--- title: 'Program Manager, Energy at Codeword' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/program-manager-energy-codeword-united-states-8yt8and39r0j' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-18' --- # Program Manager, Energy at Codeword - **Company:** Codeword - **Location:** United States - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-15 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-18 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/codeword/jobs/5424333008 ## Job description ## About Us Codeword is a communication agency that helps brands create breakthrough comms, content, and community experiences. We’re a fast-moving team of writers, editors, designers, strategists, videographers, PR mavens, and even a few traditional marketers. Our incredible roster of global brands trust us to launch their startups, run multi-channel campaigns, grow their user bases, and lead comprehensive PR and marketing initiatives. We're storytellers and brand engineers, and we love big ideas that serve a real purpose. Codeword is a remote-first agency, with physical offices in NYC and SF that we won’t make you visit. Driving key projects within Google’s Energy & Power Team About You: - 3+ years of experience in project management - 1-2 years of experience in the energy sector (regulatory or commercial) - Excellent organizational and project management skills, with experience managing databases and executing on multiple projects simultaneously - Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complex strategic and operational initiatives - Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships with external partners - Ability to work across global time zones and drive teams to work toward priority objectives - Ability to self-start and self-direct work in an unstructured environment About This Role: You’ll be supporting Google’s Energy & Power team, to deliver reliable, scalable energy solutions for Google’s global operations. In this role, you’ll be the link between internal projects and financial operations, guiding work from initial planning through to final invoicing. You’ll keep our financial and business workflows humming along. That means bringing structure to fast-moving requests, and adapting easily when priorities shift, making sure the end result is accurate, compliant, and on time where no one’s left wondering “Wait, what’s the status of this budget?” If you love connecting dots between strategy, spend, and operational excellence, and are the type to get a small thrill from a perfectly balanced tracker or a streamlined process — you’ll fit right in. What You’ll Be Doing: - Serve as the primary lead for financial operations and business process workflows. - Manage and streamline the end-to-end purchase order (PO) lifecycle and invoicing schedules. - Maintain meticulous trackers, ensuring real-time visibility into project spend versus forecasts. - Identify and implement process improvements to drive operational efficiency and financial compliance. - Schedule meetings and presentations with partners and ensure all logistics are covered. Prepare and distribute clear agendas and capture key takeaways from meetings. Support projects from kickoff to completion, keeping timeline on track Your Compensation: People –  that's you! – are the heart of our business, and we believe in pay transparency. Our budget for this role is $115K-$130K, depending on experience. ## #LI-AK1 #LI-Remote Codeword Benefits - Flexible work hours - Minimum 20 days paid vacation annually - 401k + financial wellness support - Health Insurance (medical, dental, life, pet, mental health services) - Home office allowance - Bi-annual Wellness Credits - Monthly Technology Credit (to offset internet / phone costs) - Comprehensive Parental Leave Policy A few more things you should know about Codeword - The Codeword dream: Make good money doing work you care about with people you like. - We love our clients (they write the checks!), which means maintaining a high bar for the creativity, smarts, responsiveness, and communication skills we offer them. - We’re around 100 people, big enough to handle large-scale marketing programs, small enough that you’ll have an impact on our culture. - We’re a friendly team, we look after each other, and we grow our careers together. - We respect everyone’s personal life. After-hours emails are strongly frowned upon, night and weekend work is very rare, and employees are encouraged to pursue their side-hustles. - We’re all grownups here, and we trust each other to get the work done, whether at home or in an office or a time zone on the other side of the world. - We believe in defaulting to openness. Our calendars, our salary tiers, and our doors are open for all to see. (Except for secret client stuff, which we guard with our lives.) - We’re a proud member of the global WE Communications family. - Equal Opportunity: Codeword provides equal employment opportunity and doesn’t discriminate against employees or applicants because of age, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, or other legally protected class status. - Diversity and Inclusion: Codeword works hard to foster a diverse team and an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives. We aren’t a traditional agency, so we like to hire people who don’t necessarily fit the agency mold or check all the “right” boxes. If you’re on the fence about applying, please do! ## About Codeword ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Codeword is a communications and creative agency that fuses PR, content, and community to help innovation-driven brands break through. