Position Title: Contract Sustainability Project Specialist
Work Location: Cambridge, MA 02142 or Bannockburn, IL 60015
Assignment Duration: 10 Months
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (1-2 days on-site per week) with flexibility for fully remote candidates within U.S. time zones (CT/ET collaboration hours expected)
 
Position Summary:

• The Sustainability team of our organization is seeking a highly motivated Contract Sustainability Project Specialist to provide temporary support with project management, analytics, and sustainability subject?matter expertise.
• This role requires someone who can independently drive project execution while also bringing strong working knowledge of Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, waste reduction, reuse, and recycling to accelerate sustainability initiatives across our organization's global network.
• Excellent opportunity to gain exposure to sustainability strategy work within a global biopharmaceutical organization.

 
Key Responsibilities:

• Jump in quickly to manage or co-manage active sustainability projects, ensuring milestones, timelines, and deliverables remain on track.
• Support cross functional coordination across operations, engineering, quality, procurement, and corporate sustainability.
• Proactively identify project risks, escalate issues, and recommend solutions to maintain progress.
• Provide subject matter expertise on sustainability topics including Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, waste management, and circularity.
• Conduct landscape scans and benchmarking to support strategic decision making.
• Translate analytical findings into actionable insights, mitigation strategies, and implementation plans as needed.
• Prepare leadership ready materials including presentations, dashboards, and written summaries.
• Support recurring updates, cross-functional meetings, and documentation needs.
• Synthesize complex data into clear, decision ready outputs tailored to technical and nontechnical audiences.

 
Qualification & Experience:

• Demonstrated project management expertise, including managing timelines, deliverables, stakeholders, risks and cross-functional coordination across multiple workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience in sustainability, environmental management, ESG, or related analytical fields.
• Strong working knowledge of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions accounting and mitigation approaches, waste management strategies, and sustainability reporting methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, data modeling, and data visualization tools.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across functions and present findings at all organizational levels.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with strong attention to detail.
• Experience in biopharmaceutical, healthcare, manufacturing, or related sectors.
• Experience working with large data systems, operational datasets, or environmental compliance information.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 80.00/hr.