ESG Programme Manager - Central London

ESG Programme Manager

Contract: 6 months

Engagement: Inside IR35

Location: Central London

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ESG Programme Manager to help deliver major environmental, social and health-related commitments. The ESG Programme Manager will bring programme management excellence, strategic discipline and strong cross-functional leadership to some of the organisation's most important sustainability and ESG initiatives.

Key responsibilities for the ESG Programme Manager:

Lead Priority Sustainability Programmes

• Drive end-to-end delivery of key sustainability programmes in partnership with senior sustainability leaders.
• Ensure alignment, remove delivery barriers and embed measurable outcomes tied to strategic objectives.
• Shape annual and future-year sustainability targets and ensure systems are in place for accurate quarterly and ad-hoc reporting.

Performance, Reporting & Governance

• Manage the annual calendar of sustainability and ESG activities, ensuring all milestones, governance forums and reporting cycles run seamlessly.
• Maintain the ESG reporting programme plan and prepare the organisation for evolving regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functional deliverables, including quarterly scorecard and performance reporting.
• Oversee the sustainability budget, ensuring robust financial governance and resource planning.

Ways of Working & Continuous Improvement

• Strengthen programme governance frameworks and enhance team operating rhythms.
• Identify and embed best-practice methodologies across sustainability workstreams.
• Support programme shaping, planning and prioritisation to maximise value and impact.

Skills & Experience Required for the ESG Programme Manager:

• Proven experience managing complex, multi-workstream transformation and IT programmes.
• Understanding of programme and project management principles, tools and methodologies.
• Knowledge of regulatory and ESG reporting environments.
• Ability to coordinate delivery across technical and business functions.
• Excellent governance, planning, risk and dependency management capabilities.
• Financial management experience and ability to work within defined budgets.
• Ability to translate objectives into measurable KPIs/OKRs and track performance.
• Experience driving outcomes across cross-functional teams.
• Highly collaborative and relationship-driven style.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and leadership abilities.

Desirable Experience for the ESG Programme Manager:

• Background in ESG frameworks, sustainability reporting or non-financial disclosure programmes.
• Experience working in sustainability or ESG-related environments.
• Experience in CPG, Retail, Pharmaceuticals or Lifesciences sectors.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Project Management qualification.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.