Sustainability Manager, Europe

About this role

Responsibilities

• Own Europe’s sustainability implementation and roadmap, ensuring alignment with global sustainability goals and evolving EU regulatory requirements (CSRD, TCFD, and related frameworks).
• Monitor the EU regulatory landscape for emerging sustainability requirements and translate them into actionable business recommendations.
• Partner with Legal to interpret new and upcoming regulations and assess their operational impact.
• Lead carbon accounting efforts across Europe, including data collection, decarbonization target progress, and identification of reduction opportunities.
• Build and maintain data management systems and processes to ensure sustainability data is accurate, auditable, and scalable as reporting requirements grow.
• Design, document, and launch project management processes for sustainability initiatives, replacing ad hoc approaches with structured, repeatable systems.
• Manage Lyft's sustainability reporting and disclosure processes for European stakeholders, including requirements for CDP, EcoVadis, and enterprise client requests.
• Prepare insights for senior leadership and board on key sustainability insights across impacts, risks, and opportunities when relevant.
• Support the Global Sustainability Manager on cross-regional reporting, bringing a European regulatory lens to global sustainability strategy.
• Manage relationships with key external stakeholders, including consultants and reporting/ratings bodies (e.g., CDP, EcoVadis).
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, Real Estate, Procurement, B2B, and Global Growth teams to embed sustainability considerations into European business decisions.
• Experience: 4–5+ years of experience in sustainability, strategy, or business development roles, with a track record of independently owning outcomes.
• Project Management: Proven experience managing detailed, multi-stakeholder projects, including designing and scaling processes from ad hoc to structured and repeatable.
• Data & Carbon Accounting: Hands-on experience with data management and carbon accounting, using data to inform strategy and decision-making.

Requirements

• Reporting Frameworks: Experience with sustainability reporting and disclosure frameworks such as TCFD, CDP, and EcoVadis.
• Sustainability Regulatory Acumen: Strong understanding of EU and UK sustainability laws and regulations, including CSRD and CSDDD.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including working with consultants.
• Technical Toolkit: Proficiency with carbon accounting and ESG data platforms (e.g., Workiva), CDP/EcoVadis reporting portals, and strong Google suite skills; familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Jira) is a plus.
• Language: Fluency in English required; additional European language proficiency is a plus.
• Flexible working arrangements
• LinkedIn Learning
• Sabbatical & special leave policies
• WeRoad partnership
• Birthday, 24th + 31st December off
• Short term EU work policy
• Mobility Credit
• Health Insurance
• Employee assistance program

About FREENOW

Freenow by Lyft empowers smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive. Through our multi-mobility app, we feature broad options for everyone across 9 European markets and over 180 cities. Millions of passengers can access services including taxis, private hire vehicles, carsharing, car rental, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds, and public transport within a single app. In July 2025 Freenow was acquired by Lyft, a global mobility platform, which connects riders and drivers for billions of rides across North America and Europe. Together, Freenow and Lyft are creating a more caring and connected world, with transportation for everyone. We are a global, diverse, highly motivated, and collaborative team that strives for excellence and likes to have fun. Ready for your next ride?