Global Product Sustainability Manager

Research & Development Washington DC, District Of Columbia Morrisville, North Carolina Morton Grove, Illinois
Salary: USD 93500 Annually


Description

We are Hiring for a Global Product Sustainability Manager!

If you are excited and passionate about helping #LetsSolveWater, consider joining our team today!  Xylem, Inc. is a leading global water technology company servicing more than 150 countries and is dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues.  We are looking for individuals to join our mission by exceeding customer expectations through smart sustainable solutions.  At Xylem, you will have the opportunity to solve water by participating in our paid Volunteer Program, Xylem Watermark!

Xylem is the leading global provider of technologies and solutions that address the world’s water challenges. The Global Product Sustainability (GPS) team’s mission is to enable our entire enterprise of employees, customers and shareholders to understand the environmental impacts of Xylem’s products.

The GPS Manager will join our team of life cycle analysts and engineers who report to the Director of Global Product Sustainability. The GPS Manager will foster relationships with global product managers and subject matter experts, and act as a liaison to Xylem’s corporate Sustainability and Social Impact (SSI) program.

A global citizen is preferred who works well across time zones, cultures, languages, and organizational lines.

Essential Duties

The GPS Manager will be responsible for measuring, monitoring, and identifying opportunities to decrease the footprint, and increase the handprint, of our portfolio.

  • Support the GPS Director for the development of a 5-year roadmap and action plan to meet Net Zero and similar sustainability commitments, most of which are outlined in our Sustainability Report and Initiatives.
  • Primary Manager of Xylem’s Product-based Sustainability KPIs.
    • Work with product managers, LCA Analysts and engineers for KPI method development and execution on the monitoring and reporting of KPIs.
    • Assure data quality and traceability.
    • Demonstrate the commercial value of the KPIs for the organization.
    • Manage our progress towards SBTi targets.
  • Build and manage a communication plan for the GPS program
    • Manage the Product Sustainability Hub in sharepoint.
    • Deliver quarterly KPI reports for the SSI Program.
    • Deliver training, webinars, blogs and other content about product sustainability at Xylem.
    • Help product managers with value propositions and marketing content.

Qualifications

  • Education in a technical field (Bachelor’s degree, Associates degree with relevant certifications, etc.) with some experience related to sustainability.
  • Product management or product development experience.
  • Familiarity with VWBA, GHG Protocols, SBTi and similar accounting practices.
  • High aptitude with Microsoft platforms, and PowerBI is a plus.

Work Environment

  • This is a full-time, salaried position located in either North America or Europe.
  • Hybrid work is an option.
  • Must have the flexibility to adjust schedule to global time zones as necessary.
At Xylem, we embrace diversity and strive to create avenues where employees feel valued and appreciated through our DE&I initiatives and Employee Resources Groups (ERG).  Xylem is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action workplace.  Xylem prohibits discrimination, harassment of any kind and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or sexual orientation (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, marital status, medical conditions or disability, genetic information, age, or other non-merit factors.
Join the global Xylem team today!  Xylem is a team creating advanced technology solutions to the world’s water challenges through developing new technologies and services that will improve the way water is used, conserved, and re-used in the future is central to our work. Our products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor, and return water to the environment, in public utility, industrial, residential, and commercial building services settings. Xylem also provides a leading portfolio of smart metering, network technologies and advanced analytics solutions for water, electric and gas utilities.