Senior Impact Risk & Disclosure Manager

Lululemon Athletica is seeking a Senior Impact Risk & Disclosure Manager in California, MO. This full-time role involves leading sustainability initiatives, managing enterprise social and environmental risk, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Responsibilities include strategic environmental disclosures, monitoring risks related to human rights and climate, and overseeing impact policies. The position is part of the Sustainability team focused on creating positive change and integrating impact into the business.
Location: California

Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)

Time Type: Full-time
Description & Requirements

who we are

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in.

As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.

about this team

This role is part of the Sustainability team shaping the future of Impact within our brand and business. This team leads and integrates our vision and initiatives across the company to create value for our brand, our collective (guests, employees, makers, ambassadors), society, and the environment. The result is an innovative, purpose-driven brand creating a future that we want to live in.

As our Sr. Impact Risk and Disclosure Manager, you will report to the Senior Director, Strategy, Integration, and Reporting. The team is responsible for setting social and environmental enterprise goals and strategy, guiding integration of impact into the business, and reporting credibly and transparently. This individual will take an enterprise systems view to assess and address ESG risk, deliver key risk-driven disclosures.

This role will also lead enterprise-wide projects that embed and accelerate impact initiatives in service to our strategy and proactive regulatory compliance.

a day in the life: what you’ll do
• Stewards strategic environmental disclosures including the Climate Transition Action Plan
• Leads CDP disclosure for climate, water, forests
• Supports on preparation for mandatory climate and environmental disclosures

Impact Risk
• Develops and delivers system for measuring and monitoring enterprise social and environmental risk and integrates into annual Enterprise Risk Management process
• Monitors the ongoing landscape regarding human rights, climate, water, waste, biodiversity, and other emerging issues; creates an annual risk and trends report
• In partnership with legal, tracks and interprets regulatory requirements that require risk assessments, including Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and supports teams on due diligence process implementation for environment and human rights
• Leads enterprise social and environmental risk assessments (environment, human rights, biodiversity) and financial impacts (including TCFD disclosure), in support of proactive sustainability due diligence
• Manages and oversees internal and external impact policies and position statements (e.g. Human Rights Policy, Forestry Policy, Animal-derived Materials Policy, etc.)
• Refreshes climate scenario risk model in partnership with the climate team including quantification of different types of risks. Articulates lululemon’s climate transitional and physical risks to relevant stakeholders and supports integration of resiliency plans as needed.
• Determines other environmental-related risks across our value chain in partnership with vendor environmental, product teams and other cross-functional partners, integrating mitigation plans, as necessary

Qualifications

Academic / Educational
• Minimum Bachelors degree in a related field
• Advance degree preferred: MBA or Environmental Sustainability Management, or related field

Required Skills & Experience
• 10+ years of applied experience including in global apparel / retail brands, Risk management and consulting experience required;
Experience working in large corporate settings, a plus
• Strong experience in one or more areas of environmental sustainability: climate change, circularity, nature and water; knowledge of social and governance sustainability topics a plus
• Ability to drive cross-functional stakeholder alignment internally in support of enterprise-wide outcomes
• Strong organizational skills and project management experience, leading a multi-stakeholder project from beginning to end
• Experience writing or contributing to ESG disclosures, particularly CDP
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence
• Analytical capabilities with high level of attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Prior experience with climate risk scenario analysis is strongly preferred
• Strong eye for detail, while being able to see the bigger picture

must haves
• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Foster connection by…