Senior Director, Sustainability

Job Description

About the role

The Senior Director, Sustainability will play a key role in delivering Paramount's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy and program, in particular leading our sustainability agenda in the UK, and supporting the roll-out of sustainability initiatives in other Paramount international markets.

This position will report to the VP, ESG in New York with a dotted-line connection to the SVP, Office of Global Inclusion, International Markets in London. The three primary areas of work for the Senior Director are:
• Operational impacts across UK-located lines of business (approximately 50%)
• Content-related impacts and opportunities across UK-located lines of business (approximately 30%)
• Culture and workforce initiatives across UK-located lines of business (approximately 20%)

To this end, the Senior Director will receive primary signoff and support from the ESG team, with support and guidance on operational and content opportunities from leadership in the UK, and culture and workforce support and guidance from the OGI team in the UK.

Paramount's ESG and sustainability commitments are outlined in our annual ESG report, which can be found at paramount.com/sustainability. Our company-wide approach to this work is data-driven and informed by our most material impact areas, which are organised into three pillars:
• On-Screen Content & Social Impact (how we show up)
• Workforce & Culture (who we are), and
• Sustainable Productions and Operations (how we do what we do).

Within each pillar area, we have developed goals and targets that explain our ambition: to be a leader in ESG and sustainability, both within the media industry and beyond.

Paramount's UK businesses play a crucial role in outlining our path toward these commitments. They represent a pilot for our company-wide work to significantly reduce our environmental footprint across the coming decade.
Our UK agenda is built around our Peak Sustainability programme. Launched in 2022, Peak Sustainability comprises 7 public commitments:
• Reduce Paramount UK's Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 46% by 2030
• Reduce Paramount UK's Scope 3 carbon emissions across the remainder of this decade
• Integrate positive environmental themes throughout Paramount UK's content output
• Make Paramount UK's content production slate 100% albert-certified by 2024
• Collaborate with UK broadcasters on research to understand our impact and inspire change
• Build environmental awareness and responsibility into the UK business
• Be transparent about Paramount UK's sustainability commitments and progress

The Senior Director, Sustainability will lead the fulfilment of these commitments, working across the entire UK business and beyond. This includes identifying, managing, and measuring all of the environmental sustainability initiatives that inform Paramount's emissions footprint and its impact on our viewers' awareness, attitudes and behaviours in relation to climate change.

In addition to managing the environmental aspects of Paramount UK's commitment to sustainability, the Sustainability Director will lead culture and employee engagement initiatives to embed sustainability throughout the organisation.

Key responsibilities
• Guide strategy and measure progress against ESG and carbon goals. Continuously refine and deliver action plans to deliver meaningful reduction of carbon emissions in the UK, working with outside specialists and internal leaders, ensuring that we deliver a true pilot-to-scale scheme for Paramount Global.
• Provide the structure and reporting framework for the Sustainability Steering Committee, which will govern the priorities and operation of our agenda across the UK organisation.
• Inspire and inform our UK employee group, helping establish a dedicated Employee Resource Group and delivering development and learning programmes.
• Work with COO Content & Studios and VIS MDs to deliver climate-conscious content made in line with Albert best practice and other regulatory guidelines.
• Represent Paramount UK in UK industry forums as needed.
• Work with the global ESG team to ensure comprehensive, timely and accurate UK data and evidence is gathered, analysed and reported in support of our commitments and strategy.
• Oversee TCFD, SBTi, and other relevant goal-setting frameworks and processes for the UK-specific footprint.
• Manage carbon offsets program and accounting, along with validation and verification of our environmental goals.
• Capture and chronicle success stories to inspire further internal and industry-wide change.
• Design and source and/or deliver education and training programmes internally and for partners in order to accelerate Paramount UK's delivery of its climate commitments.

Attributes and experience required
• Experience preferred Sustainability, ESG focus
• Strong experience delivering a sustainability agenda within a multi-faceted organisation, with tangible results
• An understanding of the entertainment industry and television production would be advantageous
• Comfortable and adept in navigating an ambiguous, matrix environment
• Strong verbal and written communicator at all levels
• Strong data analysis and analytical skills, comfortable with using, manipulating and presenting quantitative data
• Demonstrable ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and lead teams - both direct and indirectly

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Unleash your potential in a place you belong!

At Paramount in London, we have an iconic portfolio of brands, like Paramount, MTV, Nickelodeon, Channel 5, Comedy Central and many more, reaching more than 3.8 billion subscribers in 180+ countries and territories, via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties, in 40 languages.

Come and join a culture where content, people and ideas merge. An exciting and open place where your talents can truly thrive and where our employees make it unique. You could be the next addition to our incredible team!

We offer an inclusive environment where you can really be yourself and find your niche. You'll get to work alongside streaming platforms you can be proud of, with content that touches millions of lives. Plus, you can learn about the things we're doing to make the industry more sustainable, and enjoy lots of perks:
• A monthly streaming fund
• All the health and financial benefits you'd expect, and some you wouldn't
• Flexibility to own the way you work
• Mental health activities and support
• All manner of BBQs, socials and events

97% of our recent hires would recommend us to their friends and family, so what are you waiting for?
Our values are intertwined and work together to drive the business outcomes we seek, and once combined we believe these will power our company forward.
• Optimism & Determination | We share a positive belief that we can navigate and thrive in the landscape ahead
• Inclusivity & Collaboration | We embrace new and diverse voices, act with care and work together to capture opportunities and manager through challenges
• Agility & Adaptability | We think entrepreneurially, are resilient in change and move quickly to anticipate and create what's next

At Paramount, we value and celebrate difference. We want to ensure that we fully represent the make-up of UK society in our workforce as well

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7o246-216-73-216-62-42 in your application.