Senior Sustainability Manager

At TRACT, we are building a more sustainable and resilient food and agriculture industry. Our mission? To remove the burden of data management and resolve the debate on methodology so companies can drive impact. With our SaaS platform, we empower organizations to focus their resources on making a real impact while driving positive change in the industry.

About the Team

We are a diverse and passionate team of about 40, committed to creating a sustainable impact and technological innovation. We believe in the power of collaboration and leverage our collective expertise to tackle complex challenges and drive meaningful change. Our cultural heartbeat & business decisions are shaped by our core values: ‘Accept the challenge,’ ‘Commit to learn,’ ‘Authentic & accountable,’ ‘Make momentum,’ & ‘Simplify & ship.’ These ensure that every team member can thrive and make a difference.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Manager with around 8 years’ experience in food and agriculture supply chains to lead TRACT’s work on the economic and human rights dimensions of sustainability.

You’ll convene senior leaders from across the sector to identify priority areas for industry alignment on practical sustainability methodologies and metrics. Those priorities then translate into scopes for pre-competitive Technical Working Groups, which you’ll run alongside other team members. Once a methodology is aligned, you’ll product manage it into features that users love, so it gets adopted and drives real impact in practice, not just on paper.

This role is part of a combined Product & Sustainability team, reporting to the VP of Product & Sustainability, and works closely with Engineering, Design, and go-to-market teams to turn alignment work into shipped functionality and market-facing expertise.

This role sits at the intersection of sector engagement, research, technical know-how, and product execution, turning sustainability theory into practice at scale. It’s ideal for someone with expertise in farmer income and human rights issues in food systems, an existing network in agri-sustainability, and a drive to shape how fast-growing technology accelerates impact.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the Sustainability Forum

• Launch and run a C-suite-level Sustainability Forum bringing together sustainability and procurement leaders from the industry
• Turn Forum discussions into research and white papers that scope Technical Working Groups and steer TRACT’s roadmap and partnership priorities

Lead Technical Working Groups (TWGs)

• Prepare and facilitate TWGs with industry experts and agri/food practitioners to reach alignment on metrics, methodologies and models related to farmer/living income, human rights due diligence, etc.
• Manage stakeholders before, during, and after working sessions, turning technical alignment into decisions TRACT can act on

Product Management of TWG Outcomes

• Own the path from TWG output to shipped feature – pairing with Engineering and Design to translate methodologies into credible, valuable platform functionality
• Define success metrics for new methodology features, monitor adoption and impact post-launch, and work with GTM teams on rollout

Research

• Track sustainability methodologies, standards, and regulatory developments relevant to agri/food supply chains (e.g. CSDDD, HREDD, certification frameworks, voluntary sector commitment frameworks)
• Translate sector developments into implications for the platform and customers, training internal teams as needed

Sector Engagement

• Represent TRACT at industry events, conferences, and webinars, building our presence in sustainability and agri networks
• Serve as a credible technical voice on TRACT’s sustainability approach with sector experts, NGOs, and standard-setting bodies
• Build mission-aligned partnerships that benefit both our business and our customers