ESG and Sustainability Strategist

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.

At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world’s leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story: we are looking for ESG and sustainability strategist to join our team.

About the role

We’re seeking a ESG and sustainability strategist to join Cognizant’s sustainability practice. You’ll be working with a global team of sustainability and digital experts who use Cognizant’s vast expertise in modernising technology, reimagining processes, and transforming experiences to help our clients stay ahead in a fast-changing world.

As part of this role, you will collaborate with sustainability experts and offer owners to enhance existing propositions. You will also provide support during pre-sales and participate in client advisory projects. Our offers aim to provide solutions to clients across various industries and levels of the organization. We require someone who is adaptable and enthusiastic about working on data use cases that range from the manufacturing plant to the boardroom.

We strongly believe that data and digitalization and emerging technologies such as AI and industry 4.0 can serve as a valuable tool in supporting our clients and the global community in achieving sustainability improvements that are essential to staying within the limits of the planet. If you are enthusiastic about the potential of data and digitization to promote sustainability and are eager to take on the challenge of realizing this potential, then this position is an ideal fit for you.

Key Responsibilities

1. Work with sustainability experts to identify use cases and develop offers to solve them.

2. Review and enhance (data) strategy advisory frameworks, with focus on how to leverage sustainability data insights for clients

3. Advise our clients on how to shape their strategies and roadmaps to enhance their sustainability data maturirty.

4. Validate offers and use cases with clients and implement a cycle of continuous improvement.

5. Lead key advisory projects (optimally 30-40% of the time)

6. Manage partnerships with key technology providers, develop accelerator ideas and drive their implementation with the sustainability practice delivery team.

7. Grow & mentor the team in line with the project pipeline.