Position Overview

The Manager, Climate Change will drive forward BSR’s climate change work to keep 1.5°C within reach and to build resilience to climate impacts. This includes thought leadership and insight, collaborative initiatives, and advisory services work with companies. BSR works with our member companies to support credible action aligned to scientific and international standards such as the Paris Agreement on climate change.

The successful candidate will work closely with BSR’s global climate team to build, align and execute our portfolio of work. The candidate will collaborate with BSR directors to develop business and impact opportunities with BSR members, other leading companies addressing climate change, and grant funders.

The successful candidate will often stand at the leading edge of the work BSR members and other companies are carrying out to deliver high impact and high visibility results.  Therefore expertise in science-based goalsetting, scope 3 (value chain) strategies, risk assessment, and strategy implementation are strong assets.

This position is full-time and includes the following functions:

• Project Management and Implementation: The Manager will play a key role in BSR’s delivery of consulting and grant funded climate projects. This includes project scope, timeline, deliverable quality and budget; managing project teams; providing subject matter expertise; conducting primary research, including leading stakeholder interviews; utilizing tools; and presenting at and facilitating client meetings.

The successful candidate will also design climate projects for individual companies, manage complex grant-funded projects and climate collaborations, and seek synergies between these types of work to maximize impact.

• Member and Client Management: The manager will maintain day-to-day client relationships; oversee member relationships; and support member recruitment and business development in collaboration with BSR Directors.
• Thought Leadership and External Representation: The Manager will keep up with the latest developments on corporate climate action, identify leading topics, and contribute to BSR’s published thought leadership in the area. He or she will represent the climate practice to external audiences.

Compensation

At BSR we have implemented a transparent total compensation framework with an emphasis on internal equity. In order to maintain our equity our hiring rate for this position is $102,058. Location adjustment will apply if successful candidates reside in New York, or San Francisco.

Qualifications

• Relevant 4-5 years of professional experience from a top-tier consulting firm, NGO, or similar role in a company.
• Demonstrated expertise on how the private sector addresses climate, as well as in the landscape of other environmental stakeholders. Knowledge of company action on climate (e.g. SBTi, TCFD, scenario analysis, risk assessment and management) is required.
• Expertise in climate reporting frameworks, regulations and policies is desired.
• Proven track record of success in working with business in a client/customer-facing position. Well-developed interpersonal skills for high-level interaction with BSR members.
• Exceptional project management skills and experience managing multiple, disparate projects simultaneously.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, and excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
• High degree of fluency in English, with fluency in a second language a plus.
• Willingness to undertake up to 15% business travel post COVID.
• Collaborative mindset and the intellectual agility to work with companies across various industries, and with colleagues who are expert on other sustainability issues.
• High ethical standards and commitment to BSR core values of Leadership, Respect and Integrity.
• Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation.