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Position Overview:

Do what you love. Love what you do.

At Workday, we help the world’s largest organizations adapt to what’s next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we’re serious about what we do. But we like to have fun, too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.

About the Team

Workday believes that success is not only measured in financial terms, but also in how we operate in the context of our community and environment. The corporate affairs team works closely with colleagues throughout Legal, Compliance, & Corporate Affairs and across our business. As a member of the Sustainability team, you will be supporting the Sr Director, Environmental Sustainability at Workday.

About the Role

Are you looking for a new role leading sustainability reporting and assisting with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures at a growing enterprise cloud company? Our Sustainability team is seeking a Program Manager to lead sustainability reporting, including GRI-based reporting, TCFD reporting, and oversee responses to select ESG rankings and ratings.

This role will work with internal business partners, including investor relations, legal, communications, belonging & diversity, and others across the company to advise on environmental and sustainability reporting risks and opportunities within ESG reporting, enhance and streamline ESG disclosures, and develop strategic insights and recommendations that inform our strategies and governance bodies, including the Board and ESG-related committees. The role will collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to deepen relationships and improve and streamline annual and ad hoc ESG reporting, including leading the publication of our biennial sustainability report, and build a continuous improvement process.

The ideal candidate will be passionate and knowledgeable about the intersection of business and sustainability, a highly organized individual, and a proactive contributor who is able to build highly collaborative partnerships inside and outside of Workday. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading preparation of annual corporate sustainability reports, including GRI-based Global Impact Report, UK Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR), and aspects of the upcoming SEC climate-related disclosures
• Leading, from concept to implementation, the development of the annual sustainability report with internal partners including agency management, content and data collection, editing, reviews and approvals
• Drafting key sections of environmental and sustainability reporting within an ESG framework and copyediting loose narratives provided by various teams to elevate our Workday story
• Leading select ad-hoc ESG reporting including TCFD-reporting and related climate scenario analysis activities
• Assisting ESG teams with conducting periodic formal materiality assessments to inform ESG reporting
• Performing peer ESG benchmark analyses
• Driving ESG rankings and ratings audits, gap assessments, and implementation of action plans to address priorities identified
• Leading engagements with external consultants and other partners to support key relevant workstreams
• In partnership and in collaboration with cross-functional internal teams, developing a program to manage responses to key ESG rankings and ratings
• Crafting standard environmental sustainability responses to customers and prospective customers that inspire and engage through compelling data points and narrative storytelling
• Assisting ESG teams with evaluation and potential implementation of ESG disclosure software to manage its centralized repository of key disclosures
• Developing reporting tools, such as program scorecards, and process development to collect and disseminate program data and insights that influence global Sustainability strategy and enable program continuous improvement

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with sustainability reporting and related frameworks (e.g., CDP, GRI Standards, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), SASB)
• Experience with ESG ratings (e.g., ISS, MSCI, Sustainalytics) and rankings (e.g. Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), JUST Capital JUST100, FTSE4Good)
• Record of success managing sophisticated ESG programs with diverse partners that lead to time-bound high-visibility deliverables

Other Qualifications

• Familiarity with technology, with a focus on cloud computing, SaaS, and enterprise software
• Strong communications skills, both written and oral, from speaking to diverse collaborators to writing external reports
• Affinity for detail and capable of balancing various priorities while running multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to drive projects from idea through to implementation, including identifying and implementing process improvements
• An enthusiastic approach and ability to self-start, deliver in a fast-paced environment, and possess solid judgment and a sense of humor!

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