Senior Manager, Net-Zero Activation

11/5/26

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Job Type: Permanent Work Model: Remote Reference code: 135873 Primary Location: Toronto, ON All Available Locations: Ottawa, ON

What will your typical day look like?

The Global Purpose & Sustainability team is seeking a Senior Manager to activate Deloitte's Net-Zero by 2040 ambition across the global network. As a Senior Manager, you will execute and monitor the global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain, lead strategic supplier engagement, and coordinate environmental and climate risk management.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver impact and shape how Deloitte delivers on one of its most important commitments. You will provide end-to-end support and create momentum to enable business functions and member firms in understanding their carbon footprint, prioritizing decarbonization levers and actions, and turning plans into actionable projects and measurable results. This program runs in a co-delivery model with member firms and global business functions.

Work alongside the Global Sustainability Director, you will align senior stakeholders, strategic suppliers, global functions, and member firms around the following responsibilities:

• Portfolio governance & planning: Lead the Net-Zero Transition Plan as an integrated portfolio, establishing governance, delivery frameworks, and reporting rhythms.
• Decarbonization strategy & delivery: Develop and implement science-based roadmaps and transition plans aligned with Deloitte's goals and international frameworks, including SBTi. Convene technology, operations, procurement, real estate, and strategy teams to agree priorities, clarify ownership, and deliver emissions reduction initiatives globally.
• Delivery oversight & risk management: Monitor progress, risks, issues, and dependencies; identify gaps and mitigation actions; and escalate issues with clear recommendations.
• Stakeholder engagement & executive communication: Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across global functions and member firms. Act as a technical advisor and prepare executive and board-level briefings on progress, strategic direction, risks, and trade-offs.
• Supply chain decarbonization: Partner with Procurement, suppliers, alliance partners, and data providers to develop actionable upstream Scope 3 plans and integrate sustainability into procurement decisions and standards. Lead Tier 1 supplier engagement to secure measurable outcomes, including in-setting co-investments, cloud region and efficiency commitments, and device footprint and circularity improvements.
• Innovation & continuous improvement: Advise on transformational pilots, including AI for decarbonization. Develop processes and tools for prioritization, project selection, and implementation, with a focus on Deloitte's technology footprint; benchmark performance against peers and identify high-impact practices.
• Team leadership: Build and mentor a multidisciplinary team, set clear objectives, and foster accountability, quality, development, and inclusion.
• Financial management: Manage the program budget and develop business cases for decarbonization investments.

About the team

The Global Sustainability & Climate team is at the core of the Firm's strategy, working with industries and businesses globally to orchestrate and accelerate commercialization of our sustainability & climate services.

Enough about us, let's talk about you

The Senior Manager role requires exceptional portfolio and program management expertise, the confidence to engage and influence senior leaders and functional teams across the global network and within Deloitte Global business units, and the ability to align multiple functions, businesses, and member firms behind shared priorities and coordinated action.

Sustainability expertise is required, along with the ability to orchestrate complex, cross-functional programs and drive delivery is critical.

Portfolio & program delivery: 7+ years leading complex, multi-workstream portfolios or programs in large, matrixed, or global organizations.

• Proven delivery of end-to-end change, with expertise in governance, planning, prioritization, budgeting, risk and dependency management, and timely, high-quality outcomes.
• Stakeholder influence & communication: Ability to build trust and influence senior and executive stakeholders across geographies and cultures.
• Excellent written and oral communication, including senior-level briefings.
• Leadership, collaboration & change: Proven ability to motivate diverse teams, align functions around shared goals, reconcile conflicting inputs diplomatically, and drive coordinated action, teamwork, and accountability.
• Supplier engagement: Experience working with suppliers and third parties, including NGOs, on sustainability projects with defined outcomes that deliver emissions reductions.
• Analysis & execution: Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges and make data-driven decisions. Self-motivated, with effective time management and the ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines.
• Sustainability expertise: Solid understanding of net-zero strategies, GHG accounting, carbon footprint assessment, and reporting frameworks such as GHGP, SBT, CDP, and TCFD. Experience supporting operational or value chain emissions reductions.

Preferred Experience

• Recognized portfolio or program management certification (e.g., MSP, PMP, or equivalent).
• Experience leading complex global programs in a professional services or consulting environment, including engagements with corporate clients and suppliers.
• Experience in sustainability, energy management, or decarbonization
• Practical knowledge of external frameworks and standards (e.g., TCFD, GHG Protocol, ISO).
• Decarbonization experience in sectors such as hardware, devices, software, network solutions, and hosting services.
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic and evolving work environment.

Total Rewards

The salary range for this position is $104,000 - $215,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.

Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. On top of our regular paid vacation days, some examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, firm-wide closures known as "Deloitte Days", dedicated days of for learning (known as Development and Innovation Days), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.