US Climate Risk Lead, Climate & Sustainability Advisory

Arcadis•Chicago, IL

2d•$112,640 - $182,477•Hybrid

About The Position

Arcadis is seeking a US Technical Lead, Climate Risk to join its U.S.-based Climate and Sustainability Advisory team. The role leads climate risk engagements across multiple sectors, helping organizations understand, quantify, and manage physical and transition risks. It translates climate science, engineering, financial analysis, and regulatory requirements into actionable business strategies, supporting climate risk assessments, disclosure readiness, transition planning, and enterprise risk management. The position combines technical leadership, client relationship management, and practice development. The lead manages complex projects, mentors junior team members, contributes to Arcadis’s climate risk methodologies and digital solutions, and supports the growth of climate risk services across North America. It is a hybrid role based in Washington, DC; New York City; or Chicago. The role leads climate risk assessment, reporting, and transition-planning engagements across sectors such as real estate, manufacturing, infrastructure, transportation, technology, and consumer products. As a trusted advisor and primary client contact, the lead guides clients through climate risk, resilience, and disclosure challenges. The position also drives business development, directs multidisciplinary teams, supports development of Arcadis’s Climate Risk Nexus platform and service offerings, and promotes technical excellence and professional growth.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study.
At least 10 years of professional consulting experience focused 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.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree and/or additional certifications in relevant sustainability disciplines.
Strong familiarity with climate scenarios and frameworks including IEA, NGFS, and IPCC.
Experience supporting clients with ISSB, CSRD/ESRS, TCFD, SEC, or California climate disclosure requirements, or climate transition planning.
Experience with climate-related financial analysis, resilience planning, enterprise risk management, or climate disclosure programs.
Experience with climate risk and vulnerability assessment for the transportation and energy sectors.

Responsibilities

Lead climate risk assessment and reporting engagements from planning through delivery, including scenario analysis, quantitative risk assessments, and financial impact modeling.
Lead physical and transition risk assessments, vulnerability and criticality assessments, scenario analyses, and climate-related financial impact evaluations.
Translate technical findings into practical recommendations and executive-ready communications for public officials, senior leaders, boards, and investors.
Support clients in aligning with climate risk and disclosure frameworks, including ISSB, CSRD, TCFD, and California climate disclosure requirements.
Manage client relationships and facilitate workshops, interviews, and executive-level discussions.
Support client development, business development, proposal development, strategic client engagement, and pursuit activities; identify growth opportunities.
Oversee technical analyses and deliverables to ensure accuracy, consistency, quality, and alignment with project objectives.
Direct multidisciplinary project teams and manage schedules, budgets, staffing, and delivery across multiple engagements.
Communicate findings through reports, dashboards, workshops, and executive presentations.
Advance climate risk methodologies, tools, best practices, and service offerings, including contributing to Arcadis’s Climate Risk Nexus platform.
Stay current on climate science, risk modeling approaches, regulatory developments, and disclosure requirements.
Collaborate across sustainability, resilience, adaptation, engineering, and digital solutions teams.
Contribute to thought leadership through conferences, professional organizations, blogs, videos, and other multimedia.
Mentor junior consultants and support technical excellence and professional growth across project teams.