Sustainability Principal, Fashion & Sporting Goods

Sustainability Principal, Fashion & Sporting Goods

Drive change that matters. Build the partnerships shaping a sustainable future.

Base pay range: $/yr - $/yr

• Do you want to work with leading organizations to help them achieve their sustainability ambitions?
• Do you want to be part of a team recognized as a sustainability leader, driving impact through strategy, innovation, and collaboration?
• Are you excited to build lasting relationships with industry leaders and help guide their transformation journey?
• Are you ready to turn your business acumen into real sustainability impact for people and the planet?

As a Sustainability Principal focusing on client relationships, you’ll drive business development at a strategic level across the Fashion & Sporting Goods sector in the US. You will build and maintain high‑impact client relationships, lead large‑scale projects, own business development strategies for your sector, and secure high‑value contracts. You will develop long‑term client partnerships, design and implement account strategies aligned with client priorities, and serve as a line manager supervising your team’s work and mentoring colleagues across other teams.

Quantis, a BCG company, is a leading sustainability consultancy tackling the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our expert team partners with organizations worldwide to transform industries and shape an economy that thrives in harmony with nature. We guide companies from business as usual to business at its best by uniting the latest science with strategic insights, helping them reduce impacts, implement solutions, and operate within planetary boundaries.

You’re eager to apply your sustainability experience, business development, client relationship, and consulting capabilities, and leadership skills to our mission of aligning businesses with planetary boundaries. You have 8–12+ years in strategy consulting and/or the Fashion, Textile Retail, Sporting Goods, Luxury sectors, a strong sector knowledge, a network, a successful track record in sales, visionary team leadership, strong stakeholder engagement, project management experience, and a science‑based mindset.

You bring an entrepreneurial mindset, are confident using generative AI tools, communicate effectively in fluent English, and have a Master’s or PhD in a relevant field.

• 8–12+ years in strategy consulting and/or in the Fashion, Textile Retail, Sporting Goods, Luxury sectors.
• Successful track record in sales, building strategies, and securing new client relationships.
• Effective peer and team leadership, strategic decision‑making, and influential stakeholder engagement.
• Strong project management experience and skills.
• Master’s or PhD (or equivalent experience) in Environmental Science, Engineering, Business, Economics, or related discipline.
• Curiosity, science‑based mindset, and motivation to learn and grow.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and enjoyment of co‑creating innovative solutions with your team.
• Proficiency in generative AI tools with a critical and thoughtful mindset.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

• Additional knowledge in further corporate sustainability topics and/or sectors beyond your specific sector.
• Experience with corporate/product foot printing, nature (biodiversity, water), climate strategy & risk, land & agriculture, ESG reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Good knowledge of sustainability frameworks relevant to your sector and expertise.

• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Location:
  
  New York (preferred), Boston, Denver. Hybrid scheme
• Compensation target: $ – $ per year
• Optimal start date:
  To be discussed
• Travel required (occasionally)