Vacancy: Senior Managing Consultant – Climate Strategies

Job summary:

The goal of the Senior Managing Consultant is to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality consultancy advice to international and French clients on sustainability topics for the corporate sector. You will be fully accountable for the development and overall management of proposals on corporate climate strategies, greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting services and climate change mitigation solutions and for the implementation of projects, for which you will supervise project teams of varying sizes. You will provide technical guidance to the project teams and act as the main point of contact for the client. In addition, you may lead the development of new products and
solutions at South Pole to address sustainability challenges.

Main tasks & responsibilities:

• Manage and supervise large/complex consulting mandates throughout their entire project cycle: initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure.
• Plan and implement projects to ensure the most efficient and highest-quality implementation.
• Interact and build relationships with our international and French clients and manage the timely delivery of mandates.
• Develop proposals with the Key Account Management team and regularly generate own leads, actively contributing to the business development activities of the company.
• Provide guidance on and technical leadership in the development of proposals for the corporate sector on topic corporate climate strategies, greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting services and climate change mitigation solutions and implementation of advisory projects, as well as lead their technical review.
• Develop and improve specialised skills and knowledge linked to topics and services offered by South Pole.
• Lead and directly manage small teams of consultants in a multi-stakeholder and multi- geographies context.
• Lead the development of South Pole’s thought leadership, services, products, marketing materials and offerings.
• Topics of engagement may include: GHG accounting and disclosure, climate change mitigation, Science Based Targets (SBTs), risk assessment and TCFD, materiality assessment, energy efficiency, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), renewable energy strategy, etc.