Associate Director - Sustainability - Health, Life Sciences & Technologies Sector chez Mace Consult Limited

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. Within Mace Consult we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential of every project. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The role:

We are a purpose led organisation that places diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. Our global Responsible Business Centre of Excellence (CoE) bring themselves to work each day to make a difference. To create a connected and resilient world, shaping cities and building thriving communities, and helping our clients realise ambitions beyond delivery.

You will be the Responsible Business lead for Mace’s Health, Life Sciences & Technologies Market across Europe, to be based in either Germany, Switzerland or the UK. This is a leadership role, working with ambitious and outcomes focussed clients and colleagues to deliver purpose-led impacts. We especially would like the role to focus on our growth in pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing and datacentres.

You’ll be responsible

• Leading Responsible Business across the Health, Life Sciences & Technologies Market at Mace, and working closely with the Europe Hub lead, to set strategy and deliver the business plans

• Driving and growing our offer in one or more of pharmaceuticals, datacentres, and advanced manufacturing fields

• Be part of the Business Unit SLT and a contributor to overall strategy, business plans and people plans

• Driving service excellence and client satisfaction, assuring standards and processes across the Market, delivering purpose-led and measurable outcomes for clients, with particular focus on decarbonisation and climate change, biodiversity and social value

• Driving revenue from Responsible Business services and leading work winning with clients across the Market

•  Oversight and awareness of the financial performance of Responsible Business consultancy services, ensuring commercial performance is in line with revenue, margin and utilisation targets

• Enhancing the Responsible Business consultancy service offers, developing market differentiators, as well as identifying and bringing new service offers and products to market

• Identifying, coaching and mentoring talent; supporting professional and career development, while building capability in the regional hub

• Working collaboratively with other Mace CoE, including Project & Programme Management, PMO & Planning, Cost & Commercial Management, and Business Advisory, to help integrate responsible business outcomes into all service lines

• Representing the company and clients in a public forum, attending internal and external events to represent and raise the profile of Mace and Responsible Business services

• Championing the business unit’s contribution to the delivery of the Mace 2026 business strategy priorities and corporate targets, in particular our Pursuit of a Sustainable World to maximise our carbon handprint and help our clients save 10 million tonnes of carbon emissions, generate £700m of social value, and create 500ha of new biodiverse space

Your technical expertise:

•       Experience across one or more of pharmaceuticals, datacentres, and advanced manufacturing

•       Mastery in delivery of sustainability and social value services

•       Awareness of contract and commercial procedures

•       Excellent communication (written, verbal & presentational) skills, alongside the ability to assure service delivery and provide meaningful / actionable insights

•       Strong problem-solving skills

•       Up to date on key tools available in the market in the service delivery arena.

•       External networking, collaboration & business development skills. May represent the business on professional institution / industry wide committees / boards

About you:

•       Able to engage, motivate and coach others at all levels, role modelling inspirational and inclusive leadership

•       Able to persuade and influence at all levels, be an active member of the Regional Hub leadership team and to delegate effectively

•       Able to build and lead high performing teams

•       Able to navigate and manage across a matrix organisation

•       Able to navigate politics and cultural sensitivities

•       Have high levels of empathy

•       Able to deal with conflicting demands and juggle priorities

•       Are curious and able to respond to new and changing market demands and opportunities