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ESG Consulting Business Development Leader - Sr. Strategist

Quantis

Boston, massachusetts


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Full-time


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Job Post Title: ESG Consulting Business Development Leader
Formal Title: Senior Sustainability Strategist
Location: Remote

As a Senior Sustainability Strategists (ESG Consulting Business Development Leaders), you will lead the development and oversee the delivery of winning sustainability strategies for our clients in the US, and contribute to the expansion of Quantis’ strategic solutions. This role is a blend of business development, sales, account management, relationship management, strategy creation, and tactical implementation. This role will report to the Branch Lead associated with the the appropriate sector expertise. This is a remote position able to work out of most states in the USA.

We are seeking candidates with with expertise across all sectors. There is greater opportunity for candidates with sector experience in food, cosmetics, fashion, pharmaceuticals, and/or finance.

Why you’ll love Quantis

Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our dynamic and visionary team of talent has partnered with leading organizations across the globe to transform their industries and pave the way for a planetary economy that aligns business with nature — business at its best.

We believe that sustainable transformation is possible and within our power. We’re contributing to this transformation by combining the latest environmental science with strategic business insights. Our counsel and guidance enables global leaders in the consumer goods and finance industries to understand how to reduce their environmental impacts, implement the changes and operate within planetary boundaries.

Motivated by this common purpose, our 300+ talented professionals cultivate a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative. We are impact-oriented. We are science-based. We are Quantis.

Join us!

Does this describe you and your next role?

· You’re motivated to put your creativity, strategy development, client relationship development and consulting skills to work towards our mission of aligning business with Planetary Boundaries and building a sustainable future.

· You’re an experienced and motivated account manager or seasoned consultant in the food and beverage sector (or similar sector) looking for an opportunity to work with top sustainability leaders and experts.

· You have 8+ years of business development and sales experience primarily focusing on growing key accounts and executing sales initiatives to bring on new clients in collaboration with sales enablement support.

· You're eager for a fast-paced and diverse role: Developing and implementing sustainability strategies for our key clients, leading account relationships with some of the world´s most influential companies, mentoring other team members on strategy skills, and helping to design the next generation of winning services and solutions.

· You have an understanding of business strategy and/or strategy consulting, complemented with expertise in the corporate sustainability space. You are motivated by the challenges of transforming the world’s largest companies into more sustainable businesses.

· You’re a proactive team player that works quickly, independently and on schedule. Your analytical and organizational skills are top-notch. You communicate effectively and efficiently, both verbally and in writing. You’re experienced at, and passionate, about supporting the growth and development of your colleagues.

· For 5-10 years, you’ve had exposure to and interest in corporate sustainability. You have a successful track record in building and deploying strategies for internal or external clients. You have the ability to anticipate client needs and proactively offer solutions to help the client along their sustainability journey.

· You have an entrepreneurial spirit to be part of a team finding new solutions using this expertise to change the world. You’re highly motivated by the challenges of guiding global companies on a sustainable change pathway, adapting your strategy expertise to new challenges and innovating new paths to success.

As a Senior Strategist (ESG Consulting Business Development Leader) at Quantis in the US, here’s a preview of what type of work your days will include:

Client consulting sustainability strategy responsibilities:

· Account Management: Lead and grow key stakeholder relationships, while accelerating the transformation of the clients toward sustainability.

· Sales & Business Development: Lead sales processes and business development conversations. Must be able to achieve between $500k-1m+ in ESG consulting services sales in a year.

· Strategy & Solutions Creation: Lead the implementation of sustainability strategy projects, working with senior sustainability leaders, internally and externally, to develop sustainability strategies, managing their implementation and change pathway.

· Strategic Implementation: Support the shaping and delivery of all Quantis solutions around the strategy, bringing in our expertise on science, metrics, tools, communications and more.

· Training & Mentorship: Lead and collaborate with a team and with Quantis globally; provide mentorship and developmental support to other team members.

· Teamwork: Proactively co-create with our other Quantis team members to strengthen our delivery of strategy-related services.

· Innovation: Support efforts within Quantis’ innovation activities to develop a new generation of smart sustainability strategy solutions.

To thrive in the Quantis culture, you’ll:

· Show up as team collaborator with a win-win attitude: empathetic, attentive and supportive of colleagues when co-designing or co-delivering a project.

· Take responsibility and ownership for your work: think and act with autonomy or authority, while knowing when to ask for help.

· Take initiative if something needs to be done.

· Be positive! Use positive language, look at challenges not as bottlenecks, but as problems to solve, and see failure as a lesson learned.

· Practice open and transparent communication; welcome effective dialogue and productive disagreement with minimal tension.

· Self-Manage: be in the driver’s seat of your professional growth and ambitions all the while valuing the learning journey and opportunities within Quantis.

Some logistics to consider

· Location: Any location in the US. You'll have the possibility to work collaboratively in the Boston office as needed as well as to regularly meet your colleagues on team retreats.

· Start date: As soon as possible

· Ability to travel as needed, approximately 15% of work time for client or internal Quantis work and conferences

Quantis has a distinctive, fluid structure nurtured by our Quantis Spirit and our way of collaborating, that, in combination with our paid time off and other benefits, provides a positive and unique working environment. Salary will be determined based on potential for contribution to the organization’s success. The compensation target for this role ranges from $130,000 - $136,000. Higher compensation can be considered depending on seniority and capabilities.

At Quantis we believe that equality, diversity and inclusiveness are central to our mission of building a sustainable future. Quantis is an equal opportunity employer that embraces people from diverse backgrounds including race, color, nationality, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, disability, religion, creed, politics, or any other non-merit factor.

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