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Position Overview:

AVEVA creates industrial software that inspires people to shape the future. From water and energy to food and infrastructure, our solutions turn opportunities into business value. We work with our customers and harness the power of our ecosystem to deliver solutions across the asset and operations lifecycles. We use collaborative innovation to empower people and industries, enabling the planet to thrive.

There are 4,500 of our people in more than 40 countries who challenge themselves and each other to create and improve the transformative technology our customers need. With our help, industries across the world can make a positive difference to the lives of people everywhere.

We take pride in our core values and the diversity of our people, valuing the unique experience and expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. At AVEVA, we’re all about Limitless possibilities. Are you?

The Manager of Sustainability Offerings will be responsible to establish and lead a cross-functional AVEVA team that drives our company to serve our partners, customers and the industries in which we work to have the software and technology to continuously improve sustainable outcomes.

Manager of Sustainability Offerings – US Home

Responsibilities:

• Develop a sustainability inventory by Business Unit of capabilities, drivers, customer use cases, standards, as well as Industry perspectives.
• Develop and manage the sustainability business plan for external activation ensuring buy-in from stakeholders. Work closely with the product management and strategy teams to provide research and analysis on sustainability and work with them to develop ideas and build business cases for new products as well as enhancement of existing products.
• Work with Marketing to develop customer collateral and communications to promote our sustainability focus and achievements as an organisation and with our products.
• Lead project teams to develop and implement sustainability intiatives.
• Build effective partnerships with external organizations to support sustainability goals.
• Measure and monitor progress against the external activation business plan and performance targets. Provide reporting to Director of Sustainability.
• Provide input and support to the internal Executive Sustainability Steering Committee.
• Prepare Sales teams to speak on sustainability with their customers.

Skills & Qualifications:

Experience of successfully creating and delivering an external offerings sustainability vision and business plan in one or more of the following:

• high tech/software companies
• companies in industries supported by AVEVA, eg CPG, Food & Bev, Infrastructure, Energy
• Bachelor/Masters Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Environmental Studies. MBA is a plus.
• Matrix management experience with proven success of leading project teams and managing internal and external stakeholders.
• Portfolio/Product management leadership experience and proven ability to initiate and support the development of products in line with sustainability goals.
• Experience and success in environmental sustainability issues with proven outcomes.
• Expertise in policies, standards, governing bodies across technology and marketing.
• Proven track record of translating ideas into actions.
• Confident with building and promoting new initiatives.
• Clear and engaging communication and presenting style.
• Ability to build rapport and robust relationships as well as influencing at all levels including C-suite, customers, suppliers and partners.
• Strong problem solving and analysis skills.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we take pride in the diversity of our employees, valuing the special experience and expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. The ability to develop ground-breaking technologies is one of our key assets and our people make it happen.

Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.