US Climate Risk Lead: Strategy, Risk & Disclosure

Arcadis; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

401K

Paid parental leave

Nine paid holidays

15 days PTO

Job summary

Arcadis seeks a US Technical Lead, Climate Risk to join the Climate and Sustainability Advisory team. You will lead climate risk engagements for diverse sectors, translating climate science and finance into actionable strategies, disclosures, and risk management.

Hybrid work options available in DC, NYC, or Chicago. You will mentor junior staff, advance Arcadis’s climate risk methodologies, and drive growth across North America while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams across real estate,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required in a relevant field.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional consulting experience focusing on climate risk assessment and reporting.
• Expertise in climate physical and transition risk assessments, vulnerability assessments, scenario analysis, and climate-related financial impact modeling.
• Strong consulting, client management, project leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to translate complex concepts into business insights.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams across 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; support client development and pursuit activities.
• Oversee technical analyses and deliverables ensuring accuracy, quality, and alignment with objectives.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, staffing, and delivery across engagements; communicate findings via reports, dashboards, workshops, and executive presentations.
• Advance climate risk methodologies, tools, and best practices; stay current on climate science, risk modeling, regulatory developments, and disclosure requirements.
• Collaborate across sustainability, resilience, engineering, and digital solutions teams; contribute to thought leadership through conferences, blogs, and media.

Skills

Client management

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field of study

Job description

Arcadis seeks a US Technical Lead, Climate Risk to join the Climate and Sustainability Advisory team. You will lead climate risk engagements for diverse sectors, translating climate science and finance into actionable strategies, disclosures, and risk management.

Hybrid work options available in DC, NYC, or Chicago. You will mentor junior staff, advance Arcadis’s climate risk methodologies, and drive growth across North America while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams across real estate,