Senior Program Manager - Sustainability & Environment Reporting & Disclosure

Description

Join our growing team

The TELUS Sustainability and Environment Team leads TELUS’ environmental compliance responsibilities as well as its globally-leading sustainability strategy development and execution - a critical pillar in bringing TELUS’ social purpose to life. Included in this leadership is responsibility for our award-winning annual ESG and Sustainability Report and the accompanying ESG data sheet. Additionally, we build and maintain relationships and action plans with various ESG rating agencies to ensure TELUS’ progress and results on many ESG criteria are shared and validated so that our many stakeholders understand our leading ESG performance. These ratings, and the data and stories that support them, also enable improved sales opportunities for TELUS, as well as enhanced supplier, investor, government, team member and customer relations. We are seeking an individual with a collaborative mindset and approach, and a track record of successfully leading and managing sustainability reporting for a global, large, publicly traded organization with an in-depth knowledge of regulatory and voluntary standards and frameworks for climate-related and other non-financial disclosure. Experience in multi-stakeholder and cross functional leadership as well as environmental subject matter expertise combined with a passion for caring for our planet is essential.

Here’s the impact you’ll make and what we will accomplish together:

As a Senior Program Manager - Sustainability, you will be part of a high profile portfolio reporting to the Director, Sustainability & Environment.

Through your collaborative and programmatic approach you will: lead TELUS’ annual sustainability reporting and disclosure program engaging with many internal and external partners; identify risks and gaps and relevant action plans to enhance TELUS’ sustainability approach and governance; build and strengthen relationships with third party ESG rating agencies to inform continuous improvement; lead the development of responses to ESG surveys, questionnaires, RFPs, investor and other external requests; support internal needs for ESG and sustainability expertise; improve processes for ESG and sustainability data collection and analysis; and introduce new and innovative ideas, solve problems, and leverage your networking and influence skills to execute on projects and programs.

You will bring expertise on the evolving climate-related and other non-financial disclosure voluntary and regulatory framework landscape to help develop and lead action plans and roadmaps to ensure TELUS’ sustainability leadership, as well as advanced communication skills to inform recommendations for sustainability and ESG strategies to senior leadership. French language skills are very valuable for this role. 

If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance environment and are looking to contribute to a highly engaged team culture where there are ongoing opportunities to learn, then we’d love to hear from you!

Qualifications

Here's How:

You are the missing piece of the puzzle if:

• You are known for having strong business and financial acumen and a proven ability to synthesize ESG, sustainability and business results into actionable insights
• Advanced program and project management skills (PMP desired) with a proven track record
• You have a proven track record in developing and executing annual corporate reports
• You strive to integrate environmental aspects into existing or new processes 
• You are known for taking a collaborative, integrated work style with a reputation that makes cross-functional teams want to work with you
• You have excellent organizational and project management skills and the ability to handle multiple initiatives and prioritize effectively
• You thrive in ambiguous situations, demonstrating structured thinking/processes to simplify complex problems, and recommend a clear path forward
• You are able to influence inside and outside your immediate team, as well as with external commercial, NGO and academic partners
• You are inquisitive, curious and not afraid to try different approaches to solve a problem and leverage best practices from other business units

Great to haves:

• Bilingual French and English a strong asset
• Bachelor's degree; relevant Master’s degree or equivalent in education and experience
• Minimum of 5+ years of strategy, planning, and execution experience with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment
• You have expertise in regulatory and voluntary climate-related frameworks (IFRS S1/S2, ESRS, ISSB, SASB, GRI etc.)
• Advanced communication skills and strong financial acumen
• An understanding of environmental and biodiversity issues
• Experience in strategic development and implementation