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Sustainability Program Lead
Overwatch
DallasOn-site1mo ago
- Employment
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Lead
About the role
- Build self‑serve tools, content, and workflows that ensure sustainability lenses are incorporated into campus and adjacent program activities (e.g., supply chain, materials, vendor selection).
- Embed sustainability criteria through the Role Play Wheel to increase upstream adoption of ESG requirements and reduce late‑stage rework.
- Align cross‑functional processes with consistent decision checkpoints and sustainability visibility.
- Secure tax abatements, certification driven point reductions, and green financing readiness by aligning project and lease requirements with recognized sustainability standards.
- Reduce sustainability related risks through proactive planning, evidence based execution, and on time delivery of documentation and certifications.
- Communicate financial impact (e.g., abatements, avoided risks, improved financing attractiveness) through clear metrics and leadership reporting.
- Maintain transparent, governed sustainability data systems that ensure accuracy, granularity, lineage, and auditability.
- Ensure data remains decision ready with increasing Datamart automation and visibility across carbon intensity, lifecycle carbon, and embodied carbon metrics.
- Reduce data exceptions and accelerate reporting cycles using standard models, controls, and automated processes.
- Partner with analytics to enhance Datamart capabilities and deliver dashboards that drive incremental performance improvements.
- Achieve Green Globes certification on all eligible projects while managing third-party workstreams to budget, SLA, and schedule requirements with no late-stage surprises.
- Improve the team's performance on customer and industry sustainability assessments (e.g., EcoVadis, GRESB, customer scorecards such as Zeus), integrating learnings into the team prototypes and business practices.
- Programmatize repetitive sustainability requests and disclosures for ELT transparency and efficiency—standardizing responses, reducing disclosure cycle time, and using AI and governed Datamart data.
- Serve as the in‑house sustainability SME with customers and executives, modeling humility, accountability, and transparent communication.
- Engage in key industry and hyperscale forums (e.g., GBI/Green Globes hyperscale, GRESB, iMasons/Climate Accord) to shape practical, scalable standards beneficial to the team.
- Translate external guidance, standards, and expectations into internal playbooks, tools, and repeatable operational practices.
- Develop and manage a sustainability program roadmap with clear outcomes, milestones, KPIs, owners, and risk visibility.
- Design and document processes that “kill heroes,” reducing dependence on individuals and increasing process reliability and scalability.
- Apply a Pareto-focused, “ask why” mindset to eliminate waste, challenge assumptions, and ensure efforts deliver outsized impact.
- Provide incremental, visible updates aligned with the team's cultural expectations for transparency and accountability.
- Demonstrated success delivering financial material outcomes (e.g., tax abatements, green financing alignment, certification driven value). ‑driven value).
- Experience with sustainability certification ecosystems (e.g., Green Globes/GBI, EcoVadis, GRESB) and customer sustainability scorecards.
- Strong data governance background, including carbon accounting, lifecycle/embodied carbon analysis, data lineage, controls, and Datamart automation.
- Proven ability to manage cross functional and third party workstreams with consistent on time, on budget delivery.
- Executive level and customer facing communication experience as a sustainability SME.
- 7–10+ years leading sustainability or ESG programs in construction, real estate, industrial, technology infrastructure, or data center environments.
- Sustainability certifications (e.g., Green Globes Professional (GGP), LEED AP, ISSP‑SA/SEA, ENV‑SP).
- PMP or other recognized program/project management certification.
- Experience with carbon accounting frameworks (e.g., GHG Protocol) and lifecycle assessment tools.
- Familiarity with ESG‑linked financial mechanisms and reporting frameworks (e.g., CDP, SASB, TCFD).
- Experience with data automation, dashboarding, AI‑supported disclosure processes, and Datamart optimization.
- Participation in industry standards bodies (e.g., GBI, GRESB, iMasons/Climate Accord).
- Leed Accredited Professional (Leed AP)
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Sustainability, Environmental Science/Studies, Architecture, Construction Management, Business, or related field required.
- Master’s degree in Sustainability, Engineering, Business, or related discipline preferred.
- Must be able to walk, stand, stoop, twist, bend, and climb stairs or ladders for extended periods while navigating uneven, unpaved, or obstructed terrain.
- Must be able to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis.
- Must be able to drive between job sites and access all areas of an active construction zone, including raised platforms, scaffolding, and confined spaces.
- Must be able to tolerate exposure to outdoor weather conditions, dust, and construction-related noise, vibrations, and odors.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with contractors, engineers, and site personnel, and maintain situational awareness in high-activity environments.
- Personal protective equipment (PPE), including hard hats, safety vests, hearing protection, and steel-toe boots, is required.
- Must have sufficient visual acuity to read drawings, specifications, and safety signage, and to observe site activity.
Perks & benefits
- 401k
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Medical Insurance
- Paid Time Off
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