Sustainability Insights Leader – Wells Fargo

Location: Charlotte, NC; New York, NY or Washington, DC

Overview: Reporting to the head of Sustainability, this position will lead a small team and identify innovative opportunities to advance the company’s sustainable finance capabilities, thought leadership and insights-driven reporting.  Recognized as a sustainable finance subject matter expert, this individual will collaborate with key business partners to advance sustainable financing and other sustainability-related business objectives.  This position can sit in Charlotte, NC; New York, NY or Washington, DC and offers a hybrid work schedule.  The Wells Fargo job profile is Community Impact & Sustainability Director.

Roles/Responsibilities: 

• Develop initiatives with client-facing teams to enable sustainable finance activity in support of business objectives
• Implement sustainability-related thought leadership strategies with a regular cadence of outputs to support client-facing teams, as well as for broader public use
• Develop materials and initiatives to support sustainability-related education, including responsibly deploying AI-powered platforms
• Champion internal education and awareness opportunities
• Provide oversight of the tracking and reporting of sustainable finance data through various channels
• Ideate a coordinated sustainability data insights strategy in collaboration with data and technology
• Develop critical dashboards and visuals for executive and board reporting
• Oversee the bank’s sustainability bond program
• Partner with senior leaders across Public Affairs to enhance our reputation as a leader in sustainability
• Collaborate with colleagues to support strategic external engagement with third-parties
• Deliver executive-level presentations that influence decision makers
• Lead and coach a small team of geographically dispersed sustainability professionals

Required Qualifications: 

• 8+ years of Community Impact or Sustainability experience, demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of management or leadership experience

Desired Qualifications: 

• Experience leading sustainable, clean energy, and climate finance initiatives
• Experience developing tools and resources to support education and training in sustainability and sustainable finance
• Experience implementing sustainability-related thought leadership strategies
• Experience developing dashboards and visuals for executive and board reporting
• Experience leading change in an organization’s culture and strategy
• Experience preparing executive-level presentations with MS PowerPoint
• Experience leading, high-performing geographically dispersed teams