Director/AD-Sustainability Transformation (Tech role)

ResponsibleUs; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ResponsibleUs is seeking a Director/Associate Director for Sustainability Transformation—Decarbonization. Gurgaon-based, senior role focusing on leading decarbonization and digital-enabled transformation initiatives with client-facing responsibilities.

The candidate will drive EBITDA improvements through energy transformation, AI analytics, and contract optimization, interfacing with CXOs and delivering large-scale engagements across sectors.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of senior experience in sustainability transformation roles.
• MBA preferred with a B.Tech/B.E. from a top-tier college.
• Strong executive presence to interact with CXOs and boards.
• Experience leading large digital transformation programs in energy and manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead decarbonization transformation programs to improve EBITDA across sectors.
• Drive energy transformation, cost optimization, and digital-enabled performance improvements.
• Own revenue growth, client relationships, and deal origination for transformations.
• Collaborate with internal and external networks for end-to-end offerings.
• Provide leadership in sustainability, AI transformation, and digital twins initiatives.

Skills

Sustainability Transformation

Digital Transformation

AI & Analytics

Executive Communication

Education

MBA + B.Tech

Tools

AI/ML

Digital Twins

PLC/Automation

Job description

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Director/AD-Sustainability Transformation (Tech role)

Featured Full-time Sustainability Senior

Contract Full-time

Experience Senior

Closing Date November 30, -0001

Country India

Sector Sustainability

Job Description

Job Position Title: Director/Associate Director – Sustainability Transformation – Decarbonization

Location: Gurgaon

Years of experience required:12 years+

Education qualification: Masters (MBA preferably) with B/Tech/B.E. from top-tier colleges.

Job Description & Summary

The profile focuses upon onboarding a self-motivated and self-driven professional to lead the decarbonization transformation for our clients, resulting in EBITDA improvement. The Director/Associate Director will be at the center of digital transformation initiatives across sectors enabling integration of renewable energy, improving energy efficiency, building upon climate change frameworks, cost take out and performance improvement. This would be a client-facing leadership role responsible for originating, selling, and delivering large transformation engagements.

Responsibilities

Drive enterprise-wide EBITDA improvement programs through value-engineering, cost optimization, and digital performance levers across manufacturing and services. Integrate Digital transformation programs for the clients focusing on:

• Energy transformation: Integration of renewable energy and battery energy storage system (BESS), energy efficiency, and green fuels – green hydrogen/ammonia/methanol. Energy management dashboards for the enterprises to track the real-time flow of energy along with sources, cost, and source-wise consumption.
• Cost optimization: Designing and implementing AI and advanced analytics for capex project management (across greenfield and brownfield expansions) and operational improvement.
• Contract analytics: Tracking key contract terms and associated value for the client covering – roles and responsibilities, timelines/milestones, implications of missed timelines, liquidated damages, cashflow/working capital monitoring and management.
• Critical minerals and materials for manufacturing: Adoption/ Sourcing of critical minerals and materials for manufacturing RE equipment such as solar cells/wafer/ingot, wind turbine, BESS cell chemistry, green hydrogen electrolyser, etc.

Lead Engineering & Digital Enabled Transformation

• Experience in delivering digital manufacturing diagnostics, digital twins, operational command centers, advanced analytics platforms, AI-enabled process optimization, and energy management systems.
• Hands-on experience using machine learning, GenAI, optimization algorithms, digital twins, reinforced learning, and advanced PLCs to deliver improvements.

Should have an executive presence and interact seamlessly with CXOs, Board members, Manufacturing/Plant heads.

Business Development

Own revenue growth across priority sectors, including opportunity identification, proposal development, commercial negotiations, executive relationship management, and account growth.

Collaboration and networking

Utilize internal and external networks for large transformation pursuits/projects for end-to-end offerings to the client, with an element of recurring/success fees model.

Mandatory skill sets

Sustainability - led value creation including productivity improvement, electrification and energy optimization. AI/Digital transformations including industrial engineering, advanced analytics and digital twins.

Preferred skill sets

• Lead Digital and AI Transformation initiatives
• Strategy/Transformation/PMO/ Digital Solutions for Capex Project Management and Operational improvement
• Experience working with clients across sectors such as manufacturing, power, renewables, chemicals, iron and steel, cement, oil and gas, metals and mining.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Team building and people skills
• Business Development
• Client Management