Partner, Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change​/Director Level

ERM International Group is seeking a Partner, Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change at the Director level in Chicago, IL. This role involves leading client development, delivering consulting services, and driving growth in sustainability and climate change strategies. The candidate should have strong consulting skills and a technical foundation to enhance client relationships and support the transition to a low carbon economy. This position offers equity ownership and significant decision-making influence.
Position: Partner, Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change (Director Level)
As part of the continued growth and innovation of our North American Corporate Sustainability & Climate Change (CS&CC) team, ERM has an opportunity for an experienced leader to join our global consulting firm as a Partner and become a true owner and shareholder in a business with sustainability at its heart.

We are looking for an established leader interested in being part of ERM's thriving global community - outstanding professionals who combine strong consulting and business development skills with a strong technical foundation - to foster and expand a network of excellent client relationships across a variety of sectors. We seek an individual to help us drive the continued growth of ERM's business through selling and delivering world-class services, recruiting and developing our next generation of leaders, and further advancing our reputation for CS&CC solutions, coupled with value-creation programs based on the rapidly evolving Low Carbon Economy Transition (LCET).ERM,

as the world's leading sustainability consultancy, is uniquely qualified to advise Fortune 500 companies on climate strategy, disclosure, investor demands and the transition to a lower carbon economy. Our global CS&CC practice is a clear market leader, providing highly innovative advisory services from Board engagement to operationalizing sustainability and climate change strategy across our client's business. Our team provides strategic advice to clients, including conducting a wide range of carbon accounting analyses, assessing transition and physical risks and opportunities, setting and implementing ambitious climate goals (e.g., net-zero and science based targets), embedding climate considerations/decarbonization into business strategy and disclosing through reporting and responding to investor inquiries.

With a target of reaching $50 million in sales by 2023 in North America, ERM's CS&CC practice is one of the fastest growing in a business with annual double-digit growth.

ERM is also committed to taking a climate leadership position through "walking the talk" in our own business. We have committed to net-zero across our operations by 2025 and we are strengthening our Science Based Targets to align to a 1.5-degree Celsius target.

This is a Partner-level opportunity for a senior-level professional looking to further their career with an equity stake with a global sustainable business consulting leader that supports the world's leading organizations. A career as an ERM Partner is unique. Our partnership model offers unparalleled opportunities for leaders with ambition, vision and proven expertise, providing:

The opportunity to contribute significantly to key decisions, including the overall strategic direction of our organization.

Meaningful equity ownership with significant financial and intangible rewards.

The ability to provide "thought leadership" on a wide range of technical and business issues impacting our core markets.

An extension of ERM's market position and reach with your established relationships to further drive our growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Primary focus on client development and delivery of the full spectrum of ERM's consulting services to provide strategic value to our Key Clients in North America. In particular, play a key role in growing ERM's CS&CC practice with a focus on Climate Change Advisory across the firm's broad portfolio of service offerings:

Set strategic direction by understanding how climate considerations including transition and physical risks are reshaping market expectations, engaging their leaders (including the Board, C-suite and operational management) in defining the case for change, and setting new direction for integrating climate strategy into business strategy.

Implement change by leveraging ERM's business process transformation capability, digital solutions and deep subject matter expertise. We combine proven processes and systems with advanced technology and experienced professionals to help clients integrate decarbonization and climate resilience strategies into the fabric of their organizations to drive continuous improvement and unlock business value.

Disclose effectively by using proven methodologies for assessing materiality and driving robust reporting (e.g. GRI, SASB) and a strategic framework to respond to investor surveys (e.g. CDP, DJSI, MSCI, Sustainalytics, ISS). We offer specialist scenario analysis support to help meet growing investor demand for disclosure around climate change, using frameworks such as TCFD.Strong business and leadership skills to help deliver ERM's business objectives:

Actively develop commercial strategies to pursue and win new business opportunities associated with the Low Carbon Economy Transition that result in significant revenue growth with target clients aligned with ERM's global strategy.

Provide business value selling at the top levels of client organizations, raising the profile of ERM's capabilities within key client organizations, to identify and shape…