Associate Director - Life Cycle Assessment

Anthesis Group • ,

101d • $121,000 - $155,000

About The Position

As a senior member of Anthesis’ LCA Center of Excellence, the Associate Director combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to help clients use life cycle thinking to make better business and sustainability decisions. The role leads complex life cycle assessment (LCA) engagements from methodology and approach through delivery, ensuring technical rigor, robust assumptions, and alignment with relevant international standards and industry frameworks. It also shapes innovative approaches for emerging and complex contexts, including new technologies, circular systems, service-based models, and evolving value chains.

The role translates complex analysis and environmental impacts into actionable recommendations for executives and product, manufacturing, and sustainability leaders. It serves as a trusted technical advisor to clients, provides project quality assurance and technical leadership, and leads and develops project teams. The Associate Director also contributes to business development, thought leadership, new methodologies, automation, LCA at scale, Product Carbon Footprinting, sustainable product design, and technology-enabled sustainability transformation, while representing Anthesis at external events.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of hands-on LCA experience across multiple sectors, including experience leading complex assessments.
• Degree in Materials Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong command of SimaPro, OpenLCA, and Excel.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 14040/14044, ISO 14067, the GHG Protocol Product Standard, PEF, PCRs, EPD-related EN standards, and relevant industry-specific frameworks.
• Experience with GHG inventories and corporate carbon footprinting.
• Experience applying LCA to complex or emerging contexts, including circular systems, new technologies, service-based systems, or evolving value chains.
• Strong understanding of how system boundaries, feedstocks, data quality, assumptions, and methodological choices can influence LCA outcomes and decision-making.
• Ability to work confidently with incomplete or imperfect information and use sound technical judgment to develop defensible approaches.
• Strong client-facing and communication skills, including the ability to make complex technical topics accessible to technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to lead multiple complex projects, manage competing priorities, and maintain high standards of quality and delivery.
• Experience mentoring and developing others and providing technical leadership while maintaining broader project and client context.
• Commercial mindset and confidence contributing to business development, proposals, and client conversations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with GaBi.
• Experience with technology, semiconductors, digital services, AI, cloud infrastructure, or technology-sector footprinting.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex LCA engagements from methodology and approach through delivery, ensuring technical rigor, robust assumptions, and alignment with international standards and industry frameworks.
• Develop LCA approaches for emerging and complex contexts, including new technologies, circular systems, service-based models, and evolving value chains.
• Translate LCA results and environmental impacts into clear, actionable recommendations for executive, product, manufacturing, and sustainability audiences.
• Advise clients, challenge assumptions and problem framing where appropriate, and design tailored approaches for their sustainability and business challenges.
• Provide technical leadership and quality assurance by reviewing models and deliverables and supporting consistent, high-quality project work using tools such as SimaPro, OpenLCA, and Excel.
• Lead and develop project teams by managing priorities, delegating, mentoring junior colleagues, and building organizational LCA capabilities.
• Contribute to business development through client conversations, proposals, RFP responses, and identification of opportunities to expand Anthesis’ LCA offering.
• Contribute to thought leadership and the development of methodologies, automation, LCA at scale, Product Carbon Footprinting, sustainable product design, and technology-enabled sustainability transformation.
• Represent Anthesis at conferences, industry events, and other external forums.

Benefits

• Comprehensive group health, dental, and vision insurance plans for employees and dependents.
• Flexible Spending Account (US only).
• 100% Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance coverage.
• 100% coverage of Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance benefits.
• 3% contribution into retirement plans, with the option to contribute more through pre-tax payroll deductions up to a certain cap.
• Employee Assistance Program and Travel Insurance.
• Annual PTO allotment, 56 hours of sick leave, and paid company holidays.
• Opportunity to contribute to the growth and development of Anthesis’ LCA Center of Excellence.
• Opportunity to work on projects supporting clients’ sustainability, circularity, and climate goals and collaborate with sustainability subject matter experts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior