ESG AI Innovation Specialist

About Prosus

Prosus is one of the world's largest consumer internet groups — a global investor and operator with a portfolio of 90+ companies spanning e-commerce, fintech, food delivery, and education technology across 100+ countries. Home to brands like iFood, OLX, PayU, and Takealot, we back bold entrepreneurs solving real problems at a meaningful scale. Sustainability is not a side programme — it is central to how we create long-term value for people and planet.

The Role

This is a newly created position for an AI engineer ready to deploy their skills where they can drive meaningful, scalable transformation. You will be the architect of an increasingly agentic sustainability function — building the systems, workflows, and infrastructure that replace manual effort with intelligent automation across Prosus’s global ESG and social impact operations.

Your remit is threefold:

• redesign how sustainability data is collected, governed, and reported — moving from resource-intensive manual processes to AI-driven, audit-ready workflows that meet external compliance requirements;
• build the end-to-end data and automation infrastructure for the Prosus Foundation (social impact), from funding applications through board approval to external impact reporting; and
• serve as the innovation engine for a sustainability team that is actively embracing AI and digital tools as core operating infrastructure.

This role offers real ownership from day one.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and lead the end-to-end redesign of Prosus’s ESG data infrastructure — from collection and governance to externally assured, ESRS-compliant annual reporting.
• Build and deploy AI-driven automation across sustainability data collection and reporting workflows — eliminating manual effort at scale across the Group.
• Design and maintain an intelligent, end-to-end process for the Prosus Foundation — automating everything from funding applications and board approvals through to external social impact reporting.
• Partner with internal and external data owners, sustainability leads, and finance colleagues to optimise data definitions, ownership structures, and quality controls.
• Build dashboards and reporting tools that make ESG performance transparent and accessible to both internal stakeholders and external audiences.
• Identify, pilot, and embed automation and AI opportunities continuously — running experiments and scaling what works across the global sustainability team.
• Apply AI and digital tooling to high-impact sustainability domains — including climate, business travel, platform workers, and beyond.

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in AI engineering, data engineering, or automation — with a track record of building workflows, pipelines, or agentic systems that replace manual processes.
• Proven ability to design and deploy automation using coding, AI tooling, scripting, or low-code/no-code platforms.
• Working knowledge of ESG reporting frameworks (CSRD, ESRS, GRI, or ISSB) — whether gained through direct professional experience or demonstrably deep independent study.
• Strong analytical skills: able to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical, technology-driven solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English; confident presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Self-starter with high ownership — comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving progress without a detailed roadmap.
• Right to work in the Netherlands (relocation support available — confirm with hiring team)