UK Service Line Leader – Compliance Strategy and Transactions (CST)

Ramboll Group A/S; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as the UK Service Line Leader for Compliance, Strategy, and Transactions. In this pivotal role, you will lead a national team of environmental and health professionals, driving the growth and performance of the service line. Your leadership will shape the culture and strategic direction, ensuring the delivery of industry-leading advisory services in EHS and ESG. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on sustainability efforts while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment. If you're passionate about leading teams and making a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Commitment to personal development

Inclusive company culture

Inspiration from diverse projects

Work/life balance support

Qualifications

• Experience in P&L management and delivering business plans.
• Proven leadership skills with a focus on colleague experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the UK CST service line and drive profitable performance.
• Implement strategic direction and manage recruitment for the service line.

Skills

Department management

Strategic planning

Leadership

Colleague development

Client relationship management

Project management

Education

Degree in environmental sciences

Master's degree in environmental discipline

Job description

UK Service Line Leader – Compliance Strategy and Transactions (CST)

Do you enjoy leading and growing a national team of environmental and health and safety professionals delivering EHS and ESG mergers and acquisitions diligence, EHS management and compliance, and permitting? Would you be at home in a forward-thinking environment and health business delivering services to our trusted clients? Would you thrive in an environment where sustainability is at the core of what we do?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Environment and Health Market as our UK ‘Compliance, Strategy and Transactions’ Service Line Leader and make a positive impact to our people, society and the environment.

Your new role

As our new UK Service Line Leader for CST, you will be responsible for the operation, growth and profitable performance of our UK CST service line, a national team of approximately 70 colleagues, itself part of our European and global CST service line. Ramboll’s CST team is recognised for providing industry-leading advisory services in EHS and ESG in mergers and acquisitions, EHS management and compliance assessment services, health and safety management, and environmental permitting and planning, predominantly to corporate and financial clients, with specialisms in the data centres and industrials sectors. You will be working alongside other Service Line Leaders in Impact Assessment, Site Solutions, Air and Climate, Ecosystem Solutions, Landscape and Water.

The role also includes membership of the UK Environment and Health (E&H) business unit management team, which itself is responsible for the overall operation, culture, and profitable growth of the UK E&H business, comprising of approximately 300 colleagues.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Create and implement a compelling vision, culture, and strategic direction for the UK CST service line, building on excellent foundations, to realise the short- and longer-term growth objectives.
• Lead the development and implementation of CST UK’s annual business plan, including our actions and priorities relating to colleague experience, recruitment and retention, aligned to the European and global CST strategies.
• Drive collaboration with international CST colleagues, and other UK and international service lines, business units and sectors to realise the cross-functional opportunities and take the best of Ramboll to our clients.
• Represent UK CST at UK, European and global internal forums and external events, including supporting the European and Global CST leaders by representing UK CST upwards and supporting implementation of European and global initiatives in the UK.
• Implement a culture of commercial excellence and business integrity, including determining bid go/no go opportunities and ensure compliance with Ramboll’s business integrity and compliance systems.
• Create a culture of openness, free speech, equality, allyship, inclusion, and constructive feedback, and ultimately be responsible for the pastoral care, performance, reward, development, training, and succession of the people within the service line.
• Facilitate resource management as a national team, and plan and lead recruitment for the service line.
• Fulfil the requirements of the Head of Department role, responsible for delivery of revenue, growth and profit against the budget.
• Drive our business development, thought leadership, and client relationship management programmes, to build long-term, trusted client relationships, and a suitable opportunity pipeline and orderbook.
• Lead selected client engagement and management, and support others to develop and grow trusted advisory relationships with our clients.
• Implement Ramboll’s governance, project management and compliance process in the service line and instil the Ramboll Leadership Principles in the way we work.

About you

You will join our Environment and Health Market and be an important part of our Environment and Health Market in the UK. You will be responsible for our approximately seventy UK CST professionals, operating out of twelve UK offices, including locations in England, Scotland and Wales.

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include:

• Experience in department or P&L management, including delivering against business plans.
• Proactive and responsible leadership experience, including mid-to-long-term strategic planning and decision making.
• Experience in establishing a positive colleague experience, including allyship, inclusion, equality, colleague development.
• Successfully implementing colleague recruitment, onboarding and retention activities.
• Managing commercial business risks and opportunities, and developing long-term client-facing trusted advisor relationships.
• Financial and technical project management and direction experience.
• Appropriate degree in environmental sciences, environmental engineering or a related environmental discipline.
• Master’s degree in an environmental discipline (advantageous).
• Managing workload, deliverables and resources across multiple projects, initiatives and tasks.

What we can offer you

• Commitment to your development.
• Leaders guided by our Leadership Principles.
• A culture that welcomes you as the unique person you are.
• Inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects.
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company.

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application with your up-to-date CV. We invite diversity in all its forms and encourage applicants from all groups to apply.

Work at the heart of sustainable change with Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation-owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland has a proven track record of sustainable and responsible business and is a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, with more than 1,500 employees across 16 offices. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health, and Energy. In 2024, Ramboll was included in the Sunday Times’ list of Best Places to Work.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone is able to flourish and reach their potential. We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when, and how much you work. As a company, Ramboll recognises the importance of having a good work/life balance, both in terms of individual well-being and its positive impact with respect to the engagement and retention of our employees. We aim to support all employees to achieve a work/life balance which enables them to work in a supported manner while having the time to achieve personal aspects of their life outside of work. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds and characteristics. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it more comfortable for you. You can contact us at [e-mail] with such requests.