Sustainability Operations Delivery Lead

Sustainability Operations Delivery Lead

The Sustainability Operations Delivery Lead is an expert-level role responsible for integrating and delivering HP's sustainability agenda to achieve Net Zero by 2040, with a primary focus on Scope 3 decarbonization, cost optimization, external outcomes, and enterprise storytelling.

This role unifies execution across three critical domains required to deliver Net Zero:

• Customer-driven decarbonization (Carbon Sync and customer commitments)
• Operational decarbonization (renewable energy strategy and execution with CREWS)
• Supplier decarbonization (sourcing strategy and coordinated engagement across the value chain)

The role ensures these work streams operate as a single, coordinated system, delivering:

• Measurable emissions reductions aligned to Net Zero 2040
• Cost-optimized decarbonization strategies
• Audit-ready, externally credible data and reporting
• Compelling, differentiated narratives for HP's sustainability leadership

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Integration of Decarbonization Work streams

• Integrate and align:
• Customer-driven decarbonization
• Operational decarbonization (CREWS)
• Supplier decarbonization
• Establish a single operating model across:
• Strategy → Execution → Data → Reporting → Narrative
• Reduce fragmentation, ensuring:
• Shared priorities
• Aligned metrics
• Consistent delivery cadence

2. Sustainability Delivery (Scope 3 + External Outcomes)

• Lead execution across:
• Renewable energy
• Carbon reduction and removals
• Water and waste
• Operational circularity (internal operations and resource flows, not product/packaging)
• Ensure delivery supports:
• Scope 3 targets
• Customer requirements
• Ecolabels and certifications (e.g., EPEAT, TCO)

3. Supplier Engagement Through Sourcing Strategy

• Drive supplier decarbonization through strategic sourcing alignment:
• Partner with Responsible Sourcing, Procurement, Climate, Circularity, and CREWS SMEs
• Focus on orchestration rather than direct technical ownership
• Orchestrate deep, coordinated supplier engagement:
• Mobilize subject matter experts across key domains
• Align supplier asks across:
• Renewable electricity
• Carbon data and reporting
• Circularity and operational improvements
• Human rights and compliance
• Ensure streamlined, non-duplicative supplier experience
• Ensure supplier programs deliver:
• Clear expectations and adoption pathways
• Coordinated outreach across HP functions
• Alignment to scorecards, surveys, and reporting systems

4. Decarbonization Cost Strategy & Financial Optimization

• Lead development of strategies to redefine and lower the cost of decarbonization, improving affordability of Net Zero goals
• Evaluate financial trade-offs across key levers:
• RECs vs PPAs vs VPPAs vs onsite generation
• Carbon removal pathways (nature-based vs engineered)
• Supplier vs operational investment strategies
• Develop expertise in advanced market strategies, including:
• Direct development of projects
• Co-investment models
• Long-term offtake or ownership approaches
• Translate financial insights into:
• Sourcing strategies
• Executive decision frameworks
• Market and customer narratives

5. Operational Decarbonization Alignment (CREWS Integration)

• Partner with CREWS to align:
• Renewable energy sourcing strategy
• Operational emissions reductions
• Ensure operational actions:
• Support supplier engagement ("lead by example")
• Enable customer commitments
• Strengthen external positioning

6. Customer & Market Integration (Carbon Sync)

• Integrate customer decarbonization requirements into:
• Supplier strategies
• Operational decisions
• Reporting and data flows
• Ensure consistency across:
• Customer commitments
• Certification requirements
• External disclosures

7. Raters, Rankers, and Reporting Alignment

• Drive performance across:
• Eco Vadis, CDP, and ESG benchmarks
• Ecolabels (EPEAT, TCO)
• Partner with Reporting teams to ensure:
• Audit-ready, traceable data
• Alignment between execution and disclosures
• Connect:
• Program delivery → metrics → external reporting

8. Storytelling, Narrative, and Differentiation

• Develop integrated narratives connecting:
• Customer outcomes
• Supplier transformation
• Operational leadership
• Translate technical work into:
• Executive messaging
• Customer differentiation
• External storytelling
• Identify and scale distinctive HP narratives, including:
• Value chain…