Manager – Sustainability Business - Transformation & Digital Solutions

Recognized by TIME Magazine as the World's Most Sustainable Company for three consecutive years (2024, 2025 and 2026), Schneider Electric is helping organizations around the world accelerate the transition toward a low-carbon, resilient, and resource-efficient future.

Our leadership in electrification, digitalization, energy management, and decarbonization has also earned recognition among TIME's Most Influential Energy Companies, reflecting our leadership in electrification, digitalization, energy management, and decarbonization.

Schneider Electric's Sustainability Business (SB) division partners with leading multinational and Japanese corporations to design and implement sustainability strategies, renewable energy programs, climate action roadmaps, supply chain decarbonization initiatives, and digital sustainability solutions.

As a manager within the Japan Sustainability Business team, you will play a leading role in helping Japan's most influential companies navigate the energy transition and achieve their sustainability ambitions through strategy, technology, and execution.

This is a unique opportunity to combine sustainability expertise, digital innovation, business development, and project leadership while working closely with global experts and multinational clients.

What You will Do

1. Lead Sustainability Transformation Projects

Lead and manage consulting engagements that help clients define and execute sustainability and decarbonization strategies, including:

• Net-Zero and Science Based Targets (SBTi)
• Renewable energy procurement and RE100 strategies
• Scope 1, 2 and 3 decarbonization programs
• Supplier engagement and supply chain decarbonization
• Climate risk and adaptation assessments

2. Drive Digital Sustainability Solutions

Act as a subject matter expert for Schneider Electric's market-leading energy and sustainability cloud-based platform – Resource Advisor (RA).

• Advise clients on sustainability data management and reporting strategies
• Lead deployment and optimization of RA solutions
• Help clients maximize value from digital sustainability tools
• Identify opportunities to expand services through additional consulting, software, and decarbonization solutions

3. Shape Client Strategy and Executive Decision-Making

Work directly with sustainability executives, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to:

• Translate sustainability ambitions into actionable roadmaps
• Develop investment and implementation plans
• Deliver insights based on market trends, regulatory developments, and industry’s best practices
• Facilitate executive workshops

4. Lead High-Impact Projects and Grow the Business

Manage multidisciplinary project teams and ensure successful delivery and contribute to the growth of Sustainability Business by:

• Identifying new business opportunities
• Lead proposal development and client presentations
• Coordinating stakeholders across multiple regions and functions
• Coach and mentor junior consultants

Why This Role is Different

Unlike traditional sustainability consulting roles focused primarily on disclosure and compliance, this position sits at the intersection of:

• Sustainability Strategy
• Energy Transition
• Renewable Energy
• Digital Solutions
• Business Transformation
• Global Program Delivery

You will have the opportunity to support some of the world's leading organizations in turning sustainability commitments into tangible business outcomes.

What Qualifications Will Make You Successful?

Required (MUST)

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
• 7+ years of professional experience
• 5+ years of experience in sustainability, climate change, energy transition, ESG, or related consulting fields
• Experience managing complex projects and multiple stakeholders
• Strong client-facing consulting and communication skills
• Experience developing executive-level presentations and recommendations

Preferred (WANT)

• Experience within a consulting firm, sustainability advisory, or corporate sustainability
• Experience with decarbonization strategy, renewable energy, climate risk, Scope 3, or ESG transformation programs
• Experience with sustainability reporting and sustainability data management platforms
• Familiarity with digital sustainability technologies and software solutions

What Sets You Apart

• Passion for helping organizations accelerate sustainability transformation
• Ability to connect business challenges with practical sustainability solutions
• A “Digital Citizen” with a mindset and affinity for technology-enabled services
• Strong problem-solving and stakeholder management skills
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a continuous learning mindset

Language Requirements

• Business-level Japanese and English communication skills required.
• Ability to work effectively with clients, partners, and internal teams in both Japanese and English through presentations, workshops, meetings, and written communications
• Native-level fluency is not required; candidates should be comfortable collaborating in an international business environment

What You'll Gain

• Work with Japan's leading corporations on high impact decarbonization and energy transition
• Opportunities to collaborate with experts across consulting, renewable energy, software, and supply chain decarbonization
• A flexible and inclusive work environment focused on growth and development
• The ability to make a measurable impact on the world's sustainability challenges

If you are passionate about accelerating the energy transition and creating measurable impact, we would love to hear from you.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our  IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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