Sustainability Compliance Assurance & Systems Lead

HP is seeking a highly motivated and strategic Sustainability Compliance Assurance & Systems Lead to support our global Product Stewardship and Sustainability Compliance organization. This unique role combines compliance program management, compliance systems ownership, compliance assurance, and business planning responsibilities.

The successful candidate will serve as the primary business owner and super user for compliance management tools and platforms, partnering closely with software suppliers, internal stakeholders, IT teams, and compliance domain experts to continuously improve capabilities and drive adoption across the organization.

In addition, this individual will help ensure that implemented sustainability regulations are effectively integrated into HP business processes through compliance assurance activities, audits, and governance reviews. The role will also provide business planning, operational support, and surge capacity for complex regulatory implementations that require extensive cross-functional coordination.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys connecting strategy, systems, process improvement, and execution while influencing stakeholders across multiple organizations.

• Serve as the primary business owner and super user for HP sustainability compliance management tools.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with software vendors, service providers, and implementation partners.
• Drive tool roadmap development in collaboration with compliance, stewardship, IT, and business stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation, workflow management, reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Develop governance processes, training materials, user guides, and best practices.
• Monitor tool adoption, data quality, system performance, and user feedback.
• Represent business requirements during system enhancements, upgrades, and implementation projects.

• Develop and maintain compliance assurance processes to verify effective implementation of sustainability and product stewardship regulations.
• Conduct audits and periodic reviews of regulatory implementations across product lines, geographies, and business organizations.
• Identify compliance gaps, implementation risks, and process improvement opportunities.
• Partner with regulatory experts and implementation leads to validate that enacted regulations have been translated into compliant business practices.
• Develop compliance assurance metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Support internal and external audits and prepare compliance evidence packages when required.

• Provide project management and coordination support for high-priority regulatory initiatives.
• Assist compliance domains during periods of peak workload or when regulations require significant cross-functional engagement.
• Facilitate coordination among GBUs, legal, supply chain, procurement, engineering, operations, and sustainability teams.
• Help establish implementation plans, milestones, risk management strategies, and stakeholder communications.
• Support issue escalation and resolution for complex compliance programs.

• Support annual operating plans, workforce planning, budgeting, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop management reporting, business reviews, KPIs, and executive communications.
• Maintain organizational process documentation and operating procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on scalability, efficiency, and standardization.
• Support organizational transformation initiatives and compliance operating model evolution.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in program management, compliance, sustainability, engineering, operations, business planning, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to influence across organizations without direct authority.
• Experience developing processes, governance frameworks, or operational controls.

• Experience with sustainability, environmental, product compliance, or regulatory…