Swiggy Looking For Manager – Sustainability at Bengaluru, Karnataka, Full Time

Ways of Working – Employees will work from the office on Hybrid (Bangalore).

About Swiggy –

Swiggy is India’s leading on-demand convenience platform, spanning food delivery, quick commerce, restaurant discovery, and more. Sustainability is embedded in our mission, ensuring business growth while making a tangible impact on the environment, communities, and the value chain. This role offers an opportunity to lead sustainability programs, drive high-impact partnerships, and enable cross-functional execution to position Swiggy as a leader in sustainable business practices.

Key Responsibilities –

1. ESG Compliance, Regulatory Adherence & Assurance Readiness

• Ensure full compliance with ESG-related mandates and voluntary global best practices, including but not limited to BRSR, EPR, CSR Act, SBTi, GRI, CDP, TCFD

• Lead ESG regulatory intelligence, monitoring emerging laws and aligning Swiggy’s operations with changing compliance requirements.

• Create ESG risk frameworks, identifying compliance gaps and proactively mitigating regulatory risks.

• Develop ESG policies, SOPs, and assurance mechanisms to prepare for external audits, third-party assurance, and investor-grade reporting.

• Strengthen supplier and partner ESG due diligence, ensuring sustainability compliance across the vendor ecosystem.

2. ESG Ratings & Investor-Facing Sustainability Performance

• Own ESG ratings & disclosures, ensuring Swiggy maintains strong performance in DJSI, MSCI ESG Ratings, FTSE4Good Index, Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating

• Develop ESG communications materials and reports for the Board, and marquee investors. • Implement governance structures for ESG risk mitigation, tracking progress against key performance indicators.

• Enhance ESG transparency to align with investor expectations and sustainability-linked financing requirements.

3. Sustainability Reporting, Data Management & Digitization

• Oversee Swiggy’s full sustainability reporting portfolio, integrating multiple frameworks including BRSR, GRI, CDP, and impact metrics for ESG rankings.

• Develop real-time ESG data tracking dashboards, ensuring seamless integration with Swiggy’s ERP systems.

• Deploy automation tools for ESG reporting, reducing manual intervention and ensuring accuracy.

• Integrate AI-driven analytics to measure sustainability KPIs, carbon footprint tracking, and supplier compliance metrics.

• Implement traceability systems, enhancing transparency in ESG reporting and supply chain sustainability.

4. Sustainability Strategy & Governance

• Drive enterprise-wide ESG governance, integrating sustainability KPIs into business decision-making.

• Own the execution of Swiggy’s sustainability goals, ensuring alignment with business strategies and industry best practices.

• Collaborate with key internal teams (supply chain, operations, product, marketing, and logistics) to embed sustainability across business processes.

• Monitor and supervise internal workstreams for sustainability programs, ensuring seamless execution with clear functional ownership and accountability.

• Ensure cross-functional teams have the necessary resources, insights, and alignment to execute sustainability initiatives effectively.

• Develop and oversee sustainability project management dashboards, stakeholder reports, and tracking mechanisms to monitor progress towards goals.

5. Programs & Partnerships

• Design, launch, and scale Swiggy’s flagship sustainability programs in key focus areas such as circular economy & sustainable packaging, food waste reduction & urban sustainability, gig worker well-being & community upliftment, fleet electrification & carbon reduction, diversity, equity & inclusion.

• Forge strategic ESG partnerships with government agencies, sustainability alliances, multilateral organizations, and academic institutions.

• Develop high-impact industry collaborations, alliances, associations to position Swiggy as a sustainability-first brand in the food-tech and quick commerce space.

• Lead program strategy and implementation for key, central social impact initiatives, ensuring they align with Swiggy’s broader purpose, policy positions.

6. External & Internal Stakeholder Management

• Engage with policymakers, regulatory bodies, industry leaders, and sustainability-focused organizations to shape sustainability policies.

• Represent Swiggy at industry forums, policy discussions, and collaborative platforms, ensuring leadership in sustainability dialogue.

• Act as the key sustainability liaison across internal teams, ensuring alignment on priorities, objectives, and execution strategies.

• Create and drive internal engagement campaigns to ensure leadership buy-in and broader employee participation in sustainability efforts.

• Work closely with leadership and functional heads to ensure sustainability is embedded in Swiggy’s strategic roadmap.

7. Communication, Campaigns & Amplification

• Oversee the development of compelling narratives around Swiggy’s sustainability efforts, ensuring clear articulation of impact, progress, and future direction.

• Collaborate with internal communications, PR, and marketing teams to amplify sustainability initiatives through campaigns, digital content, and strategic storytelling.

• Ensure sustainability messaging is integrated into customer-facing platforms/ touchpoints and partner, stakeholder communications, strengthening Swiggy’s brand positioning.

Key Qualifications –

• Education: MBA/Master’s degree in Economics/ CA & CS.

• Technical Skills:

o BRSR, GRI, CDP, SBTi, TCFD, EPR, CSR

o Project management expertise, high level of ownership and accountability o Strong program design and execution expertise – ability to drive large-scale sustainability initiatives internally.

o Experience in building and scaling flagship sustainability programs and partnerships.

o Ability to track, measure, and optimize sustainability initiatives using data and impact-driven approaches.

o Stakeholder engagement skills to influence internal teams, leadership, and external partners.

o Experience in sustainability-focused storytelling and brand communication. • Soft Skills:

o Strong collaboration and cross-functional leadership capabilities.

o Ability to translate sustainability concepts into actionable business strategies. o Excellent communication and storytelling skills to engage internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred Attributes –

• Ownership & Execution: A hands-on leader who drives progress with urgency.

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to align sustainability initiatives with Swiggy’s long-term vision.

• Impact & Solution-Oriented: Passionate about delivering measurable and scalable results; decisive, solution-driven.

• Collaboration & Influence: Able to bring diverse stakeholders together to drive change.

• Creative & Innovative: Capable of developing unique sustainability solutions for a fast moving industry.

Why Join Us?

At Swiggy, sustainability is not just an agenda—it’s a core business driver shaping the future of food tech and quick commerce. This role offers an opportunity to:

✓ Lead industry-first sustainability programs and partnerships

✓ Work across agile, excellent teams to embed sustainability into operations

✓ Drive measurable impact and position Swiggy as a leader in sustainability

If you’re passionate about leading sustainability initiatives, building high-impact partnerships, and driving execution across teams, this is the perfect role for you.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.