Senior Environmental Sustainability Engineer, Supply Chain

Supply Chain Environmental Sustainability Manager

At Oura, our mission is to empower every person to own their inner potential. With our award-winning Oura Ring and app, we help over 2.5 million people turn insights about sleep, activity, and readiness into healthier, more balanced lives. We believe that starts from within — by creating a culture where our team feels supported, included, and inspired to do their best work. Our values guide how we show up for each other and our community every day.

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Supply Chain Environmental Sustainability Manager to join our Supply Chain team in San Francisco, California. This is a foundational role for Oura; as our first dedicated hire for supply chain sustainability, you'll have the unique opportunity to build and lead this critical function from the ground up. You will be instrumental in identifying, developing, and implementing strategies that drastically reduce our ecological footprint, drive resource efficiency, and ensure responsible practices from component sourcing through end-of-life, championing adoption both internally and externally.

You'll work cross-functionally with R&D, Product, Manufacturing Engineering, Logistics, Customer Experience, and Legal teams, as well as our external manufacturing and logistics partners, to achieve ambitious sustainability targets. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, project management capabilities, and a passion for environmental stewardship, all aimed at building a more sustainable future for Oura and our planet.

This is a US Hybrid (3 days per week) role based in our San Francisco, California office.

What You Will Do:

1. Pioneer Oura's Supply Chain Sustainability Program: As the first dedicated expert, you will design, implement, and lead Oura's environmental sustainability strategy across the entire supply chain and product lifecycle. You'll ensure alignment with overarching corporate goals and drive its widespread adoption internally and externally with partners.
2. Logistics & Freight Optimization: Partner with logistics to identify and implement initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint of inbound and outbound logistics and freight, exploring modes like ocean freight optimization, sustainable fuels, and route efficiencies.
3. Circular Economy & Waste Management:
• Customer Returns & E-waste: Develop and manage programs for responsible handling of customer returns, product refurbishment, and end-of-life management, including e-waste recycling and circularity initiatives. You'll establish new processes for the company in these areas.
• Manufacturing & Assembly Waste: Drive programs to minimize waste generation (e.g., plastics, metals, hazardous materials) within manufacturing processes and assembly operations at our Contract Manufacturers (CMs), promoting recycling and waste-to-resource solutions.
4. Manufacturing Energy Efficiency: Collaborate with CMs to assess and improve energy efficiency in their facilities, identifying opportunities for renewable energy adoption and reduced consumption related to Oura's production.
5. Sustainable Components & Materials: Partner with R&D and engineering teams to research, evaluate, and integrate more sustainable materials and components into Oura products and packaging, considering lifecycle impacts.
6. Carbon Footprint Measurement & Reduction: Establish methodologies for measuring Oura's manufacturing and supply chain carbon footprint (Scope 3 emissions), identify key reduction levers, and track progress against targets, creating these systems where they don't yet exist.
7. Carbon Credits & Offsetting: Evaluate, recommend, and manage carbon offsetting strategies and carbon credit programs as part of Oura's broader climate action plan.
8. Supplier Engagement & Auditing: Work with suppliers and CMs to assess their environmental performance, develop improvement plans, and ensure compliance with Oura's sustainability standards and relevant regulations, driving partner adoption of new sustainable practices.
9. Regulatory Compliance & Reporting: Stay abreast of evolving environmental regulations (e.g., EPR, RoHS, REACH) and industry best practices. Ensure Oura's supply chain operations remain compliant and support necessary reporting requirements.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication: Act as the primary subject matter expert for environmental sustainability, championing its importance, educating internal teams, fostering a sustainability mindset across departments, and communicating Oura's progress to internal and external stakeholders.