The Vice President, Climate Transition is a senior and highly influential role within the company's Group ESG function, responsible for leading the strategic execution and integration of the company's climate transition agenda across its global operations and business activities. This individual will play a critical role in translating the company's overarching climate commitments into actionable strategies, robust methodologies, and impactful initiatives. This role requires deep expertise in climate science, sustainable finance, regulatory landscape, and risk management, coupled with exceptional leadership, project management, and cross-functional influencing skills to drive meaningful decarbonization and climate resilience throughout the organization and its client portfolios.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the refinement and championing of the company's climate transition strategy, ensuring alignment with global net-zero commitments and emerging best practices.
- Support the development, implementation, and management of specific strategic pillars and programs designed to embed climate transition considerations across key business units and corporate functions.
- Lead and coordinate the collection, validation, governance, and analysis of financed emissions data using PCAF and other globally recognized methodologies in coordination with the One Data team.
- Support the development, calculation, and periodic refresh of financed emissions baselines across material sectors and portfolios, aligned with PCAF methodologies and regulatory expectations.
- Review robustness, consistency, and completeness of climate and ESG data across geographies and business lines, coordinating with internal stakeholders and supporting external assurance and audit requirements.
- Support automation and integration of ESG and climate data into enterprise-wide reporting and analytics platforms.
- Act as a senior subject matter expert supporting client-facing businesses on decarbonization strategies, climate risk considerations, and sustainable finance opportunities.
- Support the assessment of clients’ transition plans, financed emissions profiles, sector decarbonization pathways, and climate-related risks and opportunities.
- Design and deliver internal awareness sessions, training materials, and capability-building workshops on decarbonization and climate-related topics for business and support functions.
- Support stakeholder engagement activities relating to climate transition planning and financed emissions management.
- Monitor, interpret, and assess evolving global and regional sustainability and climate-related regulations, supervisory expectations, and disclosure standards.
Requirements
- Master's degree (or equivalent) in Environmental Science, Climate Policy, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field. An MBA with a sustainability focus or a Ph.D. is highly preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive experience in sustainable finance, climate strategy, environmental risk management, or a related field within a major financial institution or relevant international organization.
- Deep understanding of climate science, energy systems, industrial decarbonization pathways, financed emissions, and the economics of climate transition.
- Extensive experience with climate-related risk frameworks, GHG accounting, and science-based target setting methodologies.
- Proven track record in designing, implementing, and managing complex, cross-functional climate-related projects and initiatives.
- Experience in a global role with exposure to multiple regulatory jurisdictions.
- Familiarity with emerging climate-related financial regulations in the GCC and jurisdictions we operate in.
