Director, Sustainability Governance

Working at Atlassian

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More about the team

The Atlassian Sustainability Team is open, always learning, and comes with varied backgrounds and experiences. While the core team is U.S.-West-Coast-based, we partner with Atlassian teams globally.

We are a "progress over perfection" team that take time each week to reflect together on wins, challenges, business intel, and emerging trends in the sustainability space. This allows us to advance our work as a team, coming up with solutions that progress environmental, social, and governance efforts together.

• Compliance readiness: Prepare Atlassian for emerging mandatory sustainability compliance requirements (e.g. CSRD, CSDDD, ASRS). This includes
  
  
  • Ensuring the Sustainability and broader Atlassian team is set up to deliver on requirements, including identifying programmatic investments to close gaps and build data controls
  • Owning the end-to-end process for sustainability compliance-related disclosures
  • Owning controls, documentation, and audit readiness for current voluntary sustainability report and emerging mandatory disclosures e.g. data collection, fact checking, approvals. etc
  • Coordinating third-party audit/assurance process for regulatory requirements
  • Driving projects that contribute to Atlassian's ability to meet regulatory requirements, e.g. selection and implementation of software or data management solutions
• Sustainability governance and disclosures: Drive the Sustainability Team's governance pillar portfolio, including
  
  
  • Closing gaps for emerging governance requirements, programs, and disclosures (e.g. double materiality assessments, Board updates)
  • Directly owning and manage reporting frameworks (ie SASB, TCFD) for annual sustainability reporting and sustainability content for public filings (e.g. 10k)
  • Benchmarking reporting and disclosure practices, conduct gap analyses, and make recommendations for enhancements in metrics and disclosure
• Cross-functional program management: Drive programs and projects end-to-end with stakeholders across Atlassian, including
  
  
  • Program management and coordination across highly collaborative and cross-functional portfolio of sustainability governance and compliance projects, as well as consultant projects
  • Translating and synthesizing outside legal advice, consultant deliverables, and other analysis into right-sized recommendations for Atlassian sustainability compliance, governance, and reporting programs, as well as other teams in scope for regulatory requirements (procurement, risk, etc.)
  • Ensuring Atlassian stakeholders understand recommendations and take appropriate steps to meet compliance requirements
  • Contributing to the Sustainability team and key stakeholders' understanding and tracking of emerging trends especially as it relates to shifts the regulatory environment, disclosures, and stakeholder expectations

• A demonstrated track record of success in sustainability compliance, reporting, and governance roles
• Expertise in emerging reporting and compliance requirements (CSRD, CSDDD, ASRS, etc.) and voluntary reporting frameworks (e.g. ISSB, SASB, TCFD, ESRS)
• Experience with leveraging outside consultants and contractors to deliver projects and programs that are aligned to company needs
• Ability to make trade-offs and articulate clear recommendations, drawing from multiple sources (e.g. legal advice, consultant work, internal requirements)
• Experience using stakeholder engagement, interpersonal, communications, and influencing skills to drive change, lead complex projects, and get things done with limited authority
• Proficiency in translating requirements for data delivery and execution to non-expert stakeholders
• Strong project management, facilitation, and collaboration skills
• Experience with the technology/software sectors preferred