AMP: AI-Powered Sortation for Waste and Recycling

Role Description Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Director, Strategic Planning is responsible for organizing, integrating, and driving execution of complex, high-value initiatives that span multiple functions and stakeholders (e.g., contract compliance, integration). This role ensures that work is clearly structured, sequenced, resourced, and aligned to enterprise priorities. The Director, Strategic Planning establishes governance, accountability, and visibility mechanisms to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within scope and budget, and in full compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities - Enterprise & Cross-Functional Program Leadership - Establish and maintain structured program governance, project management frameworks, operating rhythms, and reporting cadences across corporate functions. - Organize workstreams across departments, clarifying roles, responsibilities, interdependencies, and decision rights. - Translate business objectives and contractual requirements into integrated project plans, scopes, timelines, budgets, and resource plans. - Drive cross-functional alignment to strategic and operational goals, ensuring priorities are synchronized across teams. - Lead people and resource coordination across functions without direct reporting authority. - Create transparency into program health, dependencies, and trade-offs to enable proactive executive decision-making. - Integrated Project Management & Execution - Lead cross-functional project teams across corporate functions through all project phases of delivery. - Manage cross-functional interdependencies and resolve conflicts to maintain execution momentum. - Facilitate structured status reviews and executive-level reporting, including risks, mitigation strategies, and key decisions required. - Continuously improve program management tools, systems, and cross-functional execution processes. - Risk, Governance & Compliance - Proactively identify cross-functional risks, bottlenecks, and competing priorities; implement mitigation strategies to protect delivery timelines. - Ensure compliance requirements are documented, assigned clear ownership, and tracked to completion. - Maintain disciplined change management and scope control processes across workstreams. - Collaboration & Communication - Serve as the central coordination point across corporate functions to ensure clarity of priorities, sequencing, and resource allocation. - Communicate program progress, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leadership. - Drive structured communication channels to ensure transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in project management, Business Administration, or related field. Experience - 12-15+ years of experience managing large, complex projects across multiple functions. - Proven experience leading organizational initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. Certifications - PMP, PgMP, or equivalent strongly preferred. Skills - Strong enterprise-level leadership and cross-functional influence without direct authority. - Advanced organizational and systems thinking capabilities. - Expertise in project and portfolio management tools and methodologies. - Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment. - Exceptional stakeholder alignment and negotiation skills. - Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Skilled at managing ambiguity, resolving interdependencies, and driving clarity in complex environments. - Consistently delivers high-impact outcomes on time and within budget. - Builds trusted relationships across all organizational levels. - Operates effectively with minimal supervision. Working Conditions/Physical Demands - Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. - Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times. - Must be able to travel frequently. Working Location(s) - Remote (within the U.S.) Travel Requirements - Up to 25% Travel Compensation - $185,000 - $215,000 Equity Grant - The candidate selected for this role will be recommended for a stock option grant commensurate with the position and the candidate’s qualifications. Benefits - Medical - The company covers up to 77% to 100% of the premium for Cigna medical healthcare plans depending on the selection. Employees pay the difference in premium if they select a more expensive plan. Up to 75% for dependents. - Dental, Vision, Short- and Long-Term Disability. - Life Insurance: The company covers the cost of Basic Life / AD&D 1 x Salary, option to purchase additional through New York Life. - Benefits start the day you start. - HSA Eligible Health Plans, Employer Monthly Contributions on Dependent and Individual Plans. - 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching). - FTO - Flexible Time Off. - 6 Accrued Sick Days. - Eight (8) paid holidays.

AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP’s technology offers a transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the fundamental economics of recycling. Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, the Denver Post and BuiltIn Colorado have recognized AMP as one of the state's top workplaces. AMP has operations and career opportunities outside of Atlanta, Cleveland, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Europe. We’re fostering an environment where passionate individuals can grow and create impact. We seek unconventional thinkers to join our mission to enable a world without waste; at AMP, your contributions have meaning and can spur change. With backing from top-tier investors and national recognition including North American Cleantech Company of the Year, we’re always seeking ways to better our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to collaborate and improve in what we do. Learn more at AMPSortation.com. Role Overview The Organics and Offtakes Product Manager will develop AMP’s global strategy and roadmap for offtakes – with a particular emphasis on organics, followed by other hard to valorize fractions. The role focuses on Research and Development and Commercialization of new end markets and partnerships that divert more waste and create better facility unit economics. Success in this role will transform AMP’s ability to develop projects with greater value creation across all waste fractions. The mandate includes developing, validating, and scaling new models for organics and advanced materials recovery. Success will include identifying and developing project models, integrations, partnerships, and technology roadmaps for TRL 5-9 technologies such as composting, anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis, methanolysis, SRF/RDF, synthetic aggregates, and other emerging technologies. The right hire has a founder mentality and is a “high slope” learner with an interest in clean energy systems, climate negative infrastructure, and waste. This position works closely with the Head of Product, CTO, engineering and commercial counterparts to explore and validate new ways to convert waste fractions into valuable products, such as manufacturing feedstocks, building materials, solid carbon products, and biofuels. This unique role can have an outsized impact in changing how society handles its waste and create significant climate and ecological impact on an international scale. As our Organics and Offtakes Product Manager, you will work to: Develop New Technologies - Develop and execute AMP’s offtake strategy — identify, validate, and commercialize new outlets and technologies that move economics from cost to value. - Partner with the commercial team to prepare and manage high-quality carbon credit program applications, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with AMP’s organics strategy and value-generation goals. - Support the Engineering and Operations teams to ensure technical feasibility and feedstock compatibility for new pathways; coordinate and perform feedstock testing and acceptance validation; evaluate new technologies for achieving targeted feedstock chemistries. - Build and maintain AMP’s partner network — establish relationships with processors, converters, technology developers, and national labs across the bioeconomy, fuels, and materials sectors. Regional Deal Support - Advise commercial originators on optimal, specific offtake strategies for each project and market context, as well as for all proposals and solicitation responses. - Present to and host on site potential customers and partners at AMP and customer facilities - Coordinate with Government Affairs and commercial originators to strategically position AMP for regional success in organics offtake markets through targeted policy and stakeholder engagement. - Coordinate development playbooks for viable offtakes, including regional viability, permitting strategies, site requirements, and end-market capacity. Marketing - Prepare Go-To-Market — prepare AMP to sell against value propositions of offtakes at all levels of the funnel, from website, through marketing collateral, Municipal Case Studies, RFPs, and more. - Develop market collateral — work with Marketing and Commercial to communicate AMP’s offtake strategy and value creation to municipal and private customers. - Drive integration of future waste valorization methods by mapping high-value revenue pathways. Supervisory Responsibilities: - None Directly - Mentors and develops cross-functional teammates to strengthen commercial, analytical, and negotiation capabilities. - Coordinates cross-functionally with Operations, Finance, and Engineering leadership to align offtake objectives with production, pricing, and technical validation. Preferred Experience A successful candidate will likely bring with them experience in one or more of the following: - 3+ years of experience solving ambiguous business problems that are highly technical, such as a product manager, commercially focused engineer, or former founder of a technology company. - 3+ years of experience doing relevant infrastructure development, such as investing or project developing anaerobic digesters, RNG plants, power plants, or other biofuels or waste projects. - 3+ years of experience doing relevant fundamental research on biofuels or solid carbon technologies, such as waste-to-value thermochemistry or biochemistry. In Terms of the Skills Required, the candidate must be able to: - Reason from first principles about hardware technologies and basic chemistry, quickly identify technology risks and create technical roadmaps for solving risks. - Comfortably interface with customers and potential partners, conduct thorough interviews and facilitate sales conversations. - Travel to sites to inspect key technologies and perform testing/validation. - Write concisely and informatively, prepare thorough analyses, marketing materials, and case studies on high potential methods of waste valorization. - Be fluent in pro formas and comfortable with data analysis. Move efficiently through modeling Profit & Loss statements. - Background may come from adjacent industries where success depends on structuring, pricing, and negotiating multi-stakeholder commercial agreements—for example, advanced manufacturing, commodities, or project finance. - Demonstrated ability to translate technical or operational detail into clear commercial value propositions, and to lead external negotiations through close. Education: - A College Degree or Higher in a relevant engineering or technical field is preferred Working Conditions/Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. - Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times. Working Location(s): - Full-remote with occasional travel to project sites, partner sites and offices, and occasional travel to AMP's Louisville, CO headquarters. Travel Requirements: - 10%, with up to 20-25% as onboarding. AMP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Applicants who identify with a historically underrepresented group are encouraged to apply. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Other duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Salary & Compensation Information: - Salary: $145,000 - $155,000 Equity Grant: The candidate selected for this role will be recommended for a stock option grant commensurate with the position and the candidate’s qualifications. Benefits Information: - Medical - The company covers between 77% to 100% of the premium for Cigna medical healthcare plans depending on the selection. - Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability - Life Insurance: The company covers the cost of Basic Life / AD&D 1 x Salary, option to purchase additional through New York Life - Benefits start the day you start - HSA Eligible Health Plans, Company Monthly Contributions! - 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching) - FTO - Flexible Time Off - 6 Accrued Sick Days - Eight (8) paid holidays We'll consider applications on an ongoing basis.

AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP’s technology offers a transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the fundamental economics of recycling. Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, the Denver Post and BuiltIn Colorado have recognized AMP as one of the state's top workplaces. AMP has operations and career opportunities outside of Atlanta, Cleveland, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Europe. We’re fostering an environment where passionate individuals can grow and create impact. We seek unconventional thinkers to join our mission to enable a world without waste; at AMP, your contributions have meaning and can spur change. With backing from top-tier investors and national recognition including North American Cleantech Company of the Year, we’re always seeking ways to better our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to collaborate and improve in what we do. Learn more at AMPSortation.com. AMP is seeking a Marketing Communications Specialist to support the development and execution of marketing and communications initiatives that strengthen brand awareness and drive audience engagement. This role will assist in creating and editing content, coordinating campaigns, managing social media calendars, and maintaining up-to-date marketing assets. Working closely with senior team members, the specialist helps ensure messaging aligns with brand guidelines and project goals. The ideal candidate brings 2-3 years of experience, strong writing and organizational skills, and a willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment. Key Responsibilities Marketing - Support trade show planning and logistics (booth setup, show-services booking, vendor coordination, shipping, etc.) - Collaborate with the Marketing Manager to develop and execute targeted marketing campaigns including data, analytics and reporting on campaign effectiveness - Manage and deploy email campaigns via Salesforce - Assist in maintaining and updating marketing collateral, presentations, and promotional materials - Support the creation of visual assets (basic graphic design or layout experience a plus) Corporate Communications - Identify and track potential speaking opportunities for the Executive Leadership and Commercial teams - Research and coordinate award submissions aligned with company milestones and achievements - Support company social media accounts, helping drive growth and engagement through content development - Draft and edit written content including articles, abstracts, and press materials - Collaborate with the Communications Manager to craft new narratives and positioning - Aid internal communications and engagement efforts What We’re Looking For - 2-3 years of experience in marketing and/or communications (B2B or industrial sector experience a plus) - Excellent writing, editing, and organizational skills - Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects at once - Comfort learning new tools and systems - Familiarity with Salesforce, social media management tools, or Adobe Creative Suite a plus - Collaborative mindset and willingness to work cross-functionally Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field preferred Other duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Salary & Compensation Information: $29.00 - $33.00 per hour. Equity Grant: The candidate selected for this role will be recommended for a stock option grant commensurate with the position and the candidate’s qualifications. Benefits Information: - Medical - The company covers between 77% to 100% of the premium for Cigna medical healthcare plans depending on the selection. - Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability - Life Insurance: The company covers the cost of Basic Life / AD&D 1 x Salary, option to purchase additional through New York Life - Benefits start the day you start - HSA Eligible Health Plans, Company Monthly Contributions - 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching) - 14 Days PTO - 6 Accrued Sick Days - Eight (8) paid holidays We'll consider applications on an ongoing basis. #LI-Remote

AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP’s technology offers a transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the fundamental economics of recycling. Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, the Denver Post and BuiltIn Colorado have recognized AMP as one of the state's top workplaces. AMP has operations and career opportunities outside of Atlanta, Cleveland, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Europe. We’re fostering an environment where passionate individuals can grow and create impact. We seek unconventional thinkers to join our mission to enable a world without waste; at AMP, your contributions have meaning and can spur change. With backing from top-tier investors and national recognition including North American Cleantech Company of the Year, we’re always seeking ways to better our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to collaborate and improve in what we do. Learn more at AMPSortation.com. AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP’s technology offers transformational solutions to waste sortation changing the fundamental economics of recycling. With backing from top-tier investors and national recognition including North American Cleantech Company of the Year, we’re always seeking ways to improve our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to deliver meaningful solutions for our customers and the environment. The Denver Post and Built In Colorado have recognized AMP as one of the state's top workplaces. AMP is headquartered outside of Denver, CO and has operations in Atlanta, Cleveland, and Portsmouth, VA, as well as in Europe. We seek unconventional thinkers to join our mission to enable a world without waste. