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Sia Partners

Management consulting integrating AI and design

Manager – Sustainability Strategy - Transformation & Operationalization

Strategy & Management ConsultingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeÎle-de-France, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 qualification from a leading engineering school, business school, or university is required.
  • Three to six years of experience in a consulting firm, Big Four firm, financial institution, Sustainability/ESG department, Strategy, Finance, Risk, or business function is required.
  • Significant exposure to Sustainability transformation or sustainable finance programs is required, along with experience defining Target Operating Models, governance models, transformation roadmaps, and complex programs.
  • Expertise in one or more Sustainability/ESG areas is required, including ESG strategy, transition planning, adaptation, sustainable finance, regulation and reporting, ESG data, biodiversity/nature, organizational transformation, or ESG integration into business processes.
  • A good understanding of the financial sector and the ability to connect Sustainability with strategy, risk, finance, products, clients, and performance are required, including translating ESG ambitions into operational arrangements, policies, processes, indicators, and management tools.
  • Knowledge of major regulatory and methodological frameworks is required, including CSRD/ESRS, the European Taxonomy, SFDR, ESG Pillar 3, TNFD, transition plans, and other European sustainable-finance requirements; knowledge of ESG data, reporting, KPIs, and governance is also required.
  • Professional fluency in French and English is required.

Responsibilities

  • Define and translate ESG strategies, conduct materiality analyses, identify priorities, ambitions, and objectives, build roadmaps, and align them with institutional strategy, business plans, and performance management.
  • Design and implement transition plans; define sectoral and portfolio decarbonization pathways, interim targets, and KPIs; identify levers for action; and integrate them into strategic, commercial, and financial plans.
  • Assess physical climate vulnerabilities across activities, assets, portfolios, and value chains; define adaptation plans; prioritize resilience measures; conduct cost-benefit analyses; and integrate adaptation into strategies, financing and investment policies, prevention arrangements, and continuity plans.
  • Integrate ESG considerations into commercial strategies, business models, product and service offerings, and financing or investment policies; identify transition-related opportunities and develop sustainable value propositions for clients and business lines.
  • Integrate ESG criteria into business processes such as lending, pricing, advisory, investment, due diligence, counterparty monitoring, and portfolio management; define policies, eligibility criteria, exclusions, thresholds, engagement plans, and remediation arrangements.
  • Define ESG governance models, roles and responsibilities, decision-making bodies, and interactions across Sustainability, Risk, Finance, Data, and business teams; design Target Operating Models, target processes, and organizational transformation roadmaps.
  • Analyze and implement sustainable-finance and transparency requirements, including CSRD/ESRS, the European Taxonomy, SFDR, ESG Pillar 3, and other applicable frameworks, from requirements and gap analysis through reporting production, controls, and industrialization.
  • Define ESG data models, dictionaries, taxonomies, and indicators; source and qualify internal and external data; establish data governance and quality, calculation rules, and industrialized data pipelines; develop KPIs, dashboards, and monitoring arrangements for ESG commitments, pathways, and performance.
  • Integrate nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities, as well as social and societal issues, into ESG strategies and arrangements; conduct materiality analyses and define policies, indicators, and action plans covering biodiversity, water, pollution, natural resources, and social impacts.
  • Manage client relationships on existing engagements and participate in identifying and developing new opportunities.
  • Supervise consultants on client engagements and internal firm projects, including working groups and training.
  • Contribute to the team's publication program through strategic thinking, prospective studies, and sector analysis.

Desired Qualifications

  • Interest in data and artificial intelligence topics, with the ability to build expertise quickly and enthusiasm for helping clients realize related opportunities.

About the Company

Sia Partners

Management consulting integrating AI and design

Sia Partners is a management consulting firm that blends AI and design with traditional advisory to help clients improve performance. Its approach combines thorough analysis of competitive, regulatory, and organizational factors with AI-enabled and design-driven solutions across 30+ sectors, delivered by a global network of 2,400 consultants in 38 countries. It differentiates itself by staying independent from the IT services industry (a pure-player) and embracing a Consulting for Good mindset that creates CSR-enabled, sustainable transformations. Its goal is to become a leading independent management consulting firm in Europe, driving value-driven change for clients and responsible growth.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$12.7M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1999

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