Sustainability Solution Lead
A Globally Known Tier 1 Bank are looking for a Sustainability Solutions Lead on a contractual basis until the end of 2026 with the potential of being extended into the new year.
The Role
This role is to be the technical lead, influencing our technology domains and platforms to embed sustainability into underlying platforms and technologies. You are likely to have cross-domain technology experience that will help to identify feasible solutions and considerations in what we have today and opportunities for the future.
Acting as an internal consultant (technologist or architect) you will have the technical acumen to understand and be able to choose different optionality in requirements being developed. Thus, turning strategic thinking into viable business cases that enable us to embed sustainability by design into our technology choices.
Beyond immediate opportunities, the remit will require a multi-year roadmap, including designing and delivering a framework, with relevant artefacts, alongside the wider Sustainability Technology function, that will enable technologists to embed Sustainability by Design.
Our function supports the Bank in delivering against its Strategic Ambition to be Net Zero in Operations and Supply Chain by 2050, as well as supporting Technology areas to leverage the sustainability/net zero lens as a driver and lever for optimization, simplification and innovation.
Responsibilities;
- Generate CTO infrastructure and CTO platforms perspectives and translate customer needs into platform and infrastructure requirements that guide to sustainability considerations into current and future activities.
- Turn strategic thinking into viable business cases for change Act as thought leader on sustainability agenda in infrastructure and architecture activities.
- Outline requirements for CTO platforms with sustainability and cost considerations.
- Support strategic interactions and choose what needs to change strategically.
What we are looking for;
- Strategic solution architecture thinking with ability to investigate requirements
- Understanding of how enterprise infrastructure and platforms work
- Experience with containerization, virtualization and cloud technologies
- Ability to conduct cost modelling and determine business case viability
- Understanding of sustainability in technology context
- Solutions architecture or consultancy experience, ideally from exposure to similar tech projects