Senior Sustainability Manager - Carbon

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• Lead the carbon input into bp's Group and business strategies
• Shape how strategies are operationalized and how performance is handled across the company
• Lead bp's participation in external organizations including IPIECA, GHG Protocol, and WBCSD
• Act as bp's subject matter authority on greenhouse gas accounting
• Support development of decision-useful greenhouse-gas accounting standards
• Develop bp-wide policy positions on GHG accounting
• Support policy positions on energy transition and climate regulation, including ETS, EU Methane, and Green Hydrogen
• Scan external trends, benchmarks, frameworks, disclosures, and publications
• Support engagement with investors, banks, NGOs, oil and gas peers, and other external partners
• Lead development of company disclosures such as the Sustainability Report
• Help bp align with ESRS and ISSB climate disclosure requirements
• Support the VP of Sustainability in day-to-day activities
• Provide guidance across the sustainability landscape and contribute to leadership-team discussions
• Mentor and support development of the wider team
• Undertake varied work across carbon and climate science initiatives

Requirements

• High SME-level understanding of climate science
• Knowledge of pathway modelling, including IEA and IPCC pathways
• Knowledge of economics, carbon accounting, and carbon-accounting methodologies
• Ability to develop new accounting and reporting approaches
• Excellent strategic, technical, commercial, and analytical skills
• Willingness to work in detail, including modelling
• Ability to distil complex cross-disciplinary problems and analysis into simple insights
• Ability to communicate clearly and powerfully in written and verbal formats
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive projects to completion
• Strong communication and influencing skills across multiple interfaces
• Ability to engage confidently at executive level
• Ability to manage competing tensions across the business
• Ability to lead when needed and support others
• Ability to share knowledge, mentor, and provide constructive challenge
• Ability to work with carbon accounting, climate regulation, energy transition pathways, and climate disclosures

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in greenhouse gas accounting, climate science, and energy transition pathways, with a strong ability to develop and implement strategic policies and reporting standards. Capable of engaging with diverse stakeholders and leading initiatives that align with sustainability goals and regulatory requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Greenhouse Gas Accounting
• Climate Science Expertise
• Pathway Modelling
• Strategic Communication
• Sustainability Reporting

ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills

• Carbon Accounting
• Carbon-Accounting Methodologies
• Decision-Useful Standards Development
• Modelling
• Analytical Skills

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication Skills
• Influencing Skills
• Mentoring
• Project Management
• Problem-Solving

Industry Keywords

• Energy Transition
• Climate Regulation
• EU Methane
• Green Hydrogen
• Sustainability

Tools & Technologies

• GHG Protocol
• IPIECA
• WBCSD
• ESRS
• ISSB