Senior Biodiversity Specialist, WW Sustainability
Description
The Biodiversity Team within Worldwide Environment is looking for a Senior Biodiversity Specialist with a deep passion for biodiversity and nature conservation.
This role will apply knowledge of real estate development processes and biodiversity risks and opportunities to help global businesses assess and reduce biodiversity impacts across new construction and existing assets. You will design, implement, and manage interventions aligned to the internationally recognized mitigation hierarchy — avoid, minimize, restore, and compensate.
You will develop and refine remote sensing tools for site surveys, create and apply mitigation guidance, manage compensation frameworks, and support the advancement of monitoring and validation technology and initiatives.
This role requires the ability to Think Big and Earn Trust — scaling mechanisms across business units and geographies, driving adoption by internal customers, and demonstrating economic value while achieving broader environmental and social objectives. You will manage complex relationships across multiple internal partner teams and external solution providers, earning trust by communicating technical biodiversity concepts clearly to non-specialist senior leaders.
Key job responsibilities
• Serve as a company expert on project-specific biodiversity compensation, managing and growing a framework of approved suppliers to ensure best value and maintain a high bar for integrity.
• Operate across every stage of the project lifecycle (design, pre-construction, construction, operation) to support business unit owners in implementing biodiversity mechanisms and meeting their goals.
• Evaluate tools and mitigation guidance for effectiveness and identify areas for improvement; communicate benefits and progress to senior leadership within WW Sustainability and partner teams.
• Engage with emerging businesses to set goals and strategies.
• Develop and deliver Think Big initiatives and pilots, including ongoing management and governance.
• Continually improve measurement methods and data collection to value the benefits offered by nature-based solutions.
• Develop and scale centrally managed biodiversity compensation mechanisms globally.
About the team
World Wide Sustainability values diverse experiences. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
It’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences.
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
- Experience establishing credibility quickly with senior level executives across organizations
- Experience with program management spanning planning, execution and project delivery
- Experience managing multiple internal stakeholders and advising cross-functional teams
- Bachelor's degree in science or equivalent
- Experience directly managing biodiversity projects including compensation, mitigation, or habitat restoration.
- Experience in project management, real estate development, architecture/design
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in science or equivalent
- Experience in regulatory frameworks and policy analysis methodologies
- Extensive experience appraising cost/benefit of sustainability or biodiversity solutions, working with cross-functional teams to communicate technical biodiversity concepts to senior leaders.
- Knowledge of biodiversity tooling for remote assessment of real estate projects and experience of geospatial tools for biodiversity risk assessment.
- Experience developing or managing biodiversity credit or offset schemes.
- Experience of biodiversity permitting regulations (UK, NA and EU)
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