinate with airline stakeholders, technical partners, methodology experts, legal counsel, commercial leaders, and independent assurance bodies to support certification, monitoring, verification, and issuance-related milestones. 

• Support GE Aerospace’s developing software solution for UK and EU non-CO2 MRV requirements by managing engagement with regulatory stakeholders, consulting with airlines on implementation considerations, and coordinating with third-party verifiers on data access and verification needs. 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma / GED with significant relevant experience in program management, aviation operations, sustainability, carbon project development, software implementation, or related fields. 

• Experience leading complex cross-functional programs involving multiple stakeholders, dependencies, external partners, and customer-facing deliverables. 

• Experience working with regulated programs, external assurance processes, reporting frameworks, or verification-driven operating environments. 

• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with executive stakeholders, operational personnel, technical experts, regulators, and external auditors. 

• Willingness and ability to travel internationally and domestically, including extended periods at airline customer locations during critical phases of program deployment and monitoring. 

Desired Characteristics 

• Experience in the voluntary carbon market, including support for a carbon project from design through issuance under Gold Standard, Verra VCS, or a comparable standard. 

• Familiarity with carbon project lifecycle activities such as PDD development or review, validation and verification processes, registry operations, and issuance mechanics. 

• Understanding of Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification principles and the role of third-party verification in sustainability or emissions reporting programs. 

• Experience working with airline operations, dispatch, OCC environments, or other real-time operational settings. 

• Familiarity with UK and EU aviation sustainability reporting developments, including emerging non-CO2 reporting requirements. 

• Strong project management discipline, including schedule management, dependency management, action planning, and risk mitigation. 

• Demonstrated ability to operate independently, make sound judgments under ambiguity, and provide candid recommendations supported by evidence. 

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust across customer, partner, regulatory, verifier, and internal teams. 

• Comfortable working in a first-of-its-kind environment where operational credibility, learning agility, and continuous improvement are critical to success.