Sustainability Lead(m/f/d)

The Sustainability Lead for Allianz Services is part of the global team, ensuring that sustainability is embodied within our organization. You will manage our overall Environmental, Social and Governance program and takes up on the Global-Line Environmental Officer and on the Corporate Citizenship Coordinator role, overseeing the Local Environment Officers (LEO) and Corporate Citizenship (CC) representatives across all Allianz Services locations.

What you do:

• Drives overall ESG integration and acts as senior interface between Allianz Services and Group on all sustainability matters
• Coordinates all local ESG integration efforts
• Working with global ESG engagement and finance areas
• Organize global sustainability-related projects to increase employee engagement and oversee global partnerships focused on sustainability
• Assist PwC with organization of local audit process (e.g. on site coordination, audit follow up)
• Informing and leveraging Group on ongoing sustainability efforts at Allianz Services level
• Coordinating Allianz Services input/responses to international sustainability related regulations
• Coordinating the data collection process globally and ensuring that group reporting deadlines are met, both for environmental and corporate citizenship (CC) KPIs
• Help maintain the control framework together with Local Environment Officers (LEO) – periodically review process descriptions and key controls
• Ensure that group data collection guidance is known at Allianz Services level for both environmental and corporate citizenship reporting
• Preparing environmental and corporate citizenship action plan with relevant measures and activities to achieve Allianz Services targets, to support Group target on environmental performance, with direct involvement in the Strategic and Planning Dialogues; collaborate with related, responsible departments (e.g. purchasing, facility management, etc.)
• Guiding implementation of measures and activities as agreed with Allianz Services management
• Reporting to Allianz Services EMT and Allianz Technology Board on main environmental matters
• Active participation in the LEO and CC network and acting as environmental and social consultant and champion within AZS
• Adapt and create policies, standards, global functional rules and processes, where needed, for AZS

What you bring:

• Relevant master’s degree in environmental sciences, engineering, or sustainability
• 6+ years of experience in environmental, social and governance research
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Experience with Policy Language and ability to write policies and processes clearly
• Strong sustainability-related regulatory and standards knowledge (e.g., CSRD, GHG Standards Protocol etc.)
• Strong engagement and communication skills
• Good skills in MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Understand data and process flows
• Exhibits initiative, independence, and organizational abilities.
• Capability to establish and sustain working relationships with colleagues globally and with external parties
• Collaborative person with high adaptability.
• Proven experience in leading and motivating teams.
• Proficient in organizing and implementing sustainability events
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills.

What we offer:

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location)
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. 
We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. 
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation. 
Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.
 
 

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