Sustainability Director Jobs

Who we are:

• Sustain.Life is a high-energy, early-stage, VC-backed Climate Tech start-up. We focus on providing ESG solutions to our customers to support their ambitions in addressing the most challenging questions of our time. Our sustainability platform specializes in B2B solutions for corporate sustainability efforts, offering innovative technology solutions and industry experience to support business targets, personal goals and a vision of a sustainable future for everybody on the planet.
• We are a Certified B Corporation which is a private certification of for-profit companies that have met high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency, and we were Pitch Finalists in the 2022 SXSW Social and Culture category.
• We are a fully remote workforce collaborating across US, UK, Ireland and a growing list of other countries. We have an incredible team of world-class experts, designers and technologists developing our platform, and at Sustain.Life, we take our mission seriously. In 2022, our entire carbon footprint was 522.78 Metric Tons of carbon, which we offset on behalf of our employees.
• We are on a mission to create best-in-class software that changes the world, and we are looking for like-minded individuals to join us and help us grow. We are building a team that will help our users launch sustainability programs, benchmark their ESG performance, measure carbon emissions, set meaningful goals, execute reduction strategies, and ultimately share their progress with key stakeholders.

Job description:

Sustain.Life is looking for a Sustainability Director with deep technical knowledge and applied experience in key areas of corporate sustainability, with the following focus:

• Stakeholder engagement and double materiality assessments
• Sustainability reporting (at minimum GRI, SASB/ISSB, TCFD, CDP, and NFRD/CSRD)
• Science-based targets (especially sectoral)
• Climate risk assessments and a solid understanding of climate scenario analysis and climate transition planning.
• Greenhouse gas emissions accounting (GHGP)
• Decarbonization strategy and project execution
• Supply chain sustainability program implementation

Additional areas of expertise helpful to this position include:

• An understanding of the social and governance landscape, including human and labor rights and DEIB
• Social and environmental compliance
• Internal audits/external assurance for GHG emissions and sustainability data.

The ideal candidate would have built and/or managed comprehensive sustainability programs in SMEs or MNCs for at least 10 years. International and cross-industry experience is highly preferred. In this role, you will apply your technical expertise and practical know-how to conceptualize software tools and features for the real world. Our goal is to automate and simplify sustainability data management, provide models, analytics and general insights to facilitate decision-making and ultimately guide companies towards meaningful actions. This position works closely across functions like Product, Design, Engineering, Commercial and Content and manages the sustainability team's feature roadmap. This role will report directly to the CSO and has at least two direct reports. Previous experience as a successful people manager is required.

Desired qualifications for this role:

• Advanced analytical skills
• Master's degree or higher preferred
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Familiarity with the MS 365 suite, Power BI and Azure DevOps is preferred but not required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Reporting designation or evidence of previous work on sustainability reporting
• Familiarity with leading sustainability standards, frameworks, disclosure systems, and certifications
• Highly organized
• 7-10+ years' experience in a sustainability leadership role with at least 2 years as a people manager
• Tech savvy and business acumen
• Understanding of sustainability practices and requirements in international markets
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field, e.g., sustainability, environmental management, environmental analytics, environmental informatics

Base Salary: $125,000 - $160,000

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for this position. The actual base salary offered for this position will depend on numerous factors including determined position level, individual experience within the salary band and business objectives. Our base salary is just one component of Sustain.Life's competitive total compensation package that also includes an Employee Stock Purchase Plan as well as other region-specific health and retirement benefits.

As an organization, one of our top priorities is to maintain the health and wellbeing for our employees and their family. To achieve this goal, we offer robust and comprehensive benefits including:

• 401k plan
• Medical, dental, vision, Life/AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Generous parental leave policy
• Annual Learning & Development and Sustainable Goods Purchase Stipends
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Unlimited paid time off policy

Interested? Great - we'd love to talk to you! Please apply directly to the role on our website https://boards.greenhouse.io/sustainlife. 

If you don't check every box, don't let that stop you. We prioritize talent, passion, and drive over what looks good on paper. If you're on the fence, we encourage you to hit the apply button and highlight what draws you to Sustain.Life.  Sustain.Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Women/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation/Age.