Director, Corporate Sustainability

Clarios•Milwaukee, WI

About The Position

The Director, Corporate Sustainability is a global strategic leader responsible for defining and advancing Clarios' enterprise sustainability strategy and roadmap. The role translates customer, regulatory, investor, and market expectations into priorities, governance structures, performance targets, and actionable business plans. It partners with Government Affairs, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Operations, Commercial, and regional teams, and provides executive leadership with insight into sustainability risks, opportunities, trade-offs, and investment priorities. The Director leads sustainability reporting, climate strategy, regulatory readiness, and disclosure governance. Responsibilities include managing enterprise reporting and climate targets, setting carbon-accounting methodologies, developing decarbonization plans, and preparing the organization for reporting assurance. The role also leads and develops direct and indirect reports, communicates with executive and board or management committees, and represents Clarios with customers, assurers, and industry bodies. Glendale, Wisconsin is preferred; remote candidates are considered.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, such as Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Finance, or a related quantitative field.
At least 8 years of experience in sustainability reporting, GHG accounting, climate strategy, or sustainability assurance.
Experience leading reporting, compliance, or assurance programs at a large company or major consultancy; manufacturing or industrial experience is expected.
Ownership of a multi-site Scope 1–3 inventory and a published sustainability report or regulatory filing.
Working command of the GHG Protocol, CSRD/ESRS (including double materiality), SBTi, and ISSB/IFRS S2.
Experience supporting an external assurance cycle.
Strong understanding of climate disclosure, transition planning, and assurance requirements across the U.S., EU, and ISSB-aligned jurisdictions.
Experience designing sustainability data governance and internal controls in partnership with Finance and Internal Audit.
Strong quantitative skills, including advanced Excel and SQL or Python.
Ability to lead people and influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
Excellent relationship-building skills and a professional demeanor, with a record of building relationships with internal and external audiences across management levels.
Ability to lead multiple initiatives, manage projects, and work as part of a project team.
Sound analytical abilities and business sense.
Ability to get work done without close supervision.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or MBA.
Experience in the battery, metals, chemicals, or automotive-supplier industries.
Experience with life-cycle assessment (LCA) and ESG platforms such as Sphera or Workiva.
Background in Big Four assurance or climate advisory.
Glendale, Wisconsin location preference; remote candidates are also considered.

Responsibilities

Set and execute the enterprise sustainability strategy and roadmap, including priorities, owners, investment cases, and trade-offs.
Translate customer, regulatory, and investor expectations into enterprise priorities and resourcing decisions.
Monitor regulatory and market developments, including CSRD/ESRS, California SB 253/261, ISSB, SBTi, and the EU Battery Regulation, and brief senior leaders on their impacts, decisions, and risks.
Own SBTi near-term and net-zero targets, climate risk assessments, and energy and emissions baselining activities.
Develop decarbonization roadmaps with Operations and Procurement using abatement and cost modeling.
Set the methodology for the Scope 1–3 inventory, including location- and market-based Scope 2 accounting, and product carbon footprints.
Lead the annual sustainability report and regulatory and voluntary disclosures, including CSRD/ESRS, California SB 253/261, ISSB-aligned reporting, CDP, and EcoVadis.
Lead cross-functional CSRD compliance work, including the double materiality assessment, disclosure gap analysis, and specific disclosures.
Consolidate customer requests and external questionnaires into a governed data set and reporting calendar, and respond to stakeholder information requests.
Partner with Finance, Legal, Internal Audit, IT, and business data owners to establish disclosure governance, reporting controls, certification processes, and documented review procedures.
Lead limited assurance and prepare the organization to expand assurance scope and rigor with external assurers, Finance, and Internal Audit.
Govern ESG data platforms, such as Workiva, with IT and drive reporting-workflow automation.
Lead and develop direct and indirect reports by setting priorities, reviewing technical work, and building team capability.
Prepare executive leadership and applicable board or management committees with sustainability reporting, risk, target-performance, and regulatory-readiness updates, identifying decisions, trade-offs, investment needs, and reporting risks.
Represent Clarios with customers, assurers, and industry bodies.
Perform other duties, project tasks, and project-management responsibilities as assigned.