Circular Action Alliance

Vice President

• Oversee the organization’s reuse and refill initiatives.
• Develop and manage materials strategies that promote recyclable and compostable packaging.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives integrating packaging design with recyclability and compostability requirements.
• Engage with producers and key industry representatives to drive adoption of circular design principles.

VP – Circularity & Packaging Design

Manager

• Design and produce a wide range of creative assets including flyers, PowerPoint decks, infographics, icons, web/email graphics, photos, videos, animations, signage, white papers and more
• Reviews and assigns incoming requests (from diverse departments), meets with internal "customers" and ensures on-time delivery or escalation.
• Provide creative direction and quality assurance for all visual outputs; coordinate and review work produced by creatives to ensure brand consistency.
• Build and maintain scalable brand systems and templates (PowerPoint, InDesign, Canva, iconography, letterhead); serve as brand steward and manage trademark usage.
• Translate long-form Word documents into polished, on-brand designed materials using Adobe InDesign, including reports, white papers, toolkits and presentations.
• Assist Senior Marketing Manager with sourcing and onboarding freelance and contract creative support as needed.

Manager – Creative Services

Analyst

• Reporting to the Senior Fee-Setting & Eco-Modulation Manager.
• Supporting CAA’s national processes for cost modeling, annual budget integration, fee-setting, and producer data analysis.
• Blending analytical rigor, data stewardship, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Contributing to producer data validation, fee modeling, regulatory reporting, and development of repeatable analytical processes.
• Supporting validation, organization, and analysis of producer supply data for reporting and fee-setting processes.
• Developing and maintaining cost models to track material management costs.
• Preparing analytical inputs for the annual fee-setting process.
• Preparing regulatory compliance reports and collaborating with internal teams to document methodologies.

Operational Cost Analyst – Fee Setting

• Compile the definitions of compostable packaging in EPR states and emerging states, as well as related requirements pertaining to labelling, acceptance, and enforcement of compostability claims.
• Develop an inventory of existing composting infrastructure, the access to recovery of covered compostable products, and processing facilities’ acceptance of compostables in EPR states, documenting differences between compostable products made of different substrates.
• Identify the different ownership structures (public vs private) and develop understanding of the development process for new infrastructure (e.g., private financing, public-private partnership, grants, bonds, etc.).
• Identify and recruit “compostable product-friendly” processing operators across the US, with a focus on EPR states, and develop ambassador proposition.
• Recommend composter funding approaches (e.g. reimbursement, incentive payments, etc.) that can be customized to the specific requirements of individual EPR states.
• Support the Data and System Optimization team in developing a protocol for periodic characterization studies at organics processing facilities to measure the quantities of compostable packaging received by facilities and successfully processed.
• Help establish the key performance indicators (e.g., access; acceptance) and ongoing data & reporting needs to measure the field performance of covered compostable products that are applicable to individual state requirements and also guide a national approach.
• Develop guiding principles pertaining to CAA’s support of covered compostable products at closed venues (e.g. stadiums) and how to avoid a conflict with CAA’s Reuse/Refill objectives.
• Advise on the establishment of dedicated grant and/or fund programs to support tests and trials that advance the acceptance of covered compostable products by processing facilities and the development of end-markets for compost made from feedstocks that include covered compostable products.
• Remain at the forefront of compostable packaging developments, and composting and other organics recovery system innovations.
• Cultivate relationships with trade associations, certification bodies, local governments, organics processing facilities, NGOs, startups and other innovators or standard bearers in the compostables/composting space.
• Represent CAA, educate, and train interest holders about CAA’s approach to compostables/composting, both internally (e.g. board meetings, working groups) and externally (e.g., public consults, conferences).
• Serve as a trusted technical and strategic resource for producers, local jurisdictions, NGOs, and organics facilities processors.
• Monitor and provide input on proposed regulations and activities pertaining to covered compostable products in current EPR programs and emerging states.
• Monitor federal and state regulatory and legal activities that may affect marketability of composting end-products (for example PFAS regulations for land applied compost).

Principal Analyst – Composting & Compostables

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Support the FP&A Finance Director in decision making and execution of budgeting, forecasting and performance management processes.
• Develop financial models to evaluate the performance, including cost-benefit analyses, scenario planning, and long-term projections.
• Provide actionable financial insights and recommendations to state leadership on cash flow, revenue forecasts, and expense management.
• Track and report on key financial metrics and performance indicators, such as program costs, funding utilization, and financial sustainability.
• Spearhead process improvements including automation, reporting and analytics enhancements.
• Support the CFO in decision making and execution of key initiatives. Manage the CFO office operations including meeting preparation, internal communications and project tracking.
• Coordinate and align cross-functional and cross-Finance teams on all projects and goals.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, reports and briefings for senior leadership of CAA including Board and Committee meetings.
• Drive accountability and follow-through on action items and strategic priorities.
• Drive financial governance / stewardship in business processes.
• Serve as a resource for program and operations teams providing financial expertise and helping to interpret financial data.

