Senior Manager - Sustainability Advisory

Join our growing Sustainability Advisory team at Buro Happold and help deliver transformative sustainability outcomes for clients and the built environment across the public and private sectors.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of a dynamic team in its early start-up phase, with the chance to grow your own portfolio and influence the direction of our UK Advisory offering.

About the team

Buro Happold’s Sustainability Advisory team helps clients address the interconnected environmental, social and economic challenges shaping cities, organisations and portfolios. We partner with leaders across the public and private sectors, from helping cities develop costed delivery pathways to meet their energy, climate resilience and nature goals, to supporting real estate investors with sustainability due diligence and strategic transition plans, to advising governments on the evidence needed to inform future climate policy. Our work brings together systems thinking, technical depth and real‑world delivery to build resilience, unlock investment and create lasting value.

This role is intended to provide strategic sustainability consultancy to a range of public and private sector clients, particularly around direct (end-user) engagements for sustainability, climate adaptation, and resilience advisory services.

Key duties:

Client delivery & commercial management

• Lead end-to-end delivery of client assignments as key client contact.
• Manage client satisfaction, scope changes, and challenges.
• Quality assure deliverables and monitor commercial performance (resourcing, change control, invoicing, issue management).
• Operate as a trusted advisor for our clients.

Business development & market presence

• Manage and develop an active sales pipeline (leads, opportunities, proposals).
• Lead account management and bids, focusing on storyboarding and commercial elements.
• Lead proposition development and capability growth.
• Build Buro Happold and Advisory exposure within chosen markets.

Leadership, Coaching & Team Development

• Manage performance, development, and progression of team members.
• Ensure wellbeing and motivation of assignment teams.
• Lead Advisory people projects and collaborate across geographies/disciplines.

Your skills & experience:

• Proven experience in sustainability advisory, ideally with exposure to climate resilience consulting.
• A strong consulting background (boutique, big four etc).
• Prior experience working with clients in asset-intensive sectors.
• Experience in Public Sector and Infrastructure would be advantageous.
• Strong client relationship-building skills (existing networks are a plus).
• A seller/doer mindset with a passion for business development.
• Ambition to grow a capability, team, and shape our advisory offering.
• Ability to build and manage engagement teams.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Why Buro Happold?

At Buro Happold, you’ll be surrounded by intellectual and engineering challenges of the highest calibre. We offer a strong learning culture, and an entrepreneurial mindset. You’ll be part of something bigger—where sustainability, equity, and performance outcomes truly matter.

What we offer:

• Attractive benefits package including, car allowance, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme - 10% employer contribution.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.