Sustainability Themes Senior Manager

Company Description
- Work smart, have fun and make an impact_

**EcoVadis is the leading provider of business sustainability ratings.** Our solutions are backed by an international team of experts and powerful technology. We analyze data and build sustainability scorecards that give companies actionable insights into their environmental, social and ethical risks.

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**Job Description**:
EcoVadis’ purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world.

In context of social and environmental emergency, one of the greatest challenges of the company today is to provide its ratings allowing companies to reduce their risks, drive improvement and **accelerate their positive impact on our planet and society, on a large scale.**

We must constantly** review and improve our rating methodology to remain aligned with sustainability regulations, market best practices and emerging sustainability topics**, and to be able to effectively support rated companies on their journey to improve their sustainability practices.

**MISSION**

**Oversee the development of the rating methodology on the four sustainability themes and support the delivery of related methodology projects.**

The EVS department is in charge of providing the EcoVadis ratings to all of our rated companies. The Methodology sub-department is in charge of defining the EcoVadis methodology behind our ratings. Our ratings cover four overarching sustainability themes (Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, Sustainable Procurement), covering a total of twenty-one sustainability criteria.

The ultimate goal of the Sustainability Themes Lead role is to make sure that our ratings are aligned with the most relevant concepts and standards for each of the four themes covered by the EcoVadis ratings, and that there is alignment among the four themes. The Sustainability Themes Lead will need to quickly master the Evaluation Services team concepts, processes and guidelines to define and implement the methodology strategy of the sustainability themes.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- ** Manage 4 direct reports** (Subject Matter Experts on each of the four themes, i.e. Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, Sustainable Procurement)
- ** Define the Sustainability Themes methodology strategy** and prioritize the relevant methodology development initiatives in collaboration with the Themes Subject Matter Experts
- ** Ensure there is a harmonized methodology approach** among the four themes, including by acting as the owner of the EcoVadis Reference Model
- ** Monitor the latest changes in the global sustainability landscape** through continuous research and market scan, including in areas previously unexplored by the EcoVadis methodology, and share methodology knowledge and expertise with the rest of the team
- ** Supervise the delivery of methodology projects related to sustainability themes**, including by sponsoring projects, providing project management support to ensure projects are set up for success and aligned with our internal methodology change process, updating Product Board and validating methodology proposals
- ** Lead strategic cross-themes projects**, when needed
- ** Contribute to the definition of the overall EcoVadis methodology strategy**, including by participating in the Methodology Roadmap Committee.
- ** Contribute to strategic methodology projects from other methodology sub-teams**, including by aligning on project objectives and timeline, as well as validating methodology proposals.

**Qualifications**:

- 6+ years of experience in **corporate sustainability with advanced understanding of the main sustainability trends (carbon, biodiversity, human rights, diversity, etc.)** and the evolving sustainability landscape.
- ** Strategic-thinker** with an understanding of how emerging sustainability trends are shaping the market and how this should be translated in the EcoVadis rating methodology.
- Experienced manager with the ability to **develop and empower a team of experts**, and foster collaboration.
- Demonstrated **excellent communication, presentation and public speaking skills**, and ability to explain complex concepts in a synthetic way.
- Proactive, self-motivated and** inspirational team player**, with the capacity to keep multiple and complex projects moving forward concurrently, to engage other teams within the Methodology sub-department as well as in the wider organization (Product Management, Business Technology Support, Solutions Consulting, Marketing departments etc.), and to mediate discussions between impacted stakeholders.

WORK SMART, HAVE FUN, AND MAKE AN IMPACT

Additional Information
- Beginning: ASAP
- Full-time position
- Location: Paris

In return for your expertise and energy, we offer challenge, opportunities, a salary aligned with experience and a casual environment.

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