South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities. With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities.

Our Consultancy & Advisory Services team provides our clients with outstanding technical expertise that enables the successful implementation of complex sustainability projects. Our expertise spans across multiple topics including land and water management, climate strategies, renewable energies, environmental impact assessments, green products, climate policy, carbon pricing, climate finance, and sustainable finance, to name just a few. If you are a smart, ambitious and dynamic sustainability professional with a strong passion to make a real difference in the fight against climate change, the below position may be right for you! 

Job summary:

The goal of the Climate Impact Data Scientist, Product Development is to build and lead product innovations within South Pole Climate Strategies’ consultancy activities. You will be accountable for creating and implementing new data related products of services, tools and software solutions in the climate risks and opportunities practices, in tight collaboration with the practice leader. The product solutions will aim for standardizing or innovate data analysis services within the fields of physical and transitional risks and opportunities assessments and risk management solutions.

You will establish and coordinate a solid innovation process to develop and agree upon relevant product development ideas. Hereby you engage with and involve the necessary stakeholders within South Pole. You will technically design the new data-related products, coordinate with relevant stakeholders and guide and supervise consultants and analysts in the actual development of the new product initiatives. And you will take accountability for the quality as well as the commercial viability of the products. You will co-design the business cases and help South Pole to become a leading provider of innovative sustainability solutions.

Suggested proportional breakdown of time allocation for the role’s various responsibilities:

• Climate Strategies project implementation (20%)
• Product Development (70%)
• Thought Leadership (10%)

The role will be reporting to and be line managed by the Head of South Pole’s Risks & Opportunities Practice.

Main tasks & responsibilities:

• Understand the market trends and needs, as well as South Pole’s strategy
• Lead the Risks & Opportunities product development initiative of merging the South Pole Antarctica risk model with external data sets/models to scale the applicability of SP’s model
• Product Owner for the internal Climate Data Science Enabled Consulting
• Build a pipeline to retrieve Climate Data and Customer Exposure Data from the SP Data Warehouses and do on-demand and/or batch analyses with analytical tools (climada)
• Drive the development of new products from planning to integrating market feedback by coordinating a team of product developers.
• Develop product overviews to make sure products can be understood internally and externally
• Represent South Pole at client meetings, conferences and trade shows.
• Establish and build relationships with partners/leading institutions that can assist with world-class data and research
• Find and secure external public or philanthropic funding to support product development efforts
• Interact and build relationships with internal stakeholders across different practices in South Pole
• Provide guidance on and technical leadership in the development of proposals and implementation of advisory projects, as well as lead their technical review
• Lead and directly manage a small team of consultants/experts in a multi-stakeholder and multi-geographies context

Requirements:

Essential 

• University degree, ideally at a Master’s level or higher, in a field related to sustainability, environmental sciences, engineering, mathematics or modelling.
• Relevant knowledge of developing digital solutions and products, fast prototyping and climate science
• Extensive experience in climate or financial modelling, product development, environmental sciences, sustainability consulting or related fields
• Advanced knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications, database management and programming languages (e.g. R, Python, SQL or VBA)
• Solution-oriented and creative mindset
• Excellent analytical skills
• Business-minded and client-oriented
• Ability to play a leading role in client/stakeholder interaction and to explain the products to an internal and external audience
• Have an advanced network of potential clients, collaborators or other relevant stakeholders
• Excellent oral and written command of English
• Advanced interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to act as a team leader in a multicultural environment
• Ability to organise/prioritise tasks, delegate and meet deadlines

Desirable 

• Good working knowledge of all Google Suite applications
• Diligent, reliable, proactive and self-sufficient but collaborative approach to work
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced international environment
• Excellent prioritisation and time management skills

What we offer:

At South Pole, we care about our employees as much as we care about the planet. South Pole is not just an employer, we are a Team. South Pole does not just offer people a job, we offer you a career. By joining our team, you will find strong purpose and deep meaning in everything you do. You will have the chance to make a real difference for our clients and for the planet, working alongside a passionate team of like-minded colleagues, while building your knowledge/skills and developing your career in a fun, dynamic, international and fast-growing organisation. 

We’re a planet of 7.5 billion unique and different people. We all have a contribution to make; South Pole is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status or disability. Our recruitment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.