Academic Worker - Sustainability (Colorado State University Fellow)

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Academic Worker - Sustainability (Colorado State University Fellow)

This project aims to develop a comprehensive sustainability market assessment of the U.S.

cow–calf industry to inform Scope 3 emissions reduction strategies as cattle move through the stocker and into feedyard programs.

The assessment will provide competitive landscape analysis and identify opportunities to align emissions‑reduction objectives, strengthen partner strategy development, and support the creation of a business case for future investment the design of sustainability programs.

Your Responsibilities:


* Evaluate the U.S.

cow–calf, stocker, and feedlot segments to understand existing sustainability program market dynamics and value drivers.


* Assess the existing sustainability landscape, with a specific focus on benchmarking active programs relevant to the cow–calf and stocker sectors.


* Conduct a feasibility and risk assessment related to the development of potential sustainability or emissions‑reduction programs.


* Deliver a strategic roadmap, proposed solution framework and business case that guides next steps for developing linkages between the cow-calf and feedlot sector with emission reduction outcomes.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):


* Education: Currently enrolled student at Colorado State University


* Experience: Understanding of carbon accounting and how programs with inventory and intervention outcomes can be used within GHGP and corporate carbon inventories.


* Top 2 skills: Ability to conduct market research via interviews, on-line resources and third-party communications, resulting in a market overview, competitive landscape assessment, strategic roadmap, proposed solution framework and business case defining required resources and value opportunities.

Ability to manage a project and coordinate multiple workstreams independently.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):


* Strong understanding of US agriculture and specifically the beef industry.


* Strong understanding of carbon program development and project m...