Manager, Environmental & Social Management System Implementation (12-month FTC)

Control Risks Group; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Control Risks, partnering with an international data center operator, seeks a project governance lead in Johor Bahru to accelerate ESMS enhancements and ensure alignment with international standards. You will coordinate sustainability, risk, operations, safety, and external advisors to translate requirements into practical processes and manage delivery against milestones.

The role focuses on governance, reporting, and evidence management, with a 12-month fixed-term contract and potential for

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in environmental and social management systems implementation and compliance.
• Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong governance, action-tracking, and reporting capabilities.
• Experience working with consultants/advisors and translating recommendations into actions.
• Familiarity with ESMS frameworks (IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive the ESMS implementation roadmap, ensuring actions, owners and timelines are clearly tracked.
• Establish governance rhythms, progress tracking and escalation processes for commitments.
• Coordinate delivery of environmental and social improvements across policies and operations.
• Act as central coordination point across Sustainability, Risk, Operations, Safety, People, Procurement and advisors.
• Maintain structured documentation and evidence for external reporting and assurance readiness.

Skills

ESMS experience

Program management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Governance reporting

Job description

Control Risks is partnering with an international data center company who are rapidly scaling digital infrastructure across the Asia Pacific and Middle East.

We are seeking an experienced project management and governance professional to accelerate delivery of our client's E&S enhancement roadmap in Malaysia, including commitments aligned with international E&S standards and financing requirements.

This role will be based in Johor Bahru, and will partner closely with our client's Safety, Sustainability, Risk, Operations, departments, as well as external advisors to translate the E&S enhancement requirements into practical business processes and manage project delivery against agreed milestones.

It is a high-impact execution role focused on bringing structure, coordination, and momentum: managing advisors, driving accountability across functions, tracking progress, and ensuring evidence-based completion.

This is a unique opportunity to help build the governance foundations that enable responsible growth across one of Asia-Pacific’s largest digital infrastructure platforms.

Please note: This role will be hired as a 12-month Fixed Term Contract with some potential for longer-term continuation

Responsibilities:

ESMS Implementation & Governance

• Drive the implementation roadmap for our client's Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS), ensuring actions, owners, timelines and deliverables are clearly managed.
• Establish governance rhythms, progress tracking and escalation processes to ensure commitments are delivered effectively.

Environmental & Social Action Plan Delivery

• Coordinate delivery of agreed E&S improvement actions, including enhancements to policies, procedures and operational processes across environmental management, labour standards, contractor management, stakeholder engagement and grievance mechanisms.
• Work with local business owners to embed requirements into practical ways of working across projects and operations.
• Support knowledge transfer and continuous capability-building with corporate teams to embed ESMS requirements into day-to-day operations beyond the implementation period.

Cross-functional & Advisor Coordination

• Act as the central coordination point across Sustainability, Risk, Operations, Safety, People, Procurement, and external advisors.
• Manage advisor deliverables, consolidate inputs, resolve dependencies and translate recommendations into clear actions.

Reporting & Evidence Management

• Maintain structured documentation and evidence to demonstrate completion of agreed actions and support external reporting requirements.
• Support assurance-readiness activities by validating evidence, identifying implementation gaps and tracking corrective actions to support continuous improvement.
• Prepare progress updates for working groups, senior management and relevant stakeholders.

• 4+ years’ experience in environmental and social management systems compliance , program management, advisory or related fields
• Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional programs involving multiple stakeholders
• Strong project governance capability, including action tracking, reporting and delivery management
• Experience working with consultants/advisors and translating recommendations into business implementation
• Familiarity with Environmental & Social Management Systems, IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles or similar frameworks preferred
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with ability to influence without direct authority
• Excellent written communication skills with ability to create clear governance materials and executive updates
• Experience in infrastructure, construction, energy, real assets or data centres preferred