Senior Manager, Social Standards
While this is a remote-first opportunity, the candidate filling this role must be a resident of the Netherlands, the UK, Pennsylvania, New York, or Brazil at the start of employment. Additionally, they must be within commuting distance of our office in Amsterdam, London, Philadelphia, New York City, or São Paulo.This job ad is for New York, NY. While this is a remote-first opportunity, the candidate filling this role must hold U.S. work authorization without any time limitations or any other restrictions, and they must be a resident of New York State at the start of employment. Additionally, they must be within commuting distance of our office in New York City.Full-TimeManager
Salary109,000 - 117,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Languages
- Fluency in English
- Experience
- At least 7 years in a role
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementRelationship managementStakeholder managementGoogle WorkspaceSlackAsana
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, with a preference for a Master’s degree, spanning subject areas including sustainable or international development, or other social sciences that intersect with sustainable business practices
- At least 7 years in a role providing specific experience in relevant issues of social impact and business performance, including topics such as: Job Quality/Labor; Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI); Business and Human Rights; Living Wage; and Supply Chain Management
- Technical expertise and strong critical thinking skills in the social areas of business sustainability and impact management performance
- Direct and demonstrable experience with developing, reviewing, and maintaining standards, especially those associated with social impact topics
- Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to confidently navigate conversations involving challenging or technical topics
- Effective partnership development and management experience across complex organizations
- Collaborative, with the ability to engage with and influence a variety of internal and external stakeholders and to anticipate the unique needs of different audiences
- Ability to distill complex information for diverse audiences and tailor messaging and materials to meet a variety of needs and levels of expertise
- Demonstrable experience with project and relationship management, with the ability and desire to tackle complex projects with a diverse set of stakeholders and deliver them in a timely and effective manner.
- Preference for candidates with work experience navigating social impact challenges in a diverse global context, including experience in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- Fluency in English
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and revise B Lab Standards content that contribute to continuous improvement and for performance-based Standards products
- Engage with stakeholders internally and externally to support the meaningful understanding and adoption of the social impact topics within B Lab Standards, as well as create feedback and learning opportunities to inform future revisions and developments.
- Act as a B Lab thought leader and ambassador to amplify how B Lab Standards provide the blueprint for impactful business behavior and support the growth of the movement through various avenues to change business behavior, culture, and structures toward transforming the economic system.
- Lead research and standards development and revisions for B Lab Standards and related products, with a subject matter focus on the social components of the B Lab Standards including Human Rights, Fair Work, and Justice, Equity, Inclusion and Diversity (JEDI)
- Identify and develop supplemental content, including resources or guides, to enable standards accessibility and understanding that supports implementation and impact management improvements by companies
- Support the communication, understanding, and interpretation of B Lab Standards and processes across B Lab teams, network partners, companies, and public stakeholders
- Contribute to Standard Advisory Council and other standards governance meetings to drive meaningful decisions on standard development and improvements in line with B Lab’s Theory of Change and corresponding strategies
- Support internal and external stakeholder questions, request for clarifications, and limited standard compliance exemptions regarding the social impact topics and other cross-cutting components of the B Lab Standards
- Support regular reviews of the B Lab Standards’s Equity Mechanism and Interoperability applications with other recognized certification schemes, sustainability-related frameworks, disclosure reporting and regulatory standards, among other Standards mechanisms.
- Collaborate on B Lab Standards strategy for producing best in class environmental, social, and governance impact management standards through contributing inputs related to social impact topic developments, advances, innovations, and risks
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