What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Sustainability Reporting position at Delta Air Lines, Inc.?
Delta’s Global Sustainability team is responsible for acting on Delta’s environmental sustainability agenda and serves as the face of environmental stewardship for the company. The group has been charged with creating and executing on a long-term strategic plan for sustainability and managing cross-divisional programs to advance our climate and sustainability goals. The group is high-visibility and high-impact, interfacing across leadership levels to integrate sustainability practices into all of Delta’s corporate programs.
This position reports to the General Manger – ESG Reporting.
The Global Sustainability team owns five critical functions that are fundamental to driving Delta’s long-term success:
- Long-term sustainability strategy and investment planning
- Interfacing with business units on development / delivery of sustainability programs aligned to long-term strategy (e.g., carbon reduction, removal of carbon emissions, waste management, etc.)
- Building / maintaining broad research base on key market trends (not limited to airline / travel space, inclusive of disruptions or developments in the environmental sustainability space)
- Reporting to key stakeholders (external and internal) on Delta’s environmental, social and governance metrics, financials, investment portfolio, and outcomes of initiatives
As a member of the team, you will gain broad experience and exposure across all of Delta’s business units and leadership levels while executing assurance, advisory and investigative projects.
Primary Responsibilities of this role:
The Manager, SUS Reporting will play a key role in advancing our commitment to sustainability by collaborating with cross-functional leaders to develop innovative solutions to business and regulatory challenges. This role is integral to our Global Sustainability department, which oversees environmental and social sustainability-related matters, driving strategies to mitigate risks and enhance Delta’s overall position in these areas. As part of this journey, the Reporting Manager will focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting to key stakeholders, contributing to improved performance. We are seeking candidates who are data-curious, process-oriented, and passionate about sustainability.
- Manage data related to Delta’s sustainability reporting, including but not limited to assisting in coordination of annual ESG Report publication, as well as submissions for CDP, Ecovadis, SAFA, and several other ratings, rankings and indices.
- Assist in communicating Delta’s sustainability story through responses to corporate customer questionnaires and RFPs, investor questionnaires and presentations at various sustainability forums.
- Developing and maintaining data dashboards that visually communicate sustainability performance metrics, trends and analysis using software’s such as Tableau, Power BI or similar data visualization tools.
- Experience working with large datasets to identify and analyze trends to make recommendations for sustainability improvements.
- Support in delivering on ESG data controls, work collaboratively with external agency partners and internal cross-divisional data owners to ensure proper governance and accuracy.
