Senior Climate Risk Lead, Advisory & Strategy

Arcadis U.S.Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis U.S. Inc. is seeking a US Technical Lead, Climate Risk to join our Climate and Sustainability Advisory team.

This hybrid role can sit in Washington DC, New York City, or Chicago, leading climate risk engagements across sectors and translating climate science into business strategy. Responsibilities include managing multidisciplinary teams, delivering risk assessments, scenario analyses, and financial impact evaluations, and advancing Arcadis's climate risk methodologies and digital

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in consulting with a focus on climate risk assessment and reporting.
• Demonstrated expertise in climate physical and transition risk assessments, vulnerability and criticality assessments, scenario analysis and climate-related financial impact modeling.
• Strong consulting, client management, project leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business insights.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams and delivering complex projects across multiple stakeholders and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Lead climate risk assessment and reporting engagements from planning through delivery, including scenario analysis, quantitative risk assessments, and financial impact modeling.
• Manage client relationships and facilitate workshops, interviews, and executive-level discussions, while supporting client development and pursuit activities related to climate risk.
• Oversee technical analyses and deliverables to ensure accuracy, quality, and alignment with project objectives.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, staffing, and delivery across multiple engagements, communicating findings through reports and executive presentations.
• Advance climate risk methodologies, tools, and best practices while staying current on climate science and disclosure requirements.
• Collaborate across sustainability, resilience, engineering, and digital solutions teams, contributing to thought leadership through conferences and multimedia.

Skills

Client management

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree in relevant field of study

Advanced degree (preferred)

Job description

Arcadis U.S. Inc. is seeking a US Technical Lead, Climate Risk to join our Climate and Sustainability Advisory team.

This hybrid role can sit in Washington DC, New York City, or Chicago, leading climate risk engagements across sectors and translating climate science into business strategy. Responsibilities include managing multidisciplinary teams, delivering risk assessments, scenario analyses, and financial impact evaluations, and advancing Arcadis's climate risk methodologies and digital