Senior Associate, Advisory Services

About the Role

• Design and implement data quality processes, controls, and audits to ensure GHG data integrity and compliance. • Perform data audits to detect inconsistencies, anomalies, and improve data applicability. • Document data flows, business rules, and technical definitions for transparency and lineage. • Create and deliver training programs on data management, dashboards, and platform usage. • Stay current with evolving standards, regulations, and best practices in GHG accounting and sustainability reporting (e.g., COSO, GHG Protocol, ISO 14064). • Utilize WM data platform to manage emissions data, build dashboards, and train users. • Lead GHG accounting projects aligning with recognized frameworks. • Analyze large environmental datasets and develop actionable insights. • Produce data visualizations and presentations for clients and stakeholders. • Translate complex GHG inventory data into clear insights for senior leadership. • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to benchmark impacts and integrate data-driven solutions. • Manage multiple concurrent projects, adhere to schedules, and deliver high‑quality reports. • Engage clients to understand sustainability goals and advise on targets and improvement levers. • Develop decarbonization plans, impact inventories, training resources, and stakeholder tools. • Oversee materials and environmental impact measurement protocols, ensuring consistent tool usage and methodology compliance. • Support associate and analyst training on WM project management processes. • Assist with proposal development, budgets, and consulting deliverables for new opportunities. • Integrate environmental justice priorities and align projects with frameworks such as CDP, ISSB, SBTi. • Monitor market trends to optimize service offerings and ensure regulatory compliance. • Promote safety culture and ensure client/regulatory compliance during assessments. • Identify and share sustainability success stories and case studies.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸data audits
• ▸wm platform
• ▸ghg accounting
• ▸data visualization
• ▸impact measurement
• ▸client engagement

What You Bring

WM seeks a Senior Associate of Data Strategy for its sustainability consultancy team. The role requires deep expertise in greenhouse‑gas accounting, data management, and the ability to design controls, conduct audits, and ensure compliance with standards such as the GHG Protocol and COSO. The incumbent will translate large environmental datasets into actionable insights, build dashboards, and support clients in developing decarbonization plans. The position operates in a hybrid setting, combining office work with field or plant visits, and may require travel up to 25% of the time, often in two‑week blocks. Candidates must be prepared to work long days and weekends during events, and to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining high‑quality outputs. • Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Environmental Sciences, Sustainability, Business or related field; high school diploma/GED plus 4 years relevant experience. • Minimum 4 years of project/business management experience in environmental or services industry; sports venues and event operations experience preferred. • Proven track record advising on sustainability strategy, targets, and programs in the sports/entertainment sector. • Experience managing sustainability projects with on‑site logistics and material minimization programs. • Strong public speaking and training skills for large groups. • Ability to multitask, manage multiple large projects, and work long days/weekends as needed. • Excellent ability to translate data into actionable insights; detail‑oriented and customer‑focused. • Strong leadership, creative problem‑solving, and tech‑savvy; high proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Office Suite. • Willingness to travel up to 25% (up to two weeks at a time). • Experience conducting GHG inventories, mitigation initiatives, and third‑party verification. • Expertise designing data control processes and auditing large datasets. • Preferred: ESG software, dashboard design, life‑cycle assessment, intersectional environmentalism, circular economy, zero‑waste concepts, sustainability risk frameworks.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor's
• ▸project management
• ▸excel
• ▸ghg accounting
• ▸data auditing
• ▸public speaking

Benefits

Salary ranges from $87,000 to $127,535 across the United States, complemented by a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term disability, a stock purchase plan, 401(k) matching, and paid vacation, holidays, and personal days. • Competitive base salary $87,000–$127,535, based on experience and location. • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short‑term disability coverage. • Stock purchase plan and 401(k) company match. • Paid vacation, holidays, and personal days.

Work Environment

Hybrid