Impact & Sustainability Manager Jobs

Company Description

Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee ,whether a team member of Etsy, Reverb, or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

What's the Role?

We are looking for an Impact & Sustainability Specialist who has experience working across corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics. This role will support our Impact team with research and analysis for emerging areas and management of key programs, logistics, and partnerships.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Director of Impact and Sustainability and the base salary range will be $90,000 - 116,000 USD per year. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy. For this role, we are considering candidates based in the United States who are either remote, flex, or office-based. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more about our Flex and Office-based work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

• Our team is made up of passionate subject matter experts who partner closely with teams across the company to build resilience for the long term, ensure equitable access to economic opportunity and foster a culture of ethics and accountability.
• The Impact Strategy team at Etsy leads the company's strategy for environmental sustainability and social impact, to deepen Etsy's commitments to people and planet as we continue to responsibly grow our business.

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.
• Work closely with our Senior Manager of Social Innovation to support our corporate grant and employee giving programs by managing contracting, keeping detailed records, and tracking progress against our targets.
• Manage programs that are essential for our impact goals, such as our marketplace diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) pilot or our partnership on climate resilience
• Identify and explore emerging areas and support the team in chasing new challenges, all while keeping a keen sense of prioritization that will allow us to deliver on our commitments.
• Provide ongoing program management support to priority Impact initiatives. Collaborate with business partners across the company. Lead engagements with external partners.
• Build and execute an employee engagement program for our Impact work.
• Contribute to our impact strategy by conducting research and analysis on a wide variety of ESG topics and industry trends. Present your findings in compellingly crafted presentations in Google slides.

Qualifications

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• Ability to work collaboratively and an approach that enables the team to arrive at solutions iteratively
• Love of research, data and analysis, and benchmarking – and an ability to apply those skills and your knowledge of business priorities to produce useful findings
• 3+ years of experience in a corporate sustainability or social impact role. A graduate degree in an environmental or social impact area may replace some job experience.
• Experience with successfully juggling multiple tasks and ongoing projects, including logistical day-to-day operations, while keeping everything highly organized
• A passion for racial justice and combating the climate crisis and a strong understanding of the intersections in between
• Skilled in deck building and creating compelling pitches in Google slides, including experience distilling complex or technical information into digestible content to help colleagues make decisions
• Experience developing compelling communications and engagement content related to social and environmental impact.
• Comfort with uncertainty around processes and decision frameworks, and adept at building the path as you travel it

Additional Information

What's Next

If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like. As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you! So tell us what you're all about.

Our Promise

At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Etsy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.

For U.S. roles only:

Many Etsy roles are open to remote candidates, and you'll be able to identify which ones within the location header of each job description. We're open to remote hires from all U.S. states except Hawaii and Alaska.