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Director, Strategic Planning is responsible for organizing, integrating, and driving execution of complex, high-value initiatives that span multiple functions and stakeholders (e.g., contract compliance, integration). This role ensures that work is clearly structured, sequenced, resourced, and aligned to enterprise priorities The Director, Strategic Planning establishes governance, accountability, and visibility mechanisms to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within scope and budget, and in full compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities Enterprise & Cross-Functional Program Leadership - Establish and maintain structured program governance, project management frameworks, operating rhythms, and reporting cadences across corporate functions. - Organize workstreams across departments, clarifying roles, responsibilities, interdependencies, and decision rights. - Translate business objectives and contractual requirements into integrated project plans, scopes, timelines, budgets, and resource plans. - Drive cross-functional alignment to strategic and operational goals, ensuring priorities are synchronized across teams. - Lead people and resource coordination across functions without direct reporting authority. - Create transparency into program health, dependencies, and trade-offs to enable proactive executive decision-making. Integrated Project Management & Execution - Lead cross-functional project teams across corporate functions through all project phases of delivery. - Manage cross-functional interdependencies and resolve conflicts to maintain execution momentum. - Facilitate structured status reviews and executive-level reporting, including risks, mitigation strategies, and key decisions required. - Continuously improve program management tools, systems, and cross-functional execution processes. Risk, Governance & Compliance - Proactively identify cross-functional risks, bottlenecks, and competing priorities; implement mitigation strategies to protect delivery timelines. - Ensure compliance requirements are documented, assigned clear ownership, and tracked to completion. - Maintain disciplined change management and scope control processes across workstreams. Collaboration & Communication - Serve as the central coordination point across corporate functions to ensure clarity of priorities, sequencing, and resource allocation. - Communicate program progress, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leadership. - Drive structured communication channels to ensure transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making. Education: Bachelor's degree in project management, Business Administration, or related field. Other duties: Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Experience: - 12-15+ years of experience managing large, complex projects across multiple functions. - Proven experience leading organizational initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. - Certifications: PMP, PgMP, or equivalent strongly preferred. Skills: - Strong enterprise-level leadership and cross-functional influence without direct authority. - Advanced organizational and systems thinking capabilities. - Expertise project and portfolio management tools and methodologies. - Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment. - Exceptional stakeholder alignment and negotiation skills. - Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Skilled at managing ambiguity, resolving interdependencies, and driving clarity in complex environments. - Consistently delivers high-impact outcomes on time and within budget. - Builds trusted relationships across all organizational levels. - Operates effectively with minimal supervision. Working Conditions/Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. - Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times. - Must be able to travel frequently. Working Location(s): - Remote (within the U.S.) Travel Requirements: - Up to 25% Travel Compensation: - $185,000 - $215,000 Equity Grant: The candidate selected for this role will be recommended for a stock option grant commensurate with the position and the candidate’s qualifications. AMP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Applicants who identify with a historically underrepresented group are encouraged to apply. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.  Benefits Information: - Medical - The company covers up 77% to 100% of the premium for Cigna medical healthcare plans depending on the selection. Employees pay the difference in premium if they select a more expensive plan. Up to 75% for dependents. - Dental, Vision, Short- and Long-Term Disability - Life Insurance: The company covers the cost of Basic Life / AD&D 1 x Salary, option to purchase additional through New York Life - Benefits start the day you start - HSA Eligible Health Plans, Employer Monthly Contributions on Dependent and Individual Plans - 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching) - FTO - Flexible Time Off - 6 Accrued Sick Days - Eight (8) paid holidays We'll consider applications on an ongoing basis.