Senior Director, Sustainability & Impact Strategy

ARCHIMED; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCHIMED, a leading healthcare-focused investment firm, seeks a senior Sustainability & Impact (S&I) leader to drive portfolio engagement, develop S&I roadmaps, and oversee reporting across funds. You will guide value-creation projects, work with deal teams, and mentor S&I interns while shaping frameworks and disclosures.

Required: 10+ years building sustainability strategies, hands-on leadership, and strong storytelling to engage C-suite executives internationally.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years' experience building and executing sustainability strategies, preferably in private equity.
• Proven hands-on leadership, initiative, and project management skills.
• Robust knowledge of S&I frameworks and disclosures, including SFDR, SASB, CSRD, EDCI, PMDR, and the UN SDGs.
• Strong command of impact measurement methodologies.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the adaptability to engage C-suite executives internationally.
• Proven team player, able to build working partnerships and promote collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to coach junior team members, sharing knowledge and giving regular feedback.
• Pragmatic, constructive, creative, and solution-oriented, with a positive mindset and the ability to work under varied pressures.

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio engagement on Sustainability and Impact (S&I), providing hands-on support to portfolio companies and tracking S&I progress across ARCHIMED's portfolios through dashboards, KPIs, and supporting processes.
• Lead select portfolio value creation projects, collaborating with deal teams as well as guiding and project managing S&I interns where required.
• Develop and oversee the execution of actionable S&I roadmaps for each portfolio company, with targets and milestones based on the company's materiality analysis and aligned with ARCHIMED's S&I strategy, partnering with third-party technical experts when necessary.
• Influence portfolio company management to advance their roadmaps through technical guidance and sharing of best practices.
• Act as the bridge between deal teams and external providers during due diligence, critically assessing findings to confirm that each target is consistent with ARCHIMED's S&I strategy and fund obligations.
• Work with all ARCHIMED functions to review and improve how S&I is integrated into investment decision making.
• Establish the tools and framework to collect, monitor, and coordinate S&I data across funds, enabling timely, accurate, and consistent reporting, and select third-party technical experts when necessary.
• Analyze and interpret S&I data and substantially contribute to the production of ARCHIMED's annual S&I report in line with industry standards and frameworks, turning data into clear narratives.
• Contribute substantially to regular reporting to investors and to mandatory disclosures on fund S&I performance, ensuring credibility and transparency.
• Monitor regulatory developments in ARCHIMED's locations and sectors of focus, and help ensure compliance with sustainability-related requirements.

Skills

Sustainability strategy

Leadership

Project management

Impact measurement

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

C-suite engagement

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Training & coaching

Problem solving

Public reporting

SFDR knowledge

CSRD knowledge

UN SDGs

Regulatory awareness

Job description

ARCHIMED, a leading healthcare-focused investment firm, seeks a senior Sustainability & Impact (S&I) leader to drive portfolio engagement, develop S&I roadmaps, and oversee reporting across funds. You will guide value-creation projects, work with deal teams, and mentor S&I interns while shaping frameworks and disclosures.

Required: 10+ years building sustainability strategies, hands-on leadership, and strong storytelling to engage C-suite executives internationally.