Associate Director- Sustainability & Impact

ArchiMed SAS; Lyon; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCHIMED is seeking a senior leader to own Sustainability & Impact across its portfolio, driving value creation and ensuring alignment with fund mandates. You will guide teams, shape roadmaps, and engage with portfolio management and external partners on complex ESG disclosures.

The role requires extensive experience in S&I frameworks, strong leadership, and the ability to communicate effectively with C-suite executives across international teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience building and executing sustainability strategies.
• Proven leadership, initiative and project management.
• Strong knowledge of S&I frameworks and disclosures (SFDR, SASB, CSRD, EDCI, PMDR, and the UN SDGs).
• Strong impact measurement and reporting skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation abilities with C-suite exposure.
• Ability to coach junior team members and promote collaboration.
• Detail-oriented with ability to build sustainability narratives.
• Pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset under pressure.

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 and guiding S&I interns where required.
• Develop and oversee the execution of actionable S&I roadmaps for each portfolio company, with targets and milestones.
• 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 to ensure alignment with S&I strategy.
• Establish the tools and framework to collect, monitor, and coordinate S&I data across funds and contribute to annual S&I reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Presentation

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching

Team collaboration

Job description

Location : Lyon, France

About ARCHIMED:

With offices in Europe, North America and Asia, ARCHIMED is a leading investment firm focused exclusively on healthcare industries. Its mix of operational, medical, scientific and financial expertise allows ARCHIMED to serve as both a strategic and financial partner to healthcare businesses. Prioritized areas of focus include Biopharma Products, Consumer Health, Healthcare IT, In Vitro Diagnostics, Life Science Tools & Biologic Services, MedTech, and Pharma Services.

ARCHIMED helps partners internationalize, acquire, innovate and expand their products and services. ARCHIMED manages €8 billion across its various funds, including the largest healthcare-only private equity fund raised by a European-based General Partner. Since inception, ARCHIMED has been a committed Impact investor, both directly and through its EURÊKA Foundation.

The Team

• An international team (with more than 30 nationalities) with complementary education and experience in the investment, medical, scientific, strategic and operational sectors
• Composed of alumni from: INSEAD, Berkeley, Georgetown, Bocconi, HEC Paris, Ponts et Chaussées, ESSEC, Imperial College, Dartmouth, etc.
• Professional backgrounds: Private Equity (3i, Siparex, USS Ltd, Barings, capiton), Consulting (A.T. Kearney, Bain, McKinsey), M&A (Lazard, EY, KPMG, PwC), Industry (Biotronik, Cerba, Pharmacy, Veterinary)

Your Role

Portfolio engagement and value creation

• 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.

Investment process

• 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.

Data, reporting, and compliance

• 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.

Center of excellence and capability building

• Establish an S&I center of excellence across funds and portfolio companies, with tools, reports, and training materials that share guidance and best practices.
• Provide expert guidance and S&I training to management, investment, and investor relations teams to deepen integration across the business.

• At least 10 years’ experience building and executing sustainability strategies, preferably in private equity.
• Proven hands‑on leadership, initiative, and project management skills, with strong problem‑solving ability.
• Robust knowledge of S&I frameworks and disclosures, including SFDR, SASB, CSRD, EDCI, PMDR, and the UN SDGs.
• Strong command of impact measurement methodologies, including developing and reporting on impact metrics.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to build coherent sustainability narratives and proofread content.
• 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.