Sustainability Compliance Assurance & Systems Lead

Location: Vancouver, Washington, United States of America

Description -

Job Summary

HP is seeking a highly motivated and strategic Sustainability Compliance Assurance & Systems Lead to support our global Product Stewardship and Sustainability Compliance organization. This unique role combines compliance program management, compliance systems ownership, compliance assurance, and business planning responsibilities.

The successful candidate will serve as the primary business owner and super user for compliance management tools and platforms, partnering closely with software suppliers, internal stakeholders, IT teams, and compliance domain experts to continuously improve capabilities and drive adoption across the organization.

In addition, this individual will help ensure that implemented sustainability regulations are effectively integrated into HP business processes through compliance assurance activities, audits, and governance reviews. The role will also provide business planning, operational support, and surge capacity for complex regulatory implementations that require extensive cross-functional coordination.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys connecting strategy, systems, process improvement, and execution while influencing stakeholders across multiple organizations.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance Systems Ownership & Tool Governance

• Serve as the primary business owner and super user for HP sustainability compliance management tools.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with software vendors, service providers, and implementation partners.
• Drive tool roadmap development in collaboration with compliance, stewardship, IT, and business stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation, workflow management, reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Develop governance processes, training materials, user guides, and best practices.
• Monitor tool adoption, data quality, system performance, and user feedback.
• Represent business requirements during system enhancements, upgrades, and implementation projects.

Compliance Assurance & Audit Support

• Develop and maintain compliance assurance processes to verify effective implementation of sustainability and product stewardship regulations.
• Conduct audits and periodic reviews of regulatory implementations across product lines, geographies, and business organizations.
• Identify compliance gaps, implementation risks, and process improvement opportunities.
• Partner with regulatory experts and implementation leads to validate that enacted regulations have been translated into compliant business practices.
• Develop compliance assurance metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Support internal and external audits and prepare compliance evidence packages when required.

Complex Regulatory Implementation Support

• Provide project management and coordination support for high-priority regulatory initiatives.
• Assist compliance domains during periods of peak workload or when regulations require significant cross-functional engagement.
• Facilitate coordination among GBUs, legal, supply chain, procurement, engineering, operations, and sustainability teams.
• Help establish implementation plans, milestones, risk management strategies, and stakeholder communications.
• Support issue escalation and resolution for complex compliance programs.

Business Planning & Operational Excellence

• Support annual operating plans, workforce planning, budgeting, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop management reporting, business reviews, KPIs, and executive communications.
• Maintain organizational process documentation and operating procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on scalability, efficiency, and standardization.
• Support organizational transformation initiatives and compliance operating model evolution.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in program management, compliance, sustainability, engineering, operations, business planning, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to influence across organizations without direct authority.
• Experience developing processes, governance frameworks, or operational controls.

Preferred

• Experience with sustainability, environmental, product compliance, or regulatory programs.
• Experience with compliance management systems, workflow tools, reporting platforms, or enterprise software implementations.
• Familiarity with sustainability regulations, environmental compliance, ESG programs, circularity, product stewardship, or market access requirements.
• Experience conducting compliance reviews, audits, or quality assurance activities.
• PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, compliance, audit, or related certifications.
• Experience working with global teams and external suppliers.

Critical Success Factors

The successful candidate will

• Become the recognized "go-to" expert for sustainability compliance systems and processes.
• Build strong partnerships with software suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Improve visibility into compliance implementation status through tools, dashboards, and reporting.
• Increase confidence that regulatory requirements are implemented consistently and effectively across HP.
• Enable compliance teams to scale through improved processes, governance, and technology.
• Provide flexible project leadership for complex or high-priority compliance initiatives.

Pay & Benefits

• The pay range for this role is $93,400 to $143,800 USD annually with additional
• opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United
• States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related
• knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

• HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
• US benefits overview https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/
• The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this
• posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job -

Engineering

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

25%

Relocation -

No

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) -

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