Global head of sustainability advisory

ABOUT WATERSHED Watershed https://watershed.com/ is the enterprise sustainability platform. Companies like Airbnb, Carlyle Group, FedEx, Visa, and Dr. Martens use Watershed to manage climate and ESG data, produce audit-ready metrics for voluntary and regulatory reporting including CSRD, and drive real decarbonization. We are looking for team members who love product-building, want to work hard at a mission-oriented startup, and will collaborate with us in shaping the culture of a growing team. We have offices in San Francisco, New York, Denver, London, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, Mexico City, and remote team members across the US and Europe. We hope that you'll be interested in joining us! THE ROLE Watershed is on a mission to drive meaningful climate action, and our Sustainability Advisory & Services organization plays a key role in enabling our customers to advance their sustainability programs. The Services organization includes four global teams that offer professional services to Watershed’s customers, including advisory on measurement, reporting, and decarbonization. Together, these teams help Watershed’s customers to adopt, utilize, and extract value from the Watershed platform. As our Global Head of Sustainability Advisory, you’ll lead the team that acts as a trusted advisor to Watershed’s customers on post-measurement topics such as reporting, target-setting, and decarbonization. Your team is responsible for: - Advising sustainability leaders at some of the world’s largest and most influential companies https://watershed.com/en-GB/customers, including Walmart, BlackRock, and Fedex, on how to advance their sustainability programs and deliver business value. - Developing new advisory, services, and internal resources by translating the latest sustainability trends and regulatory changes into actionable guidance that ensures our customers stay compliant and competitive. - Partnering with Product & Engineering teams to help Watershed embed sustainability intelligence into cutting-edge new product offerings. In this role, you will lead a globally distributed team of 11 advisors and 1 manager. You will set the team’s strategy, drive operational excellence, develop talented team members, and build the systems and culture to help the team achieve new levels of impact in our next phase of growth. This role is based in New York City with regular travel (up to 15%) to our global offices. You will… - Lead and scale a high-performing team. You’ll coach and develop a talented team of mid-career and senior advisors. - Help define Watershed’s decarb strategy. You’ll partner with leaders across Watershed to evolve our decarbonization products and services, advancing Watershed's mission of helping our customers reduce carbon emissions by 500Mt per year by 2030. - Drive business impact. You’ll ensure the team delivers top-quality advisory and services to Watershed’s customers, bringing technical depth and business value to every interaction. - Drive operational excellence. You’ll optimize the team’s operations to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability. You’ll shape future organizational plans by assessing factors such as role specialization and geographic distribution. - Shape Services strategy. You’ll drive the strategy for the Sustainability Advisory team, in partnership with the Manager, Sustainability Advisory. In addition, you’ll partner with the Head of Sustainability Advisory & Services to shape our overall strategy for the Services business at Watershed. - Foster deep cross-functional collaboration. You’ll work closely with Customer Success, Support, Product, and Methodology leadership to align strategies and execution. - Embody and champion Watershed’s operating principles. You’ll lead by example, setting the tone for a high-performance, customer-obsessed, and mission-driven team. You may be a great fit for this role if… - You bring 15+ years of professional experience, including 6+ years of demonstrated success leading profes