ESG Team Lead

About Atlas Metrics

🎯 Our mission is to make the sustainability impact of companies fully transparent

💻 We’re building the end-to-end technology platform for organizations to track their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data and manage their sustainability performance

🌟 Join a team of talented sustainability experts, software engineers, and product builders

🚀 Series A stage, backed by top VC investors including Cherry Ventures, B2Venture, and GFC

🌍 Remote-friendly: headquartered in Berlin, with presence in London, Amsterdam, and Paris​

About the role

We are looking for a talented ESG Team Lead to manage a team of 6+ FTE with the goal of bringing ESG metrics on the Atlas platform and continually enhancing the smart ESG data model that powers our system. Your focus will be to lead the team towards full coverage of major ESG regulations and reporting standards on platform (e.g. CSRD/ESRS, EU Taxonomy, ISSB, etc), overseeing the quality of all metrics on our system, and ensuring that we maximize efficiency and automation for organizations using our software to collect, manage, and report their data. As a Team Lead at a fast-growing VC-backed startup, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the scalability and success of our ESG software, while managing a high-performing team of ESG specialists.

• Manage a team of 6+ FTE, establishing clear tasks and goals for all team members
• Establish clear roadmaps for the addition of metrics to platform, aligned with customer expectations of a market-leading ESG software solution
• Own our end-to-end process for bringing metrics on platform including: prioritization of metrics, research on regulations and standards, calculation methodologies, metric development process, quality assurance, translations, releasing to customers and gathering feedback
• Enhance our smart data model to ensure that ESG information is never entered twice on platform and users benefit from automated calculations
• Collaborate with product and engineering to discover new technology solutions that will increase team efficiency and facilitate the digitalization of ESG data
• Collaborate with wider ESG teams to ensure alignment around customer needs and share ESG expertise

• You have >5 years of relevant experience (e.g. in ESG consulting, ESG data analysis, sustainability reporting, ESG technology)
• You have experience managing a small team and enabling team members to reach their full potential
• You have knowledge and practical experience with major ESG standard/regulations (CSRD/ESRS, EU Taxonomy, SFDR, CDP, GRI, ISSB, etc)
• You must be fluent in English and German. Additional languages are a plus.
• You must be highly proficient working with both qualitative and quantitative ESG data. You must have experience working with large databases and be able to understand advanced formulas and logical concepts. Data/programming skills are a bonus (e.g. R, Tableau, Python, JavaScript).

Additional general requirements:

• You are passionate about sustainability: You have a strong interest for sustainability and ESG. An academic degree in sustainability, environmental studies, or a related field is a plus.
• You have an interest in technology: You are excited to be part of a team building a technology product and can work in collaboration with software engineers. You are motivated to harness the power of data and technology to achieve ESG and broader sustainability goals.
• You are analytical: You enjoy working with ESG data and can bring structure and analysis to derive meaningful insights from complex information.
• You are entrepreneurial: You are results-driven and thrive in a startup environment. You think creatively, are solution-oriented, adaptable to change, and have a drive for continuous innovation.
• You are a team player: You work collaboratively with your colleagues and consider what is best for the team. You have a proven ability to build a high-performance team and lead from the front.

• Competitive salary + equity
• 28 days holiday (+1 additional day for every year at Atlas)
• Company laptop
• Equipment budget
• Learning & development budget
• Sports/gym membership (Urban Sports Club, Classpass, etc.)
• Mental health support through our partner Nilo.health
• Quarterly team co-location weeks in Berlin or abroad
• Option to work remotely - in addition to our HQ in Berlin, we have colleagues in cities including London, Vienna, Amsterdam, and beyond! Remote locations should be within +/- 3 hours of CET time