Digital Sustainability Services team - Manager/Senior Manager (Zürich/Bern/Basel or Geneva/Lausanne)

The opportunity

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your voice and perspective to help EY become even better too.

We are expanding our team and looking for Digital Managers/Senior Managers to join the Climate Change and Sustainability Services team to be based in several of our Swiss office locations: Zürich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne and Bern.

At EY, the Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team seeks to shape the future with confidence by helping businesses respond to societal, environmental, and economic challenges. We help businesses understand and evaluate the broader value impacts and outcomes associated with their organizations, operations, programs, and projects.

Our global team is multidisciplinary and combines our core knowledge in accounting and reporting with knowledge in technical and regulatory sustainability issues. Our teams help clients improve the credibility of their ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting and integrate sustainability aspects in business processes, including supplier management, climate & nature strategies and labor rights.

We are seeking a Manager / Senior Manager to help clients unlock the value of digital, particularly but not exclusively through Microsoft’s technology stack for sustainability and ESG transformation.

In this role, you will advise and deliver across topics such as ESG data and reporting, product and corporate carbon management, supplier engagement and due-diligence, workflow automation and target architecture design.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead client engagements focused on the design and implementation of sustainability technology solutions
• Advise clients on target architectures, operating models and technology roadmaps for ESG data, reporting and performance management
• Drive projects involving Microsoft solutions such as Power Apps, Power Automate, Dynamics 365, Fabric, Power BI, Azure and Microsoft OpenAI and Copilot capabilities and adjacent technologies from other software vendors
• Experience with AI-enabled solution design, including the use of Copilot, Azure OpenAI, intelligent automation, document extraction, knowledge retrieval, or agent-based workflows
• Experience shaping or contributing to AI architecture for enterprise use cases, including topics such as orchestration, security, access model, integration patterns, and human-in-the-loop controls
• Support the translation of business and regulatory requirements into solution design, process flows, data models and functional specifications
• Lead workshops with business and technology stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize use cases and align on delivery approach
• Oversee solution configuration, testing, deployment and business adoption
• Manage project teams, coach junior colleagues and ensure high-quality deliverables
• Contribute to business development by shaping proposals, client pitches, points of view and go-to-market offerings
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders across sustainability, finance, procurement, operations and IT

Skills and attributes for success
To qualify for this role you must have

• A Bachelors or Masters degree in technology/engineering, ideally in combination with environmental sciences/engineering, sustainability or related/equivalent fields of study
• Interest in topics such as sustainability, climate change, human rights, biodiversity and non-financial reporting & assurance, as well as training in these areas
• Experience in climate change services, human rights or in financial or non-financial audit
• Ability to work independently across multiple engagements with overlapping deadlines
• Agility to learn and adapt on the job, ask the right questions and strive for the best solutions for clients are a must
• Strong project leadership, stakeholder management and business development capabilities

What we look for

• 5-10+ years of relevant experience gained in consulting, system integration or enterprise technology transformation
• Good understanding of the broader Microsoft stack, including Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Fabric, Azure, Power BI, Copilot and Azure OpenAI services or adjacent technologies from other software vendors
• Proven ability to lead workstreams or end-to-end projects in complex client environments
• Strong understanding of data, process and systems integration topics
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience developing proposals, managing teams and contributing to practice growth
• University degree in business, technology, engineering, sustainability or a related field
• Professional proficiency in English (written and spoken) is a requirement, additional proficiency in Italian, German or French is a plus

Ideally, you also bring

• Experience with Microsoft Sustainability Manager
• Experience in ESG, sustainability, carbon, non-financial reporting, supplier engagement or broader sustainability data management
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture, cloud-based data platforms and workflow automation
• Experience integrating Microsoft solutions with ERP, data platforms or third-party sustainability tools
• A strong network within the Microsoft ecosystem or experience collaborating with alliance teams
• Relevant certifications, preferably from Microsoft

What we offer

• International multi-cultural team of highly motivated professionals
• Constant personal development with a steep learning curve - a system of trainings, mentoring, counselling and on-the-job learning
• Modern working environment and equipment, fostering mobile working flexibility
• Transparent performance-based recognition and progression system
• The chance to work with senior leaders across consulting, alliances and industry teams
• Attractive career progression, entrepreneurial responsibility and continuous learning opportunities
• Acquire a fully accredited corporate MBA (EY Tech MBA) or a Masters in Sustainability from Hult International Business School, whilst working with EY, completely free*