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Programme Director – Energy Transition & Industrial Decarbonization

  • Full Time
  • Remote - India
  • 6 months
  • Project posted on: 30/07/2026
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Programme Director – Energy Transition & Industrial Decarbonization

  • Strategy and Consulting
  • Strategy development
  • Business development
  • Program Management Support (PMO)

Remote - India
tooltip_icon_dark Open to consultants anywhere in India

Full Time

6 months

 30/07/2026

Assignment Details

Our Client, is a Global Sustainability Consulting Firm

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Programme Leadership & Delivery

  • Lead the design and delivery of a multi-year initiative focused on low-emissions ammonia and fertiliser sector decarbonisation in India
  • Define programme strategy, workplans, milestones, and analytical approach
  • Oversee high-quality analytical outputs, including techno-economic assessments and investment cases
  • Ensure delivery against impact objectives, timelines, and stakeholder expectations

Market Development & Business Origination

  • Identify, shape, and originate follow-on opportunities linked to the programme
  • Build and maintain a pipeline of potential engagements across industry, finance, and policy stakeholders
  • Convert relationships and insights into funded programmes, partnerships, or commercial work

Stakeholder & Coalition Leadership

  • Build and manage senior relationships across government ministries, fertiliser producers, project developers, and financial institutions
  • Design and lead coalition structures, including defining vision, governance, and engagement models
  • Represent Systemiq externally in high-level forums, discussions, and partnerships

Team Leadership

  • Manage and develop a small, high-performing team, including 1–2 Systemiq staff (potentially rotating or relocating to India) and a locally hired Associate
  • Set clear priorities, provide coaching, and ensure high standards of delivery across the team
  • Contribute to hiring and onboarding of additional India-based team members as the platform scales

India Platform Development

  • Work in close partnership with Systemiq leadership to shape and scale the organisation’s presence in India
  • Provide on-the-ground insight into market dynamics, opportunities, and risks
  • Contribute to longer-term strategy, team build-out, and positioning in the region

Essential Experience

  • 10+ years of experience in strategy consulting, energy, climate, infrastructure, or related sectors
  • Strong track record of leading complex programmes or workstreams in high-performance environments
  • Demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders across government, industry, or finance
  • Proven ability to originate and develop opportunities into funded work, partnerships, or programmes
  • Deep understanding of energy systems, industrial decarbonisation, or adjacent sectors
  • Experience applying AI tools to research, synthesis, and insight generation

Core Capabilities

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking, with the ability to connect detailed analysis to system-level insights
  • High level of ownership and comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-evolving environments
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence senior audiences
  • Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
  • Experience leading and developing high-performing teams

Skills Required

Experience: 

 

  • 12–15 years of total professional experience.
  • Strong background in strategy consulting, energy, climate, infrastructure, industrial decarbonisation, or related sectors.
  • Proven experience leading large, multi-stakeholder programmes from strategy through execution.
  • Experience managing cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Demonstrated success in business development, including originating and securing funded programmes, partnerships, or consulting engagements.
  • Deep, hands-on experience working in India’s energy, industrial, or policy landscape, with a strong local network across government, industry, and/or finance
  • Exposure to fertiliser, ammonia, hydrogen, or broader power-to-x value chains
  • Experience working across public, private, and non-profit sectors
  • Familiarity with market-based mechanisms and climate finance structures

About the Client

Global Sustainability Consulting Firm

Industry

Renewable Energy - Producers

Experience Required:

12+ years

Additional Skills:

  • Climate & Sustainability Strategy
  • Green Hydrogen & Green Ammonia
  • Business Development & Partnership Development
  • Programme & Project Management
  • Energy Transition
  • Strategy Consulting
  • Stakeholder Management

No of open positions:

1

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