The Role
Leads sustainability strategy and transformation consulting engagements, managing projects, developing operating models, guiding change and implementation, and delivering client presentations and workshops. Builds client relationships, supports proposals and business development, develops service offerings, contributes thought leadership, manages junior colleagues, and supports organizational initiatives. Requires strong sustainability expertise, commercial acumen, financial modeling, board-level communication, and experience with large transformation programs.
Summary Generated by Built In
As a Principal Consultant in our Strategy and Transformation team, you will be client-focused, leading, project managing and supporting projects that allow organizations to develop and implement sustainability strategies. You will be an experienced sustainability practitioner, with fluency across topics and expertise in specific areas. You will be well-versed in sustainability strategy development, have strong commercial acumen and significant transformation-related expertise.
This should include experience of operating model design, change management and implementation of large transformation programmes, preferably in a sustainability context. You will be meticulous on the details, but also get the wider picture – providing an informed market view and an ability to articulate business value and benefits.
Alongside this, you will contribute to our long-term growth through supporting the development of our market proposition, line management responsibilities and business development.
(Note: We are welcoming applicants based in the UK and Dublin for this role)
This should include experience of operating model design, change management and implementation of large transformation programmes, preferably in a sustainability context. You will be meticulous on the details, but also get the wider picture – providing an informed market view and an ability to articulate business value and benefits.
Alongside this, you will contribute to our long-term growth through supporting the development of our market proposition, line management responsibilities and business development.
(Note: We are welcoming applicants based in the UK and Dublin for this role)
Key Responsibilities
Client & Project Delivery – 65% of time
- Project Management – managing the delivery of agreed consulting engagements / projects on time, on budget, and to high standards of quality.
- Deliverable Drafting & Presentation – preparing and delivering high quality reports, presentations, and workshops in line with project scope.
- Expert input and QA – reviewing project work and providing expert viewpoint and quality assurance on deliverables.
- Client Relationship Building – earning the confidence and trust of client teams, and representing our direct clients’ interests effectively inside their organisations.
Business Development – 20% of time
- Service development - contributing to the development of our strategy and transformation service offerings and/or streamlining and improving existing service offerings including creating delivery and proposal templates, providing training and acting as internal expert on strategy and transformation programmes.
- Key Account Development – helping to guide and support deeper and longer-term partnerships with valuable and impactful clients over time.
- Proposal / Bid Writing & Presentation – discussing, framing, designing, pricing and presenting project proposals (with the guidance and support of colleagues)
- Thought Leadership & Marketing – supporting the team and wider business in lead generation and brand-building through the creation of IP and marketing materials
Organisational & Personal Development – 15% of time
- Training & Personal Development – using the ACE (Anthesis Centre of Excellence) learning and development platform, and guided by your line manager. Line Management – supporting more junior colleagues to guide and manage their growth and performance within Anthesis.
- Strategic & Organisational Initiatives – contributing to important internal initiatives, proposition development and innovation. Recruitment – contributing to growing the team through recruitment.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
We believe that great contributors can come from various backgrounds, and we welcome those shifting into the sustainability space from adjacent fields. As guidance, at this level, we’d typically look for:
- 6+ years experience in strategy / transformation consulting from a leading management or sustainability consultancy.
- Or 7+ years’ experience in-house, in a related organisational function / field, where strategy development and implementation was part of role.
- Fluency across multiple sustainability topics, with expertise in specific areas (e.g. climate, circularity).
- Operating model design and large programme implementation experience are essential.
- Understanding and experience of applying best-practice strategy and transformation frameworks, and change management approaches.
- Experience in sustainability governance and progress management desirable Ability to understand commercial data sets, develop financial models and build sustainability-linked business cases.
- Confidence in talking to Board level stakeholders including CFOs and financial professionals in client organisations.
- Extensive sustainability network in UK / EMEA and demonstrated success in proactively building pipeline and growing accounts.
- Strong working familiarity with MS Office Suite is required, with high levels of numeracy and strong Excel skills preferred.
- Previous experience with working on corporate purpose programmes is a nice-to-have.
- Fluency in AI and ability to embed AI usage in internal and client-facing work.
About
Our commitment to building and maintaining a diverse workforce Anthesis has clients across all industry sectors and supports some of the world’s largest multinationals such as Reckitt, Cisco, Tesco, The North Face, and Target. The company brings together 1,300+ experts operating across 22 countries and 44 office locations with offices in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, the Middle East, Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. We encourage all employees to contribute their ideas, perspectives, and experiences to help us create an inclusive and equitable workplace. By embracing diversity and providing equal opportunities, we believe we can drive innovation, foster creativity, and achieve our shared goals. So, if you’re ready to be a part of something truly extraordinary, then we want you! Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Together, we can continue to build a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and thrive. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to your application process, or need this job advert in a different format, just let us know and we’ll be happy to help.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in strategy or transformation consulting from a leading management or sustainability consultancy
- Alternatively, 7+ years of in-house experience in a related organizational function or field involving strategy development and implementation
- Fluency across multiple sustainability topics with expertise in specific areas such as climate or circularity
- Experience in operating model design and large program implementation
- Understanding and experience applying strategy, transformation, and change management frameworks
- Experience in sustainability governance and progress management
- Ability to understand commercial datasets, develop financial models, and build sustainability-linked business cases
- Confidence communicating with board-level stakeholders, including CFOs and financial professionals
- Extensive sustainability network in the UK or EMEA and demonstrated success building pipeline and growing accounts
- Strong working familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite
- High numeracy and strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Previous experience working on corporate purpose programs
- Fluency in AI and ability to embed AI usage in internal and client-facing work
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The Company
What We Do
Anthesis is the sustainability activator. We seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, companies, and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world. The company combines the reach of big professional services groups with the deep expertise of boutiques. Anthesis has clients across industry sectors from corporate multinationals such as Reckitt Benckiser, Cisco, Tesco, The North Face and Target, and also supports early-stage companies through Anthesis Ventures. The company brings together 1250+ experts with 45 offices located in 23 countries including Andorra, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Middle East, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the US.
