IT Sustainability Lead

AXA UK; North East; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in the UK is seeking an IT Sustainability Lead to oversee the climate impact of IT services. You will implement strategies to reduce the company's Greenhouse Gas footprint and drive cultural change in sustainable practices. The ideal candidate has a strong technical background, experience in cloud services, and skills in managing stakeholder relationships. Competitive salary with various benefits offered.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Annual company & performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Private health cover

28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Wellbeing services & resources

AXA employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working across various areas including software, hardware, service, and FinOps.
• Previous experience with Digital Sustainability activity-based engagement is preferable.
• Effective organizational skills underpinned by excellent collaborative working.

Responsibilities

• Own the Digital Sustainability IT function within AXA UK.
• Implement the AXA UK IT DS Strategy and associated Action Plans.
• Collaborate with Senior Stakeholders on the DS strategy.

Skills

Technical IT background

Experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud

Knowledge of Data Centre operations

Skilled in Excel and PowerBI

Project management skills

Stakeholder management skills

Confident presentation skills

Digital Sustainability knowledge

Education

Digital Sustainability, Climate or Environmental related education

Tools

Excel

PowerBI

Job description

Description

Are you passionate about driving meaningful change in the realm of IT sustainability? AXA UK is seeking an IT Sustainability Lead, the authoritative figure responsible for monitoring the climate change impact of our IT services, solutions, and platforms. You’ll spearhead efforts to ensure that we make significant progress against our defined action plans aimed at reducing our IT Greenhouse Gas (GHG) footprint. Join us in our commitment to meet AXA’s ambitious external target of reducing CO2 emissions from IT operations and help us shape a more sustainable future through innovative digital and technology practices.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We’re also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you’ll be doing:

• Own the Digital Sustainability (DS) IT function within AXA UK.
• Steer Sustainable IT transformation by increasing awareness, embedding cultural change, and training.
• Implement the AXA UK IT DS Strategy and associated Action Plans, including FinOps initiatives, which reduce the AXA UK Greenhouse Gas (GHG) footprint and meet targets determined by AXA Group, AXA UK and others.
• Collaborate with Senior Stakeholders within IT on the DS strategy, progress, training and initiatives to drive AXA UK wide commitment.
• Evolve AXA UK’s future capability to manage, measure, track and communicate DS with appropriate technology, processes and skills.
• Deliver UK and Group DS reporting requirements within schedule.
• Drive the adoption of DS best practices, processes, and tools in AXA UK.
• Own ESG reporting and initiatives aligned with DS.
• Represent AXA UK in Digital Sustainability forums and activities.

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply.

What you’ll bring:

• Technical IT background is essential with experience working across a variety of areas including software, hardware, service, and FinOps.
• Experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud services and platforms.
• Knowledge of Data Centre operations.
• Skilled in Excel and PowerBI, with demonstrable experience in both.
• Previous experience with Digital Sustainability activity-based engagement is preferable.
• Ability to lead projects with effective task management to produce actionable results.
• Effective organisational skills underpinned by excellent collaborative working and pragmatic decision making.
• Proven track record of collating and interpreting disparate digital information to ensure quality timely outcomes.
• Skilled in stakeholder management across business areas at all levels including director level.
• Confident presentation and influencing skills.
• Digital Sustainability, Climate or Environmental related education or evidence of continuous development of DS related knowledge and skills.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

What we offer:

At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary of £40,000 - £45,000 dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private health cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

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Who we are:

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA’s three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you’ve got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you’re just starting out, we’ll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.