Sustainability Practice Consultant, Carbon & Energy Lisboa

Sustainability Practice Consultant, Carbon & Energy
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

Sustainability (which covers environmental, social, and economic justice issues) is an increasingly important topic for our clients. In the Sustainability Practice, we help our clients make critical decisions that impact the core of their business strategy, related to sustainability strategy, the environmental and social impact of operations, stakeholder engagement, and
- related growth and cost opportunities. We work to ensure that sustainability efforts are anchored in business fundamentals and demonstrate a clear return on investment – and that those efforts are then firmly embedded within our clients' strategy and operations.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Practice Consultant is a critical member of the Sustainability Practice. They will have the opportunity to both support and lead efforts across a number of the practice’s
- specific and/or strategic priority projects and
-
- day operations, with a particular focus on the Carbon & Energy Transitions. This role requires close collaboration with Bain’s Sustainability Partners and other experts across Bain globally.

The Practice Consultant will work closely with Practice Senior Manager and Director to develop solution IP, support selling and pitches, design and create key practice content and presentations, develop
- driven strategies and innovation solutions, and deploy
- edge techniques and tools that help clients accelerate their growth and reach full potential. The Practice Consultant effectively progresses deliverables, prioritizes effectively, and streamlines and improves ways of working, in collaboration with multiple, often senior, stakeholders across the business.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Solution design, development, deployment, and delivery
   • Support the Practice Senior Manager and Director to develop elements of specific IP, including global reports, research briefs, market overviews and solution/topic specific materials tailored to specific sectors/industries.
   • Provide direct solution support on key priorities.
   • Support case teams with
     - of examples, approaches, templates, and nuanced support to rapid response requests, building on Knowledge Management team and linking to solution/product experts; coordinate on specific interlock elements.
   • Build elements of training materials for affiliates on latest solution IP and interlock customized IP.
   • Work closely with benchmarking team to prioritize opportunities and integrate outputs into IP or selling materials.
   • Develop and scale
     - focused AI and digital solutions, identifying opportunities to integrate automation, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies to drive business impact.
   • Identify issues, create hypotheses, and execute analysis; translate data into meaningful insights; present recommendations to key
     - makers.
2. Solution full potential
   • Own the creation of a competitive factbase to support the solution full potential plan and backlog; conduct solution gap identification and differentiation analysis; research & assess ecosystem offerings and potential partners/vendors/acquisitions.
   • Run analysis and support business case development for solution investments.
   • Support with plan for commercializing IP, including timing, channels, etc.
   • Develop specific elements of the 80% proposals, sales plays, and other commercial collateral; customize microsites.
3. Practice strategy, planning, and reporting
   • Support data collection, maintenance, and analysis on experts and commercial collateral.
   • Support interlock
     - ups.
   • Proactively coordinate debriefs with pitch teams, leveraging direct contact with teams, identifying solutions gaps.
   • Provide direct proposal support.
   • Codify best practices.
   • Run analysis to aid discrete elements of Practice plans; ensure data integrity and drill down to resolve discrepancies.
   • Bring together disparate data sources; highlight issues and spot trends to inform
     - making.
   • Contribute to additional projects and perform select ad hoc analytics.
4. Practice communications and teaming
   • Work effectively
     - practice and
     - functionally; proactively share and solicit information across practice, focusing on the key implications.

EDUCATION

• Required: Bachelor of Arts or equivalent undergraduate degree with strong academic credentials.
• MBA is a plus.

EXPERIENCE

• Current or former
  - tier management consultant or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated problem solving and organizational skills, and a proven
  - starter (comfortable with what could be a remote supervisor and team).
• Knowledge of, and experience with, leading business and analytics tools.
• Ability to structure and lead complex business research and analysis in
  - paced environment, as well as the skills to drive to pragmatic business insights.
• Experience in digital strategy, AI-driven innovation, or sustainability tech solutions within a consulting, product, or corporate strategy function; knowledge of, and experience with, leading business, analytics, AI/digital tools.
• Experience and proficiency in creating high quality presentations and
  - level communications.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES

• Passion for business issues; intellectual curiosity and thirst for learning, particularly in practice area topics.
• Consistent track record of delivering results, including ability to execute more than one project at once.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex ideas into clear,
  - friendly narratives (including in Power
  Point).
• Strong analytical abilities; comfort with Microsoft Excel functionalities and working with data analysis tools (e. g. Tableau).
• Expertise leveraging digital tools and AI.
• Passion for sustainability and deploying
  - edge sustainability techniques and tools that help clients accelerate their growth and reach full potential.
• Maturity to manage highly confidential information.
• Able to work independently and prioritize in a dynamic and
  - paced environment (comfortable with a remote supervisor and team).
• Attentive to detail, organized and possess solid workplanning skills.
• Excellent customer service attitude.
• A strong team player, acts in an
  - cause manner.
• Willingness to be flexible to meet the needs of the practice and its case teams.
• Knowledge of Bain’s operating model, processes, and business functions (internal candidates only).
• Fluency in English.