Finance Manager, FP&A

• Develop and implement detailed regional end market development strategies by material both for states and regions.
• Ensure collection and analysis of existing end market capacities data, clarify needed capacity growth.
• Create and manage multi-year investment and intervention plans for end markets by state.
• Identify companies that are ideal partners and lead engagement activities to drive investment.
• Map and identify key partners and potential investors for new applications and new plants.
• Champion expansion of PCR and new applications, driving tangible growth in the usage of domestic PCR.
• Develop the REM verification strategy, including ensuring the development and implementation of a National REM Standard.
• Oversee, manage, delegate tasks, and motivate a small team of industry professionals to accelerate end market development.

VP – Material Services, End Markets

Communications

• Assist with the development and execution of CAA’s E&O and communications strategies.
• Coordinate production, sending, and performance tracking for the monthly RecycleOn Oregon newsletter.
• Manage statewide print material orders end-to-end.
• Draft and coordinate review of media materials and support earned media outreach.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day liaison for the E&O Portal.
• Support social media content planning and community management.
• Organize events, webinars, and other promotional activities.
• Support the analytics team with collecting campaign data and preparing reports.

Communications Specialist

Marketing Operations

• Own and manage the organization’s digital engagement platforms, including the website (WordPress), marketing automation and email marketing (Salesforce Account Engagement and Mailchimp) and webinar platform (Zoom)
• Lead the build, testing, and QA of emails, forms and automations to support lead nurturing and engagement, in close collaboration with Marketing, Communications and Producer Services
• Oversee website and newsletter administration using content from Communications, Producer Services and other teams
• Ensure accurate tagging and analytics
• Manage release calendars
• Coordinate with IT to support integrations, enhancements and platform performance
• Operate the shared services model, including intake, triage and routing
• Enforce SLAs
• Manage a prioritized backlog
• Ensure request completeness
• Coordinate approvals and compliance
• Build, maintain and analyze dashboards and reports to measure and improve upon success metrics
• Serve as the internal SME on Google Analytics 4 (GA4), analyzing website performance, user behavior and conversion data to inform optimization and strategy
• Implement tracking and pixels across digital properties
• Develop and pilot AI ‑ assisted workflows
• Document and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Drive continuous improvement to increase efficiency, consistency and scale
• Build and maintain audience lists and manage list hygiene across Mailchimp and Salesforce
• Serve as the internal SME on marketing compliance requirements, including CAN SPAM, CASL, GDPR and other applicable data privacy and digital communications regulations, in partnership with Legal and IT as needed
• Provide technical support and user training for external-facing digital engagement platforms (e.g., Zoom), including live technical support during webinars and virtual events.
• Support Campaign & Content Manager with paid advertising initiatives, including SEM and LinkedIn campaigns
• Coordinate closely with internal stakeholders across Communications, Creative, IT, and Producer Services to ensure effective delivery of marketing initiatives.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Manager – Marketing Operations, Technology

Compliance

• Lead complex regulatory analysis including statutory and regulatory interpretation of product exemptions, exclusions, and alternative compliance pathways across multiple EPR jurisdictions.
• Monitor, assess, and synthesize regulatory developments at the state and national level, translating changes into clear compliance implications, internal guidance, and updates to reporting requirements.
• Own the development, maintenance, and evolution of material reporting categories , including authoritative definitions, decision logic, examples, and producer-facing guidance, ensuring consistency and defensibility across states.
• Evaluate state-specific reporting requirements and proactively align them to CAA’s national reporting framework, identifying risks, deviations, and harmonization opportunities.
• Supporting program launch readiness for new EPR states , including development of reporting categories, interpretive materials, and implementation guidance aligned with statutory intent and operational feasibility.
• Develop and steward producer guidance and interpretive memoranda related regulatory affairs, exemptions, and reporting expectations, serving as a technical subject-matter expert for internal team and external stakeholders.
• Design, enhance, and apply tools and methodologies to support producer compliance reviews, including: Develop analytical tools to evaluate exemption applicability and compliance risk.
• Identify, analyze, and escalate trends related to under-reporting, over-reporting, and misclassification.
• Lead producer reporting reviews to assess completeness, accuracy, and alignment with regulatory requirements.
• Provide expert recommendations to internal teams on end-of-life material management, recyclability considerations, and design-for-recycling principles to support program integrity and policy objectives.
• Represent CAA in regulatory, industry, and technical forums , contributing to external discussions on sustainable packaging, materials management, and EPR policy implementation.
• Serve as a trusted cross-functional advisor , collaborating closely with: Producer Services to support complex regulatory interpretations and producer inquiries.
• Materials Management / Materials Services to inform material definitions, source reduction, compositional analysis, and recyclability considerations.
• Data & Analytics to support fee-setting methodologies, eco-modulation criteria, and data quality standards.
• Perform other related duties as assigned, consistent with the scope and expectations of a senior regulatory analyst role.