Strategic Lead, Water Stewardship & Sustainability Programs

Lead Principal Sustainability Program Manager, Water Lead; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 117,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Paid holidays (11)

Job summary

Oracle’s Global Sustainability Office seeks a versatile Principal Program Manager to drive water sustainability initiatives, governance, and reporting. You will partner with cross‑functional teams to translate strategy into actionable priorities, oversee data quality and auditability, and lead external partnerships for water stewardship.

This role requires strong leadership, experience in water risk and replenishment, and the ability to align sustainability programs with business goals and

Qualifications

• Extensive program and project management in sustainability, compliance, or ESG-related roles.
• Demonstrated expertise in corporate water stewardship and driving water efficiency and replenishment projects.
• Familiarity with water risk assessments, with ability to translate global strategy into local priorities.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills at all levels, including executive leadership.
• Comfort in ambiguity and flexing into unfamiliar domains to frame problems and drive execution.
• Proven ability to develop and execute policy, targets, and reporting for water and other environmental metrics.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, leveraging data-driven prioritization and decision-making.
• Experience aligning sustainability initiatives with business strategy and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive corporate strategy, reporting, and metrics for water risk, conservation, and stewardship.
• Partner with diverse teams to develop and refine processes for measuring, reporting, and improving performance.
• Drive external partnerships and project management for strategic water stewardship and replenishment work.
• Guide readiness for evolving sustainability reporting requirements, ensuring data integrity, auditability, and efficient response to both voluntary and regulatory disclosure frameworks.
• Identify and analyze risks and opportunities in water management, surfacing actionable insights to inform business strategy.
• Analyze sustainability-related data to identify inefficiencies, surface insights, and define relevant targets.
• Support cross-company engagement and training programs to build awareness and adoption of sustainability best practices.
• Interface as needed with customers and external stakeholders on key environmental topics, ensuring Oracle’s sustainability programs meet the expectations of customers, communities, and regulators.

Skills

Program management

Sustainability

Water stewardship

Data governance

Tools

EPM

Watershed

Aqueduct

Waterplan

Workiva

Sustainability Control Tower

Job description

Oracle’s Global Sustainability Office seeks a versatile Principal Program Manager to drive water sustainability initiatives, governance, and reporting. You will partner with cross‑functional teams to translate strategy into actionable priorities, oversee data quality and auditability, and lead external partnerships for water stewardship.

This role requires strong leadership, experience in water risk and replenishment, and the ability to align sustainability programs with business goals and