Technical Manager, Standards & Frameworks
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- Closing Date: June 30, 2023
- Expected Start Date: August 1, 2023
- Location: Remote - This role is remote and open to candidates in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, and India
- Salary Grade: 5 (Locality based)
- Process: Screening questions and two interviews
CDP is an equal employment opportunity employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. We welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodation in order to participate fully in our recruitment process by sending a message to the recruiter connected to the role. They may be contacted directly by responding to any message you receive through our system after applying.
Who we are
At CDP, we are on a mission to solve our planet’s biggest environmental challenges: climate change, water scarcity and deforestation. We believe you can’t manage what you don’t measure – so we run the world’s largest environmental disclosure system. For the past two decades, our team has worked tirelessly to create a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term – we accomplish this by engaging the global actors who wield the greatest influence in driving environmental change: companies, cities, governments, and the capital markets.
CDP’s cascading global impact is powered by our tight-knit team of smart, savvy, curious and committed individuals, who share a common passion for creating a sustainable future. It is our people who make our work possible. And we provide our people with a working environment that empowers each individual to reach their full potential: one that is committed to equity; one that provides equal access for growth and development; and one that supports each individual throughout the full employee life cycle.
CDP's Disclosure Content Team is looking for a Technical Manager to drive understanding and ultimately reporting on critical frameworks and mandatory disclosure standards globally. In this new role, the Manager will work on the development of a questionnaire, reporting guidance, scoring methodologies and related technical materials, and support the wider Disclosure Content Team to ensure that outputs are delivered accurately and efficiently into CDP's online disclosure platform.
This team is part of the wider Environmental Impact Department responsible for evolving CDP's thought leadership and development of the CDP disclosure framework.
Who you are
- Must reside and be eligible to work in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, or India without employer sponsorship.
- Possess knowledge of the global policy context for corporate environmental disclosure (e.g., ESRS, ISSB, SEC, TCFD, TNFD).
- Ability to manage projects or operational processes.
- A high level of motivation, confident and collaborative working style, and excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently with diverse global teams.
- Ability to research and produce written outputs for a business audience; demonstrably strong verbal and written communication skills in English and the ability to present complex information in a simple and concise way.
- Developed MS Excel skills and the ability to organize and interpret qualitative and quantitative data.
Your day-to-day
- Development of new CDP questionnaire content, reporting guidance, and scoring methodology content to time, requirements, and budget. This includes:
- Leading the development and implementation of the cross-organization process for identification, mapping, alignment and establishing best practice from environmental disclosure standards, frameworks, and taxonomies.
- Prioritizing data points/metrics from relevant sustainability standards/frameworks and translating into developments for the evolution of CDP's corporate questionnaires and reporting guidance.
- Leading engagement both internally and externally with key stakeholders. Building and maintaining technical external relationships (with advisory panels etc.) and representing CDP externally as an expert on standards and frameworks.
- Ensuring that supporting guidance materials are created to an exceptional standard efficiently and effectively, including the oversight of junior team members and supporting the tasks related to climate, forests, water security and nature/biodiversity.
- Providing subject matter expertise and analytical support across CDP's broader activities related to questionnaire and reporting guidance materials, including but not restricted to:
- contributing to projects related to the development of new questionnaire content and other CDP outputs (e.g., funded projects, publications, engagement events etc.).
- analyzing, mapping, and/or reviewing relevant external frameworks and standards as part of CDP's responses to external consultations.
- supporting CDP's Questionnaire & Guidance Team with its delivery and support of the technical systems required to enable the disclosure of information during CDP's annual reporting cycle.
- Building and maintaining technical external relationships (with advisory panels, reporting standards etc.) and representing CDP externally as a subject matter expert.
The precise description and nature of your job may vary from time to time, and you may be required to carry out other duties as necessary to meet business needs.
Please note that we do not conduct phone screens and utilize screening questions in each of our processes. You will receive the questions via email shortly after applying and your responses will be due at 5:00 pm ET on the recruitment closing date. Please send your answers in a PDF or Microsoft Word document in your reply to this message.
The perks
- Generous PTO. Tackling the world’s biggest environmental challenges is no easy feat – we offer a generous 20 days of annual leave to keep our employees energized.
- Paid holidays. We recognize 15 paid holidays, including winter break, and pay homage to our diversity by offering one additional floating holiday of your choice for religious or cultural celebrations, per year.
- Health and wellness. We strive to ensure the health and wellbeing of our staff –employees receive excellent health, dental and vision benefits and paid sick leave.
- Learning and career growth. We are committed to the growth and development of each individual team member. We offer continuous learning opportunities and training for personal development.
- Future planning: We know it is important to plan for the future. We provide our employees with both a non-contributory 401K, and an optional additional contributory 401K. We also offer life insurance.
- Commuter benefits: We know commuting can be a pain – we offer commuter benefits and a Citi Bike membership to employees to make life a little easier.
- Fun. We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves (too) seriously. We regularly take time out for fun and festivities, from all-staff retreats, to happy hours, to summer outings and an end-of-year holiday celebration!
- Sabbaticals: Employees are eligible for sabbaticals once they have worked for three continuous years at CDP NA.