Role Description:
This exciting role offers the candidate the opportunity to work with the leading global player for impact economics. You will have the opportunity to steer the future of Natural Capital and Biodiversity research, product development, sales and client delivery. You will be joining a team of 120+ specialists in the impact domain, including Natural Capital research teams with hands-on industry experience providing solutions to major global brands (e.g., major tech companies, utilities, etc.).
Responsibilities:
Delivery (40%)
1. Support in Natural Capital and Biodiversity deliveries both bespoke and automated, notably:
- Data-as-a-Service: Natural Capital, biodiversity, physical risk, and ecosystem services.
- Global frameworks and regulations mapping: CSRD, TNFD, UN SDGs, etc.
- SaaS: Enterprise impact platforms (i360x and SME360x), data platform (Data Portal)
- Bespoke analysis: Operational impact analysis, future forecasting, scenario analysis, site selection, supply chain analysis, biodiversity footprinting, physical risk analysis etc.
Research (30%)
1. Support Natural Capital research, including:
- Continual enhancement to existing impact evaluation models
- Research new impact methodologies
- Support wider research team members by inputting Natural Capital and Biodiversity expertise into their work
2. Support provided includes:
- Ideation of product enhancements and new features
- Client engagement to test ideas
- Research to explore and build underlying models that support products
- Client engagement for live products to support, service, and gather crucial insights
Sales (20%)
1. Design GTM sales strategy and success metrics
- Continuously manage client opportunity prioritisation
2. Develop and iterate sales materials for each prospective client, and for general client engagement
3. Drive end-to-end prospective client engagement, including:
- Responding to inbound leads
- Reaching out proactively to potential prospects
- Presenting GIST Impact products and services
- Managing and scheduling all prospective client interactions
Corporate and wider GIST Impact team collaboration (10%)
1. Engage across teams to build Natural Capital expertise (e.g., knowledge transfers, lunch-and-learns, ad hoc support)
2. Identify and support innovation activities across teams
Requirements and Preferred Skills:
- 0-2 years in natural capital / biodiversity domain, or management consulting equivalent
- Proven knowledge of major sustainability frameworks (e.g., TNFD, CSRD)
- A Bachelor/Master’s degree in Environmental Science, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Sustainability Management, or any other related discipline
- Certifications in GRI Reporting, TCFD Reporting and/or CSRD Training are a plus
- Experience in using LCA models like GaBi, EcoInvent, etc.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace
- Knowledge of programming languages such as MATLAB, R, Python, etc., is desirable
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism