Director, Portfolio 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

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.