ESG Reporting and Program Manager

Teradata Operations - Trenton, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Trenton, NJ

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The ESG Reporting and Program Manager at Teradata is a pivotal role focused on enhancing the company's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting and compliance efforts. This position involves leading cross-functional teams to prepare annual ESG reports, ensuring compliance with global regulations, and effectively communicating ESG initiatives to stakeholders. The role requires a strategic approach to ESG data management and reporting, aligning with regulatory expectations and improving the company's ESG performance.

Responsibilities

• Head cross-functional team to prepare annual ESG report and various other ESG disclosures required.
• Create and publish ESG disclosures in line with existing regulations and frameworks including GRI, SASB, TCFD, Conflict Minerals, and Modern Slavery Statements.
• Manage Teradata's ESG compliance and reporting with new requirements such as EU CSRD, EU CSDDD, EU Taxonomy, California Climate disclosures, and SEC disclosure.
• Develop and deploy an ESG data collection process.
• Develop processes to ensure accuracy and completeness of ESG data.
• Develop controls to ensure ESG data is ready and available to be reviewed and assured.
• Partner with Teradata's Enterprise Risk and Internal Audit function to manage the review and assurance processes.
• Lead the creation and manage responses of ESG information to key stakeholders - shareholders, raters & rankers, regulators, customer, and employees.
• Lead cross-functional team to complete investor and customer surveys, ratings/rankings like CDP, ISS, Sustainalytics, MSCI, Dow Jones Sustainability index, EcoVadis and others, and work to improve scores as applicable.
• Partner with Communications function and customer facing roles to develop timeline and process for amplifying Teradata's ESG story to customers, suppliers, and other internal and external audiences.
• Manage ESG communications in various forms, such as dashboards, scorecards, infographics, and across multiple internal and external channels, including corporate website, digital platforms, and press releases.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in areas relevant to ESG.
• Expertise in some or all of the areas relevant to ESG, such as carbon emissions, supplier engagement, human rights, technology sustainability, and/or ethics.
• Proven ability to assess, implement, train, and develop compliance with global regulations and laws.
• Experience creating ESG-focused reporting.
• Familiarity with the ESG regulatory landscape, reporting frameworks, policy, and ratings methodologies, and the ability to proactively provide guidance on evolving trends.
• Excellent writing skills, particularly with developing reports and communications.
• Proven track record of delivering highly coordinated projects on time along with proven ability to drive effective collaboration across many functions/teams.

Nice-to-haves

• Detail-oriented and ability to manage accurate data collection.
• Ability to develop productive cross-functional relationships and work independently with diverse stakeholders.
• Proven self-starter who is highly skilled at applying intuition, leaning in, and asking questions to better understand, and quickly connecting the dots across various initiatives and teams.
• Passion for distilling large sets of data into simple insights or reports.
• Ability to inspire and influence, collaborate, and manage internal relationships without formal authority, and cultivate partnerships to accomplish company-wide goals.

Benefits

• Flexible work model
• People-first culture
• Well-being focus
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion commitment
• Competitive Total Rewards package