Associate Director / Director - Product Sustainability

Description

Summary of Role & Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple product sustainability and eco‑design projects across their lifecycle, ensuring excellent client management with on-time delivery, within scope, and with measurable environmental and business impact. 


• Thoughtfully inform client strategies, with a strong ability to understand the commercial benefits and tradeoffs implied when incorporating design for sustainability. 


• Capable of leading discussions with executive teams on business-critical decisions that lend to these objectives. 


• Have excellent project and team management skills, with the ability to delegate tasks, clearly articulate client needs, and oversee the full scope of a project. 


• Provide strong technical oversight, quality assurance and support to colleagues and junior team members, and ensure high quality, impactful deliverables for a client. 


• Advise clients on how to integrate sustainability into product design and development processes, including material selection, design playbooks, product architecture, durability, energy efficiency, and end‑of‑life considerations. 


• Translate sustainability goals into product‑level requirements and KPIs, working alongside design, manufacturing, engineering, EHS, procurement, and product management teams. 


• Guide the development of sustainable materials strategies, including recycled content, avoiding perfluorinated chemicals (PFAS), low‑carbon materials, hazardous substance reduction, and emerging alternatives. 


• Apply knowledge of EHS regulations and standards (e.g., RoHS, REACH, chemical management, product safety) to inform compliant and responsible product design. 


• Conduct quantitative modeling and scenario analysis to evaluate design trade‑offs, such as material substitution, energy efficiency improvements, or product lifetime extension. 


• Implement and optimize digital tools and data frameworks to manage product sustainability data across design, manufacturing, and supplier networks (e.g., LCA tools, PLM integrations, sustainability data platforms). 


• Perform landscape assessments of industry benchmarks, competitor product strategies, and evolving regulations related to design for sustainability efforts. 


• Develop executive‑ready reports and presentations that translate complex technical data into clear, actionable insights for C-suite executives, as well as product, manufacturing, and sustainability leaders. 


• Build and maintain trusted client relationships, identifying opportunities to expand product sustainability programs and innovation initiatives. 


• Collaborate with internal Anthesis experts across strategy, climate, circularity, and digital services to deliver integrated product sustainability solutions. 


• Contribute to thought leadership on sustainable product design, life cycle thinking, and technology‑enabled sustainability transformation.

Key Requirements & Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Product Design, Environmental Science, or related field; graduate degree preferred. 


• 8+ years of professional experience, including: 
  
  
  • 5+ years in product sustainability, sustainable product development, or life‑cycle–based environmental assessment, and 
  
  
  • 5+ years in project management Experience working directly with product design, material or chemical engineering, R&D, EHS, or manufacturing teams. 
  
  
  
  


• Hands‑on experience applying sustainability considerations to materials selection, product architecture, energy efficiency, and circularity strategies. 


• Working knowledge of EHS requirements and product regulations, including chemical compliance, PFAS regulations and product stewardship considerations. 


• Experience with digital tools and data systems supporting product sustainability, such as LCA software, PLM systems, or sustainability reporting platforms is preferred. 


• Advanced quantitative and data analysis skills (Excel required; experience with PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, or similar tools preferred). 


• Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders, including executives and commercial teams. 


• Strong client management, proposal development, and account growth capabilities. 


• Ability to work independently in a fast‑paced, global, virtual consulting environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive group health, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your dependents


• FSA (Flexible Spending Account) benefit (US only)


• Anthesis provides 100% Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance benefit.


• In addition, Anthesis covers 100% of Short & Long‐Term Disability Insurance benefits.


• Anthesis provides a 3% contribution into retirement plans, and you may elect to contribute more each pay period with a pre‐tax deduction up to a certain cap.


• Anthesis provides Employee Assistance Program and Travel Insurance


• Annual allotment of PTO, in addition to 56 hours of sick leave, paid company paid holidays, and more.


• An opportunity to participate in the Anthesis Employee Participation Plan (EPP), an industry-pioneering employee incentive plan that allows all employees to be rewarded for the growth in the equity value of Anthesis. 


• Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company.


• Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team.


• Work collaboratively on projects that have an impact on the sustainability and climate change goals/challenges for clients.


• Opportunity to work alongside of, collaborate with and learn from sustainability Subject Matter Experts (SME) who are passionate about the work they do and the impact Anthesis can have.