The Director of ESG position play a meaningful role in crafting and building out our ESG workstream verticals and strategy from the ground up for Phillips Edison & Company (PECO). You will also work across the organization to measure and communicate the impact of PECO’s broader ESG program. This is a highly cross-functional role that will collaborate with a team of PECO partners through vision-setting, strategy development, implementation, and reporting. We’re looking for an experienced and hardworking ESG leader to join us at a pivotal time for PECO’s ESG strategy.

This role can be based out of one of the PECO corporate offices (Cincinnati, Park City, Atlanta) or remote.

Job Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Strategy and Performance – Working closely with the General Counsel and key internal executives to further the development of PECO’s long-term ESG strategy. This includes public commitments to relevant standards, development of science-based targets, and implementation plans and timelines. Work across a diverse group of partners (including Investor Relations, Legal, Finance, Property Management, HR, and Operations) to support programs and priorities around material ESG issues for PECO. Own the development, preparation, execution and evaluation of materiality assessments at PECO.
• Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting – Apply relevant standards and frameworks (e.g. SASB, TCFD, GRI) to PECO’s ESG efforts. Use data, benchmarks and insights from evolving ESG standards to evaluate PECO’s performance. Own reporting and tracking for ESG metrics across Elastic. Be responsible for annual disclosures of PECO’s ESG reporting. Partner with the Investor Relations, Property Management, and Finance teams to gather and verify data for investor, customer and other external requests.
• Operations and Cross-Functional Management – Lead PECO’s cross-functional ESG steering committee and working groups; develop annual cadence for reporting and disclosures; effectively develop teams of outside partners, consultants and vendors toward outcomes and results.
• Communications – In partnership with the Marketing and Investor Relations teams, develop the overall narrative for PECO’s ESG efforts; represent PECO externally with relevant industry coalitions and internally to PECO associates and executives

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ degree required, MBA or advanced degree preferred
• 5+ years of corporate experience in ESG, environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility, or related fields
• Depth of knowledge on corporate sustainability, climate change, ESG topics and current trends.
• Prior experience conducting materiality assessments strongly preferred; prior experience conducting climate-risk assessments a big plus
• Ownership over the creation of ESG or sustainability reports and/or proven ability to evaluate corporate performance using such reports
• Outstanding cross-functional partnership skills; ability to bring people together around a common goal and lead by influence
• Highly skilled in data analysis and building thoughtful and efficient cross-functional processes
• Strong written and presentation skills for high-visibility storytelling, both internally and externally
• Adept at synthesizing sophisticated inputs from multiple collaborators

Education

• Bachelors or better

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)