Climate Performance and Reporting Senior Manager

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Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. As a senior leader on the Global Sustainability team you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the companys environmental data strategy. The Climate Performance and Reporting Senior Manager will oversee Thermo Fishers global environmental data accounting assurance and reporting programs enabling the organization to meet its science-based targets deliver high-quality disclosures and prepare for evolving global climate regulations.

You will provide strategic direction on environmental data governance lead cross-functional data integration effortsincluding M&Aand serve as the companys foremost expert on carbon accounting methodologies and systems with a continuous improvement philosophy that drives efficiency and impact. This role reports to the Sustainability Program Director within the Global Sustainability function.

What You Will Do

Strategic Leadership in Environmental Data Accounting

• Provide enterprise-level leadership for Thermo Fishers environmental data accounting program ensuring global consistency and strategic alignment.
• Define and evolve the companys 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 Fishers senior subject matter expert for carbon accounting GHG methodologies and science-based targets.
• Pursue and represent Thermo Fisher in external thought leadership coalitions.
  

Climate Data Assurance & Regulatory Preparedness

• 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 (e.g. SEC climate rule CSRD California SB 253/SB 261) and guide the organizations readiness strategy.
• Maintain and elevate environmental data controls governance and documentation to support compliance transparency and scalability.
  

Systems Tools & Vendor Management

• Provide oversight and strategic direction for carbon accounting solution platforms ensuring they meet enterprise reporting integration and control requirements.
• Manage senior-level relationships with solution vendors to drive continuous improvement innovation and long-term platform effectiveness.
• Partner with IT procurement operations and other global functions to advance systems integration and data connectivity.
  

Cross-Functional Partnership & Executive Engagement

• Lead cross-functional collaboration efforts with operations facilities supply chain finance ESG and business unit leaders to ensure alignment on environmental data and reporting.
• Provide expert guidance on boundary setting data quality expectations calculation methodologies and emissions modeling.
• Support executive leadership by communicating high-level insights risks challenges and recommendations.
• Influence and educate senior stakeholders across the organization on climate-related methodologies regulatory implications and strategic considerations.
  

How will you get here

• Bachelors 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.