Senior Sustainability Manager - Carbon

  • Jobtailor
  • Sunbury-on-thames, Middlesex
  • Aug 19, 2026
Full time Accounting

Job Description

  • Lead the carbon input into bp's Group and business strategies
  • Shape how strategies are operationalized and how performance is handled across the company
  • Lead bp's participation in external organizations including IPIECA, GHG Protocol, and WBCSD
  • Act as bp's subject matter authority on greenhouse gas accounting
  • Support development of decision-useful greenhouse-gas accounting standards
  • Develop bp-wide policy positions on GHG accounting
  • Support policy positions on energy transition and climate regulation, including ETS, EU Methane, and Green Hydrogen
  • Scan external trends, benchmarks, frameworks, disclosures, and publications
  • Support engagement with investors, banks, NGOs, oil and gas peers, and other external partners
  • Lead development of company disclosures such as the Sustainability Report
  • Help bp align with ESRS and ISSB climate disclosure requirements
  • Support the VP of Sustainability in day-to-day activities
  • Provide guidance across the sustainability landscape and contribute to leadership-team discussions
  • Mentor and support development of the wider team
  • Undertake varied work across carbon and climate science initiatives
Requirements
  • High SME-level understanding of climate science
  • Knowledge of pathway modelling, including IEA and IPCC pathways
  • Knowledge of economics, carbon accounting, and carbon-accounting methodologies
  • Ability to develop new accounting and reporting approaches
  • Excellent strategic, technical, commercial, and analytical skills
  • Willingness to work in detail, including modelling
  • Ability to distil complex cross-disciplinary problems and analysis into simple insights
  • Ability to communicate clearly and powerfully in written and verbal formats
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and drive projects to completion
  • Strong communication and influencing skills across multiple interfaces
  • Ability to engage confidently at executive level
  • Ability to manage competing tensions across the business
  • Ability to lead when needed and support others
  • Ability to share knowledge, mentor, and provide constructive challenge
  • Ability to work with carbon accounting, climate regulation, energy transition pathways, and climate disclosures
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in greenhouse gas accounting, climate science, and energy transition pathways, with a strong ability to develop and implement strategic policies and reporting standards. Capable of engaging with diverse stakeholders and leading initiatives that align with sustainability goals and regulatory requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Greenhouse Gas Accounting
  • Climate Science Expertise
  • Pathway Modelling
  • Strategic Communication
  • Sustainability Reporting
ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills
  • Carbon Accounting
  • Carbon-Accounting Methodologies
  • Decision-Useful Standards Development
  • Modelling
  • Analytical Skills
Soft Skills
  • Strong Communication Skills
  • Influencing Skills
  • Mentoring
  • Project Management
  • Problem-Solving
Industry Keywords
  • Energy Transition
  • Climate Regulation
  • EU Methane
  • Green Hydrogen
  • Sustainability
Tools & Technologies
  • GHG Protocol
  • IPIECA
  • WBCSD
  • ESRS
  • ISSB