Portfolio Sustainability Sr. Project Manager - Data Centers

Stok is hiring a Sustainability Senior Project Manager for their Data Center portfolio in San Diego, CA. The role involves managing sustainable building programs, focusing on third-party certifications and sustainability strategies for mission-critical facilities. Candidates should have experience in sustainability data management and knowledge of green building rating systems. Stok values innovation, social impact, and accountability in its operations.
Stok is seeking a Sustainability Senior Project Manager to join our Strategy Team in support of our growing Data Center client portfolio. We are looking for a team member that specializes in sustainable building program management, specifically for mission critical facilities, including but not limited to: third-party green building certifications, bespoke sustainability standards, and broader sustainability strategy and portfolio-level efforts for this specific asset class.

As a consultant at Stok, you will make a positive environmental impact on iconic buildings and portfolios, and work with some of the most forward-thinking companies in the world. Ideal candidates are highly organized, process driven, comfortable in a client-facing role, have experience with tracking and measuring sustainability data, and knowledge of data center sustainable design, construction, and operational practices, and green and healthy building rating systems (LEED BD+C, LEED +C, LEED O+M, WELL, Fitwel, LBC).

AT STOK, WE SEEK CULTURE ADD, NOT CULTURE FIT. OUR VALUES-ALIGNED TEAM MEMBERS:
• Craft innovative ideas and have a say in how the company they work for operates. Stok believes that power and money do not belong in the same sentence and has built self-management and distributive governance into our organizational structure so that every team member has a platform to share input on policies and procedures.
• Strive for a better way to do business and create a positive impact through their work. Stok believes in business as a force for good and is a certified B Corp, which demonstrates our commitment to maximizing social and environmental impacts, in addition to profit.
• Give back in a meaningful way. Stok gives 2% of all proceeds to the causes we believe in and supports local vendors and fellow B Corps wherever possible.
• Advocate for a level playing field. Stok cares about our people and has intentionally baked social justice into our operating practices, which we hold ourselves accountable to through our International Living Future Institute JUST Label.

ROLE DESCRIPTION
• Support strategic and portfolio-wide sustainability efforts for our data center clients, including but not limited to: developing and implementing corporate sustainability vision and roadmaps; customized design, construction, and operations sustainability standards; goal setting, strategic initiative development, and tracking progress and success; as well as broader ESG program alignment.
• Support advancement of every aspect of data center sustainability from site selection to end of life, including assessing supply chain emissions, identifying carbon hotspots, and developing tailored decarbonization strategies specific to data center impact, with a focus on client priorities including efficiency, quality, and flexibility.
• Support in all aspects of New Construction project certification process (e.g. LEED) including setting sustainability goals, participating in project team meetings, issuing scorecard updates, performing drawing and specification reviews, and credit documentation for formal submission to certification entity.
• Work closely with other Stok Project Managers to support Portfolio Sustainability Strategy projects including energy, carbon, water, and waste efficiency calculations and data management.
• Work with data center partners to support optimum facility efficiency, IT hardware efficiency, IT asset end-of-life decisions, and purchase of renewable energy and carbon offsets.
• Collect, track, and analyze data related to all aspects within a sustainability strategy for enterprise-wide environmental impacts, including but not limited to: energy use, water use, waste generation, material selection, building construction, and transportation.
• Develop reports and executive presentations that verbally and visually communicate project performance updates and sustainability impact metrics. Clearly communicate to and engage with client stakeholders and leadership regarding sustainability goals and action plans.
• Create tools and resources to support implementing, tracking, and monitoring sustainability initiatives (standards, policies, tracking tools, dashboards, etc.)
• Research sustainable building materials for compliance with relevant health and sustainability trends, and support in the development and implementation of healthy materials programs across portfolios, including product vetting, as applicable.
• Provide research support on cutting edge sustainable design and construction strategies and technologies specific to data centers, including initiatives such as low carbon concrete or mass timber.
• Understand regulatory expectations and needs related to data center operations.
• Establish and maintain effective client relationships, potentially dedicating a portion of your time to strategic long-term engagements, including as an embedded consultant on key accounts.
• Support multiple projects at varying stages in the design, construction, operations, and/or strategic process.
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