Sustainability Impact Manager

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About the Organization

Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth including AI!

CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud Capacity Differentiated at Scale. Our mission is to deliver capacity for all cloud services predictably through intelligent systems driven by continuous learning and a world class organization. The CSCP Organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), decommissioning and disposition of Data center assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters supporting services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries worldwide.

Job Description/Responsibilities

• Develop and manage initiatives to assess the sustainability impact of Microsoft’s cloud IT infrastructure, including conducting Life Cycle Assessments and other product impact evaluations such as product circularity
• Build tradeoff & what-if scenario models assessing sustainability impacts of hardware design proposals
• Support engineering efforts to build a scalable solution for sustainability impacts assessment across the cloud business, including providing recommendations and insights on tool development and procurement to enable more sustainable designs and decisions
• Bring life cycle & hardware expertise to teams of data scientist and engineers, providing insights around complex environmental challenges and tradeoffs related to carbon accounting, embodied emissions, circularity, and other sustainability related impacts
• Advocate and engage hardware engineering teams to drive product design changes that contribute to corporate sustainability strategy and goals
• Support in the creation of a framework for measuring sustainability impact of hardware design, material, and supplier selection
• Collaborate with sourcing, manufacturing and supply chain teams to work on supplier interventions programs reducing carbon emissions & waste.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Masters (PhD preferred) in Environmental Engineering or similar field
• 6+ years’ experience working in environmental product assessment, carbon accounting, life cycle assessments, environmental impact reporting, Program Management, Asset Management, Supply chain processes, Sustainability, Circular economy,
• Expertise with life cycle assessment methods, modeling approaches, data, and applications like GaBi, SimaPro, Makersite and databases like Ecoinvent, IMEC or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years’ experience creating publications (e.g., patents, peer-reviewed academic papers).
• 3+ years’ experience conducting research as part of a research program
• Strong understanding of the Information and Communication Technology sector, cloud hardware, and semiconductor supply chain.
• Ability to evaluate environmental impacts of novel materials and technologies using limited and/or imperfect data, including quantification of uncertainties.
• Deep understanding of product life cycles, including material science and flows, from sourcing to manufacturing to end-of-life recycling
• Familiarity with environmental indicators and impacts, particularly with respect to carbon, water, energy, and resources
• Comfortable navigating, transforming, and managing large and complex data and developing insight to support sustainability initiatives
• Experience developing parameterized process-based models for engineering and/or manufacturing processes; knowledge of electronic component production (semiconductors, printed circuit boards, etc.), raw material production (aluminum, steel, plastics, etc.), mechanical part production (machining, stamping, injection molding, etc.) and/or industrial engineering is preferred
• Demonstrable program management skills, including ability to direct multiple programs
• Ability to work independently when required, and as part of a team

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