Consulting Director

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); Mumbai; Remote; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) seeks an experienced leader to join as head of Data Centers for India. The role offers location flexibility with potential base in ERM regions where the company has a local presence.

The head will work with clients and local practitioners to deliver sustainable data center projects in APAC. The ideal candidate has consultancy experience in data centers, strong leadership, and the ability to drive revenue while ensuring health, safety, and sustainability

Qualifications

• Experience in consultancy services for data center projects.
• Knowledge of health and safety and sustainability issues in data centers.
• Experience with site due diligence and construction EHS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic business plans to expand ERM's data centers and client base.
• Drive double-digit profitable growth for the data centers.
• Identify opportunities, prepare technical proposals, and lead business development with clients.
• Develop client relationships that generate repeat business.
• Design anddirect large projects and multi-person project teams.
• Meet client scope, budget, schedule, and quality expectations.
• Cross-sell ERM services to existing clients.
• Collaborate with ERM offices across regions.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Project management

Client relationship management

Job description

ERM is looking for an experienced leader to join us as our head of Data Centers for India. The work location is flexible with the possibility to be based in countries where ERM has a local presence in this region.

ERM has enjoyed great success supporting global players in the data center industry.

We have been innovating our service offerings tailored for these clients in recent years and we have built strong, trust‑based relationship with them.

We have ambitious growth aspirations for our data center business and the Data Center lead will work closely with clients as well as our local practitioners to ensure that we offer sustainable solutions to our clients in the APAC region.

The ideal candidate is a goal getter who strives to achieve commercial and client success and has experience providing consultancy services for data center projects.

We are looking for someone who enjoys collaboration with colleagues and clients to ensure successful delivery of our sustainable data center projects.

Working knowledge of the contemporary environmental, social, health and safety, and sustainability issues that companies in the data center sector face would help you to be successful in this role.

The area you will be supporting our clients is particularly focused on the early phases of data center development, from market entry through construction safety. Therefore, to be successful in this position from a subject matter perspective, we believe that you will be experienced in site due diligence and/or construction EHS issues.

This role is right for you if you are looking for a role in which you can make a real impact to the sustainability agenda. This is because joining us means that you will work with consultants with unique combinations of technical knowledge, professional experience and commercial acumen. This skill mix enables us to help our data center clients whose impact continue to influence and shape much of society today and for the future.

Our people are fantastic! They are passionate about sustainability and take ownership of their projects. You will work with a high performing team and achieve success together as a team.

Role profile Directors in ERM play a pivotal role in achieving current success and shaping our future growth direction

The Partner will provide leadership in communicating and enabling ERM's health and safety culture and be accountable and responsible for the following (not limited to):

• Develop and implement strategic business plans, provide leadership, and deliver performance results to expand ERM's data centers and relevant client base
• Serve as a key member of the ERM team to drive double-digit profitable growth for the data centers
• Identify and develop new opportunities, prepare effective technical proposals, and take active leadership role in developing new business with new and existing clients
• Develop and expand client relationships that generate repeat business
• Design and direct large projects and multi-person project teams
• Achieve client's expectations for scope, budget, schedule, and quality
• Develop a working understanding of ERM's other services and actively support cross-selling these services to existing clients
• Collaborate with ERM offices in the Europe, US, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America regions

APAC Ready to Lead Way At ERM, your work creates impact that matters, helping global organizations tackle the most pressing sustainability challenges while shaping a better future for communities and the environment.

Our vision is to empower you to grow, lead, and innovate alongside world-class clients on transformative projects. We prioritize wellbeing, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture where collaboration, expertise, and purpose drive meaningful impact.

At ERM, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and innovation thrives. If you're ready to make sustainability your mission and build a career that creates lasting change, your journey starts here.

Discover Life at ERM Curious about our culture and what makes ERM a great place to grow your career? Explore these resources to learn more about our people, values, and the impact we create: Talent Brochure: TM - Candidate brochure Life at ERM: Life at ERM

At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world's largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world's leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM's purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a "boots to boardroom" leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.