Position summary

HP is seeking a highly strategic, customer-focused sustainability leader to shape how HP creates value through climate leadership, carbon transparency, and decarbonization solutions. Reporting into the HP Global Climate Organization, the Customer Climate Engagement and Strategic Programs Lead serves as a key connection point between customers, commercial organizations, HP Solutions, Sustainability, Product teams, Climate Data & Footprinting teams, and external partners, translating evolving customer climate needs into solutions, strategic initiatives, partnerships, and business opportunities.

Why this role matters

As customers face increasingly complex climate-reporting requirements, HP’s position as a trusted leader in decarbonization depends on turning climate expertise into customer value. This role combines customer engagement, sustainability expertise, program leadership, partnerships, and thought leadership to advance HP’s climate strategy while creating meaningful outcomes for customers.

Key responsibilities

• Lead customer climate engagement focused on climate reporting, greenhouse gas accounting, decarbonization strategies, carbon transparency, product carbon footprints, and climate outcomes, serving as the primary Climate and Carbon SME for customer-facing organizations.
• Advise and support sales by acting as a trusted advisor on carbon accounting and sustainability data, managing customer pilots and innovation initiatives, and supporting tenders requiring detailed climate information.
• Lead strategic climate programs and partnerships that advance HP’s climate and customer sustainability objectives, developing partnerships with customers, industry organizations, NGOs, and technology providers.
• Shape capability and commercial integration by gathering customer, market, and technology insights to shape the roadmap for climate-reporting solutions and climate-data products, and integrating climate data into customer-facing platforms.
• Drive communications and thought leadership by developing customer-facing narratives and content for speaking engagements, events, case studies, and executive briefings, translating complex climate topics into compelling business stories.
• Develop the partner ecosystem by identifying and building partnerships that strengthen customer sustainability solutions and industry decarbonization outcomes.

Team and stakeholders

The role sits within the HP Global Climate Organization and partners with commercial organizations, HP Solutions, Sustainability, Product, Supply Chain, and Climate Data & Footprinting teams, as well as customers, industry organizations, NGOs, and technology providers.

Key details

This is a full-time role based in Vancouver, Washington, or Barcelona, Spain, with approximately 25% travel and no relocation support.

Requirements

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Marketing, Communications, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
• Typically 8+ years of experience in sustainability, climate strategy, ESG, decarbonization, carbon accounting, consulting, customer engagement, sustainability solutions, product sustainability, or related fields.
• Experience managing strategic customer relationships and executive stakeholder engagements, developing customer-facing sustainability solutions or programs, and leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Deep expertise in greenhouse gas accounting, carbon management, corporate decarbonization strategies, and sustainability reporting, including Scope 1, 2, and 3 methodologies and frameworks such as GHG Protocol, SBTi, Net Zero Standard, ESRS, CSRD, and ISO 14040/44/67.
• Strong literacy in product carbon footprints, lifecycle assessment, and climate-data management, with exceptional stakeholder management, communication, storytelling, strategic thinking, and program management skills.

Preferred

• Advanced degree in Sustainability, Environmental Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Public Policy, or a related discipline.
• Experience in the technology industry, sustainability consulting, enterprise or product sustainability, or climate strategy functions.
• Experience developing executive-level communications, conference presentations, or thought leadership content.
• Experience leading large-scale programs, strategic initiatives, or partnership-driven projects.