Arcadis Global - India, TN
posted 16 days ago
About the position
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are looking for an Associate Technical Director/Business Area (BA) Manager to lead our Sustainability Advisory (SA) teams in the Global Excellence Center (GEC) team supporting the global teams. The GEC Sustainability Advisory team enables clients across GBAs to achieve their sustainability ambition by providing 'front end' expertise focused on strategy, performance management, and reporting, in operations and throughout the value chain. This role can be in any Arcadis office in India with a preference for Bangalore or Mumbai. As an Associate Technical Director (ATD) or BA Manager of Sustainability Advisory, you will lead a team supporting our regional Sustainability Advisory teams across the globe, serving on project delivery teams for one (or several) of Arcadis' sustainability capabilities across a range of industries.
Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of sustainability-related projects ensuring client satisfaction, effective project management, and collaboration between Arcadis colleagues.
- Provide professional leadership in the Sustainability team (SA) at a management level.
- Plan and drive the development of Arcadis' capability and capacity in the Sustainability team.
- Work with Talent Acquisition and Learning Development to ensure SA team needs are understood.
- Support the GEC Discipline Director to achieve Discipline targets, team growth, and objectives.
- Establish and consolidate relationships with senior staff in Business Area offices.
- Support on bid proposals and new pursuits.
- Drive creativity and independent thinking within your team.
- Mentor team leads and team champion(s) to ensure high-quality standards.
- Manage the delivery of tasks in accordance with Arcadis Management Systems.
- Promote both the regional and global culture of the business.
- Early assessment of project and team risks and arriving with appropriate Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA).
- Lead project teams in the successful delivery of sustainability-related projects.
- Produce ESG disclosures and other communications aligned with leading frameworks.
- Design ESG performance targets and accompanying strategies.
- Support delivery of sustainability materiality assessment projects.
- Prepare reports and presentations for sales proposals and client presentations.
- Track schedules, deliverables, budget, and staffing on multiple projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in environmental science, sustainability, engineering, or business with a sustainability background.
- Minimum of 13 years of professional experience; including 3 years of experience in sustainability or management consulting.
- Successful track record of contributing to the growth and development of an ESG consulting delivery team.
- Proven experience at a senior level in sustainability, including helping organizations set strategies across ESG Reporting frameworks.
- Direct line management experience and have ideally led and developed a junior and or mid-level consulting team.
- Fluent and confident report writer with experience in technical reviewing.
- Strong management consulting, client relationship, and project management skills.
- Ability to lead project teams and develop high-quality deliverables.
- Advanced research and data gathering skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Additional training and or certifications in climate risk or sustainability.
- Sustainability certification (e.g., GRI or SASB's Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting credential).
- Experience with consumer goods, retail, technology, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and financial services sectors.
Benefits
- Meaningful work contributing to sustainable solutions.
- Opportunities for career development and personal performance improvement.
- A commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
