Sustainability & Climate Data Lead

Mars•Chicago, IL

11d•$108,160 - $148,720•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sustainability & Climate Data Lead is an individual-contributor role that supports Mars’ sustainability priorities and strategic goals by developing and governing climate impact data and analytics. The role collaborates with value-chain and third-party partners to build the impact factor pipeline, enables lower-footprint product innovation, and helps expand Mars Snacking’s climate analytics capabilities. It combines technical sustainability expertise, quantitative analysis, and project governance to turn reliable data into business action. The position is based in Chicago, Illinois, with a hybrid work schedule. The Lead provides technical guidance on climate accounting requirements and supports the development, validation, quality assurance, and annual reporting of greenhouse-gas impact factors. The role works with suppliers, sourcing teams, consultants, Research & Development, and internal and external industry experts to integrate auditable data, manage delivery risks, and keep methodologies aligned with evolving climate accounting standards. It also supports climate-smart ingredient and product design and contributes to cross-segment methodology alignment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Science/Technical, Data Science, Sustainable Management, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
At least 5 years of professional sustainability experience as a technical expert, including significant experience generating, tracking, and analyzing quantitative data.
Deep expertise in GHG measurement and accounting, including work with MRV systems across relevant metrics such as carbon, soil health, water, and biodiversity, and knowledge of standards such as the GHG Protocol.
Strong project management skills, including prioritizing and handling multiple issues, managing scope, and mitigating risks.
Quantitative reasoning skills, including working with numbers and summarizing data in graphical or tabular forms.
Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to translate technical information into compelling narratives and support fact-based decision-making.
Ability to collaborate across functions and manage internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
Strong proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint, comfort with digital data-management systems, and experience with advanced spreadsheet analytics for developing effective presentations.

Nice To Haves

MBA or graduate-level degree.

Responsibilities

Act as a subject matter expert on technical climate accounting requirements, including GHG removals, farm project MRV, co-product allocation, mass-balance versus traceability approaches, and verification protocols.
Provide GHG technical guidance and project management for developing supplier-specific GHG impact factors; engage sourcing teams in supplier data collection, analyze data with impact factor consultants, and integrate results into Mars’ GHG reporting processes.
Engage external consultants to review farm tool methodologies and life cycle assessments, ensuring credible and auditable integration of primary supply data into GHG reporting.
Manage the end-to-end application, validation, and quality assurance of GHG impact factors for annual reporting, including mapping new raw materials and ingredients into a complete, audit-ready database.
Identify, monitor, and mitigate risks across the impact factor pipeline; troubleshoot delayed projects and develop recovery plans that protect reporting deadlines.
Track, interpret, and maintain an advanced understanding of evolving global climate accounting standards and practices in collaboration with internal and external experts.
Guide Research & Development teams in evaluating new ingredients and formulation changes to support climate-smart innovation and product design decisions.
Represent Mars Snacking’s evolving technical accounting priorities while collaborating across segments to align and standardize methodologies and enable the broader Healthy Planet operating model.