Senior Manager, Climate Performance and Reporting
Thermo Fisher Scientific
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Hillsboro • North Carolina • Oregon • United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Job Level
About the role
- Provide enterprise-level leadership for Thermo Fisher’s environmental data accounting program, ensuring global consistency and strategic alignment.
- Define and evolve the company’s carbon accounting methodologies and data governance framework in alignment with the GHG Protocol, SBTi guidance, and emerging global standards.
- Oversee the end-to-end processes for collecting, validating, managing, and reporting Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 GHG emissions, as well as other key environmental metrics.
- Lead the development of future-state data systems and processes to support complex, multi-source environmental datasets.
- Maintain and evolve audit-ready environmental data collection, reporting, and documentation procedures.
- Direct the internal environmental data quality control (QC) program, ensuring high-quality, reliable datasets across global sites and functions.
- Oversee the acquisition and validation of supplier-specific emission factors, strengthening the quality of primary data for Scope 3 emissions.
- Lead environmental data integration for Mergers & Acquisitions, including due diligence, onboarding, system harmonization, and methodology alignment.
- Identify strategic opportunities for process improvement, automation, and methodology optimization across the environmental data lifecycle.
- Serve as Thermo Fisher’s senior subject matter expert for carbon accounting, GHG methodologies, and science-based targets.
- Pursue and represent Thermo Fisher in external thought leadership coalitions.
- Lead enterprise assurance programs for environmental and GHG emissions data, including voluntary assurance and preparation for regulatory assurance.
- Serve as the senior point of contact for external assurance providers, driving alignment on expectations, documentation, and audit readiness.
- Anticipate emerging climate disclosure regulations and guide the organization’s readiness strategy.
- Maintain and elevate environmental data controls, governance, and documentation to support compliance, transparency, and scalability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Engineering, Accounting, Data Analytics, or related field.
- 7+ years of experience in carbon accounting, ESG reporting, environmental data management, or related sustainability domains.
- Deep understanding of the GHG Protocol, SBTi guidance, environmental accounting frameworks, and global climate disclosure requirements.
- Demonstrated experience leading assurance or audit processes and working with external assurance providers.
- Proven track record of leading cross-functional initiatives, ideally within large, multi-site global organizations.
- Experience managing complex environmental datasets with strong data governance and quality controls.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
carbon accountingGHG ProtocolSBTi guidanceenvironmental data managementdata governanceenvironmental accounting frameworksESG reportingdata quality controlaudit processesdata integration
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic alignmentprocess improvementcommunicationcross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingproject managementthought leadershipstakeholder engagementadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in SustainabilityBachelor’s degree in Environmental ScienceBachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in AccountingBachelor’s degree in Data Analytics