Sea Climate & Sustainability Adaptation & Resilience Expert Consultant/project Leader/associate Director

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Job Description



Who We Are



Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders\xe2\x80\x94empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.


Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.


Practice Area Profile



Climate change is not a future threat\xe2\x80\x94it\xe2\x80\x99s an immediate one. BCG\xe2\x80\x99s Climate & Sustainability practice (C&S) partners with businesses and governments to help them transform commitments into action and build a decarbonized, more sustainable world, driving technological and economic transformations to realize sustainable competitive advantage.
As part of our commitment to protecting the planet and helping clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, BCG is deepening and broadening its focus. C&S brings together more than 550 experts covering the full range of sustainability topics, including biodiversity, circular economy, decarbonization, sustainable agriculture, transition financing, water management, and other ESG topics\xe2\x80\x94across all sectors\xe2\x80\x94to support our clients around the world.




What You\'ll Do



As an Expert at BCG, you are integrated into a BCG team and leverage deep expertise on projects that reshape businesses. You will be given end-to-end responsibility for large and complex "modules" within a BCG project, may lead small but high-impact teams to drive results for our clients, and contribute to BCG\xe2\x80\x99s intellectual capital. You will work closely with clients to understand their issues, create strategies for change, and win buy-in for recommendations, while also collaborating with colleagues on complex client issues.

You will:
  • Play a leading role in helping our clients to improve their climate adaptation/resilience capabilities through case leadership & execution, client development, and intellectual property & product creation
  • Build, manage and maintain client relationships in the adaptation and resilience sector
  • Help clients to formulate comprehensive climate adaptation & resilience capabilities, including scenario modelling, key risk diagnosis and opportunity identification & prioritisation
  • Support selling and delivery of adaptation & resilience related projects/programs with private, public and not-for-profit sector clients
  • Identify socioeconomic, cultural or regulatory factors that may affect potential adaptation & resilience solutions, and incorporate these into recommended solutions
  • Provide intellectual leadership for project teams by generating key ideas and conceptual frameworks to guide research and analysis
  • Develop BCG\xe2\x80\x99s thought leadership content and programs as part of our Climate and Sustainability practice in support of BCG\xe2\x80\x99s clients and commercial agenda
  • Build internal affiliation and capability on adaptation & resilience specifically and Climate and Sustainability more generally
  • Build connections to regional and global adaptation & resilience experts


What You\'ll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)



We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for exceptional talent from consulting or industry to join us. You would typically:
  • Deep technical expertise on key climate risks faced by Southeast Asian countries and regionally specific adaptation & resilience issues
  • Technical understanding of climate drivers, hazards and impact analysis, as well as latest developments from UNFCCC, IPCC and other relevant technical sources/references
  • Ability to thrive in a hypothesis-based environment where inductive rather than deductive reasoning is the norm
  • Strong people skills including building empathy, strong relationships, and trust
  • Experience leading and managing teams, providing thought leadership
  • Proven ability to build and maintain senior executive relationships, influencing senior executives\' agendas and supporting critical strategic decisions
  • Relevant tertiary qualifications from a top tier institution(s); Master\'s degree, MBA or PhD preferred
  • Fluency in English is a must
  • Fluency in any ASEAN language is a plus

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD938846
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Education
    Not mentioned