We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.
Role Title: Sustainability Solutions Lead
Location: SheffieldHybrid - 60% office 40% home
Duration: 30/11/2026
Rate: £519/Day [MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA]
Role Description:
Role Title Sustainability Solutions Lead
This role is to be the technical lead, influencing our technology domains and platforms to embed sustainability into underlying platforms and technologies. You are likely to have cross-domain technology experience that will help to identify feasible solutions and considerations in what we have today and opportunities for the future.
Acting as an internal consultant (technologist or architect) you will have the technical acumen to understand and be able to choose different optionality in requirements being developed. Thus, turning strategic thinking into viable business cases that enable us to embed sustainability by design into our technology choices.
Beyond immediate opportunities, the remit will require a multi-year roadmap, including designing and delivering a framework, with relevant artefacts, alongside the wider Sustainability Technology function, that will enable technologists to embed Sustainability by Design.
You may have come from a technology consulting background, architecture or engineering.
Why join us (Overview of Dept./Function).
The Chief Technology Office (CTO) comprises Infrastructure, Data, Platforms and Engineering, providing products and services for customers across the Bank.
Within CTO is the Sustainability function, which serves as Client Technology's central team that manages the creation and monitoring of environmental standards for technology related programmes and initiatives. This includes the production and management of energy and carbon metrics, data and insights that other areas within CTO and technology can consume to drive sustainable and commercial outcomes.
Our function supports the Bank in delivering against its Strategic Ambition to be Net Zero in Operations and Supply Chain by 2050, as well as supporting Technology areas to leverage the sustainability/net zero lens as a driver and lever for optimization, simplification and innovation.
Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities (eg, for Business, Customers and Stakeholders; internal control environment, etc.)
What you'll do: (List out Key Responsibilities).
Generate CTO infrastructure and CTO platforms perspectives and translate customer needs into platform and infrastructure requirements that guide to sustainability considerations into current and future activities
OR Act as a bridge between customer needs (platforms team) and provider capabilities (infrastructure team) to identify opportunities to include sustainability considerations in current and future initiatives.
Turn strategic thinking into viable business cases for change Act as thought leader on sustainability agenda in infrastructure and architecture activities
Outline requirements for CTO platforms with sustainability and cost considerations
Support strategic interactions and choose what needs to change strategically
Participate in calls to offer immediate thoughts and recommendations
Functional Knowledge
Critical thinker, with ability to engage and influence up to Senior Executive levels
Strategic solution architecture thinking with ability to investigate requirements
Technical acumen to understand and be able to choose different optionality in requirements being developed
Understanding of how enterprise infrastructure and platforms work
Experience with containerization, virtualization and cloud technologies
Ability to conduct cost modelling and determine business case viability
Understanding of sustainability in technology context
Awareness of industry technology trends and external environment
Capability to apply multiple lenses when developing documentation
Solutions architecture or consultancy experience, ideally from exposure to similar tech projects
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If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.