Methodology and Research Manager - Carbon Methodology Team

Company Description

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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.

Why apply to EcoVadis? Be a part of the global sustainability change in business. Grow your career. Work with extraordinary people. Feel valued for your contribution.

Learn more about our team and culture on EcoVadis careers page. 

Job Description

EcoVadis’ purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world.

In a context of social and environmental emergency, one of the greatest challenges of the company today is to provide products and analytics 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 the methodology of our products to remain aligned with sustainability regulations, market best practices and evolving customer needs, and to be able to effectively support our network on their journey to improve their sustainability practices.

Mission

Oversee the development and maintenance of the Carbon methodology for our Ecovadis’ Carbon Action Manager. 

The EVS Methodology sub-department is in charge of defining the EcoVadis methodology behind our products, including Sustainability Ratings, IQ Plus and Vitals, and the Carbon Action Manager. The EcoVadis Carbon Action Manager offers a comprehensive suite of tools to support both supplier engagement and access to a robust and actionable carbon data network to drive supply chain decarbonization, including the Carbon Rating, Carbon Heatmap, PCF Data Exchange, Carbon Estimator and more.

The Carbon Methodology Manager will oversee the development and enhancement of the methodology for the various Carbon Action Manager tools. This role aims to coordinate a team of experts to ensure our products align with the most relevant carbon standards and deliver value for our customers.

Responsibilities as Carbon Methodology Lead:

• Defines the methodology strategy for our Carbon Action Manager and prioritizes the relevant methodology development initiatives in collaboration with the carbon methodology team and in alignment with our company-wide product roadmap process.
• Supervises the delivery of methodology development initiatives for our Carbon Action Manager by the carbon methodology team, including by sponsoring projects, providing project management support, and ensuring projects are aligned with our internal methodology change process. 
• Oversees the organization and documentation of knowledge on carbon management issues.
• Monitors the latest changes in the global landscape through continuous research and market scan on emerging best practices and regulatory changes, including in areas previously unexplored by the EcoVadis methodology, and share methodology knowledge and expertise with the rest of the team.
• Engages into building strong external relationships, including with our most advanced customers and external experts & thought leaders, to collect feedback on and enrich our methodology on carbon management issues.
• Represents EcoVadis as the in-house expert on carbon management issues (e.g. participation in conferences, creation of specialized articles and various content, building partnerships,
  networking, …) to present our methodology approach and share findings from our database.
• Contributes to the definition of the overall EcoVadis methodology strategy, including by collaborating with other team leads to maximize synergy and coherence across solutions.  

Responsibilities as a Team Leader:

• Manage a team of carbon methodology analysts and data analysts.
• Promote and embody the company’s vision and values by leading by example.
• Define clear roles and responsibilities for team members and ensure team ownership of them, and drive team performance in line with the carbon methodology strategy strategy and objectives.
• Develop, provide avenues for support, coach, motivate and reward team members.
• Guide the development of skills and competencies of team members including identifying training and development needs, etc.
• Create a cohesive team environment while maintaining respect both within the team, and towards other team members.
• Conduct performance appraisals & salary review, and manage attendance & team capacity, etc.

Qualifications

• Carbon Expertise - 5+ years of experience in corporate sustainability with advanced understanding of the main carbon management practices, including setting science-based targets, corporate carbon management strategies, carbon accounting and supply chain decarbonization. 
• Leadership - Communicates a clear strategy and vision enabling all teams to understand and be motivated towards a common goal.
• Collaboration & Influencer - Builds relationships across departments, fostering a culture of teamwork and shared accountability without relying on direct authority.
• Strategic thinking - Understands how emerging trends are shaping the market and impacting customer needs, and how this should be translated in the EcoVadis Carbon Action Manager methodology.
• Adaptability & Resilience - Navigates uncertainty and shifting priorities while maintaining focus on long-term objectives and inspiring confidence in team members.
• Project management - Keeps multiple and complex projects moving forward concurrently, and quickly understands existing EcoVadis processes and technical aspects.
• Communication, presentation & public speaking skills - Explains complex concepts in a synthetic way and adapts messaging and communication style to the audience.
• Proactivity & Team Spirit - Keeps multiple and complex projects moving forward concurrently and engages other teams within the Methodology sub-department as well as in the wider organization (Solutions, Technology Platform Services, Solutions Consulting, Marketing departments etc.).

Additional Information

Everyone at EcoVadis contributes to a culture of trust, respect and empowerment. Our growing team in Poland is full of talented professionals from various sectors who all share a desire to make an impact. We offer competitive salaries and support personal growth from day one with extensive onboarding, mentoring and a brand new e-learning platform bursting with courses and modules so you can learn new skills and fine-tune old ones.

Benefits:

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
• Optional (fully covered or co-financed) health care and life insurance
• Multisport card and wellness allowance
• Multicafeteria
• Lunch card
• Annual performance bonus
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working (after a fully in-office probation period, 4 days in office per month)
• Remote work from abroad policy
• Internet and electricity bill allowance
• CSR activities
• Modern, pet-friendly office in the city center (next to Rondo ONZ)
• Community service day when volunteering

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV, in English, with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major)