Managing Consultant - Sustainability

Managing Consultant - Sustainability

• 072041

Job description:

The Sustainable Design Lead’s position is to help direct and shape the future of sustainable design within Synapse, a hardware product development consultancy. The sustainable design lead will work collaboratively with the VPs of engineering, Directors and Heads of our engineering departments, and the engineering teams directly to establish sustainable design strategy, train the team on cutting-edge techniques they can apply to client product engineering, and ensure that sustainable design work done is held to our rigorous standards in service of our clients. The sustainable design lead works with the sales and marketing teams to sell and deliver exceptional sustainable product development services, including creating quals and assets for use in sales pitches. This individual also creates trainings and builds product development tools, processes, and best practices for the sustainable design practice. A primary focus is developing a strong team of practitioners of sustainable design, including engineers of several different disciplines, and training them on both the sustainable design practices as well as communication tools to use with clients on the subject. This is both an inwardly- and externally-facing role that is responsible for representing this practice to the market and key leaders within client organizations.

Given the leadership this role brings, and our collaborative environment, this role is based in Seattle and part of our hybrid work model.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the Sustainable Design practice at Synapse, extending to provide that expertise to Capgemini. Keep the team and practice at Synapse current and up-to-date on industry research. Design and deliver trainings to key practitioners of sustainable design (including engineers of different disciplines.) Ensure that sustainable design work is held to our quality standards
• Contribute to the Capgemini/Synapse sustainability strategy, including identifying market trends, collaborating with leadership to identify new opportunities and how to apply sustainable design to the existing sectors, and mapping future developments of the team and offer evolution
• Personally sell sustainable design work to clients, clearly communicating what sustainable design is, how we practice it, and why it is in our clients’ best interests to engage on the topic, as well as creating quals and supporting sales teams on request
• Publish thought leadership, articles / white papers on trends, advances, and research on sustainable design, renewable energy, climate technology, and other relevant topics with an eye towards building credibility in the space and readership, as well as attract new clients
• Perform work on or assist with Synapse’ engineering projects that involve a sustainable design or climate technology focus, as needed
• Represent Synapse and Capgemini Invent at professional sustainability conferences such as GreenBiz / Sustainable Brands
• Interface with the Capgemini Sustainability teams worldwide to spread knowledge of sustainable design and provide input, sales support, and services to teams/clients as needed

Capgemini discloses salary range information in compliance with state and local pay transparency obligations. The disclosed range represents the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we
would pay for this role at the time of this posting, although we may ultimately pay more or less than the disclosed range, and the range may be modified in the future. The disclosed range takes into account the
wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, geographic location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority,
performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. At Capgemini, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. The base salary
range for the tagged location is $93,800 - $167,232
This role may be eligible for other compensation including variable compensation, bonus, or commission. Full time regular employees are eligible for paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and
any other benefits to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of
compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

• Flexible work
• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
• Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Disaster Relief

About Capgemini Invent

As the digital innovation, design and transformation brand of the Capgemini Group, Capgemini Invent enables CxOs to envision and shape the future of their businesses. Located in more than 36 offices and 37 creative studios around the world, it comprises a 10,000+ strong team of strategists, data scientists, product and experience designers, brand experts and technologists who develop new digital services, products, experiences and business models for sustainable growth.

Capgemini Invent is an integral part of Capgemini, a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of over 360,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2022 global revenues of €22 billion.

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Disclaimer

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

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Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in the sustainable design space
• Skill at describing life cycle assessment to an unfamiliar audience, and bringing the idea of sustainability into practice in design and through to manufacturing
• Ability to think and speak about strategic and tactical elements of sustainable design as it pertains to design work for clients
• Ability to contribute to strategy of developing a sustainable design practice at Synapse/Capgemini - both upskilling an existing team, developing a plan for growing the team, and contributing to plans to successfully find and engage new clients with this need
• Working knowledge of life cycle assessment, sustainable design techniques (DfE techniques), and circularity in product development
• An understanding of the hardware product development process, with a focus in mass-production consumer goods
• A working knowledge of supply chain and materials management sustainability issues as pertain to manufacturing
• Experience writing and publishing thought leadership
• Experience collaborating with customers to define sustainability and business metrics and considerations, and converting that into application in design
• Experience working with engineers to bring sustainability into design considerations

Desired:

• Knowledge in biomimicry, whole system mapping, biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, or other sustainability topics
• An understanding of the climate tech space and/or carbon capture and storage industries