ESG Performance Manager

Overview

170+ Years Strong. Industry Leader. Global Impact.At Pinkerton, the mission is to protect our clients. To do this, we provide enterprise risk management services and programs specifically designed for each client. Pinkerton employees are one of our most important assets and critical to the delivery of world-class solutions. Bonded together, we share a commitment to integrity, vigilance, and excellence.

Pinkerton is an inclusive employer who seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our family of industry subject matter experts.

The ESG Performance Manager at Pinkerton professional with strong analytical skills and experience managing global or cross-functional projects to join our Sustainability & Ethics team. In this role as the ESG Performance Manager, you will not only transform ESG and ethics data into actionable insights but also lead initiatives that drive improvements in sustainability and business ethics performance across the organization. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders worldwide to ensure data quality, align reporting processes with strategic goals, and support transparency and continuous improvement at all levels of business. Leveraging both traditional and AI-powered analytics tools, you will help uncover trends, automate insights, and strengthen data-driven decision-making across the business.

Responsibilities

• Represent Pinkerton's core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
• Lead and coordinate global or cross-functional ESG and ethics data initiatives to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Analyze environmental, social, and business ethics data to identify trends, outliers, and opportunities for improvements.
• Incorporate AI-enhanced analytics to streamline ESG data analysis, automate insights generation, and strengthen data-driven recommendations.
• Coordinate with global stakeholders to align ESG data tracking with broader business performance metrics.
• Present data-driven business insights and recommendations to senior leadership and global teams.
• Work closely with stakeholders across functions and regions to implement sustainability and ethics data standards.
• Support and manage global ESG projects to ensure we deliver on our sustainability strategy.
• Collaborate with Finance and other teams to prepare data for external reporting standards (e.g. CSRD, GRI, TCFD, EcoVadis, UNGC). To drive quality
• Assist in the development of risk assessments, audits, and due diligence related to sustainability and ethical practices.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Sustainability, Data Science, Ethics, or a related field
• 5-7 years of experience managing global or cross-functional projects related to sustainability, business intelligence or data analytics
• Strong proficiency in tools like Excel and Power BI and DAX queries, with hands-on experience in developing interactive dashboards and data models for actionable business insights & story telling
• Familiarity with AI-powered analytics tools to enhance data visualization, automate insights, and support predictive decision-making.
• Skilled in Structured Query Language (SQL) is preferred, with experience in writing complex queries for data extraction, manipulation, and reporting across relational databases
• Knowledge of ESG/ Sustainability frameworks and ethical compliance standards is desirable.
• Passion for ethics and sustainability, transparency, and data-driven continuous improvement.

Working Conditions:

With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to effectively perform all essential functions.

• Regular computer usage.
• Occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment.
• Frequent sitting, standing, and/or walking.
• Travel, as required.

Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer to all applicants and positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law.