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired subsidiary of We. Communications / Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc. in 2019) - **Headquarters**: New York, NY, United States (offices also in San Francisco, Austin, Lehi, Bellevue) - **Founded**: 2010 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Advertising & Communications (PR, content marketing, creative services) - **Target Customers**: B2B and B2C technology and innovation brands – from startups to global leaders (e.g., Google, ASUS, Lowe’s, Drift, Rev, Wing) - **Mission / Purpose**: “Fuse comms, content, and community into experiences people actually care about” – helping audiences see the impact of innovation on the world ## Products & Services Codeword offers integrated communications and marketing services tailored to client needs: - **Momentum Machines**: Launch programs that make announcements feel bigger and harder to ignore (PR, influencer marketing, events, AI visibility) - **Communication Design**: Messaging & positioning, UX/digital strategy, brand strategy, internal comms, persona development - **Executive Influence**: Thought leadership, speechwriting, executive social media, market intelligence, speaker training - **Fans Only**: Community engagement, social media content, employee advocacy, event marketing - **Brand Drops**: Always-on campaigns that sustain market heat through public relations, analyst relations, content creation, and social - **Embedded Experts**: Dedicated team members working shoulder-to-shoulder with clients as an extension of their team ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Estimated annual revenue of ~$1.3M (source: LinkedIn company data) – noted as a private agency estimate, not official - **Notable Investors / Parent**: Acquired by We. Communications (global independent agency network) in January 2019 - **Growth Signals**: +2.2% monthly employee growth (LinkedIn); recently hired Kim Baffi as Executive Creative Director (March 2025); active job postings for sustainability-focused roles; client roster includes both established giants and high-growth disruptors ## Competitive Advantages - **Small-team agility with global muscle**: Operates as a nimble, focused shop while harnessing the resources and reach of We. Communications (1,300 people across five continents) - **Deep tech & innovation expertise**: Team of strategists, journalists, creatives, and technologists who understand how emerging tech (AI, robotics, quantum, XR, biotech) moves through markets - **Multi-dimensional storytelling**: Diverse backgrounds beyond tech (retail, travel, automotive, banking, entertainment) bring fresh perspective to every engagement - **Remote-first, collaboration-driven**: Physical offices in NYC and SF but no mandatory office visits; culture built on fast-moving, inclusive teams ## Strategic Focus - **Expanding into sustainability communications**: Current open roles include Program Manager, Sustainability Communications and Program Manager, Sustainability Events, indicating a push into ESG and climate-related client work - **Deepening AI & emerging tech visibility**: Offerings include “AI Visibility Measurement” and a strong track record with AI, quantum, and robotics brands - **Embedded partnership model**: Growing the “Embedded Experts” offering to provide long-term, fully integrated support for client marketing and PR teams ## Why Work Here - **Remote-first culture**: “We’re a remote-first agency, with physical offices in NYC and SF that we won’t make you visit” – strong flexibility and work-from-anywhere ethos - **Talent DNA**: Team members often come from top media and creative companies (Mashable, ESPN, VaynerMedia, Spotify); alumni go to major brands like KPMG, Michael Kors, and theSkimm - **Diverse & inclusive**: Explicit commitment to an inclusive, diverse, equitable culture that values every team member and helps advance careers - **Job roles span analytics, editorial, PR, strategy, operations, design** – not just traditional agency roles; entry to senior levels available - **Perks of a network**: Access to the We. Communications global network while working in a focused, collaborative team of ~64 people ## Sources 1. [Codeword About Page](https://www.codewordagency.com/about/) 2. [Codeword Homepage](https://www.codewordagency.com/) 3. [Codeword Careers (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/codeword) 4. [Codeword LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeword) 5. [Codeword Jobs Page](https://www.codewordagency.com/jobs/) ## Other roles at Codeword - [Operational Program Manager, Office of Economic & Community Development](https://feeny.ai/job/operational-program-manager-office-of-economic-community-development-codeword-p6c11y82b4vb) — United States - [Senior Manager, Social Media & Content Creator](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-manager-social-media-content-creator-codeword-united-states-82nn714yq53p) — United States