Healthcare Sustainability Director – Remote in Des Moines, Iowa

Healthcare Sustainability Director – Remote

Job ID

204760

Posted

07-Feb-2025

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Facilities Management

Location(s)

Remote – US – Remote – US – United States of America

About us

The purpose of this position is to provide energy and sustainability leadership assisting our Healthcare sector clients along their Net-Zero journey. This client-facing leadership role will drive new client pursuits including RFPs relating to sustainability, energy programs and asset management, as well as strategy leadership for existing CBRE client engagements with Sustainability goals and contractual scope. The successful candidate will be part of the Sector leadership team as the Sustainability subject matter expert and leader, as well as a member of the Global Energy and Sustainability leadership team.  Aligning to the Sector strategy, the Leader will directly support sales, client solutions, transitions, and account improvement initiatives on a day-to-day basis. 

What you’ll do

This role will provide leadership and advice in relation to a range of environmental, sustainability and asset management aspects. Fundamentally the role shall be split into several distinct areas:

Business Development: 

Responsible for identifying scope growth opportunities with existing clients, creating compelling business cases for client approval. This includes identification of carbon reduction and savings opportunities, adoption of CBRE product/service recommended solutions, and project execution opportunities through CBRE project management services.

Business development also includes proactively identifying and driving RFP responses through seamless coordination with the sales and solutions team. Work closely with the Sector Leadership to develop market expertise. Responding to issued RFPs includes leading and develop solutions which leverage CBRE’s ESG capabilities, tools, services, and solutions in a compelling, seamless manner for clients.

Dedicated Sustainability Staff: 

The sector leader will be responsible for leading client account-dedicated Sustainability teams for existing CBRE clients.Ensuring that the scope of services shall be maintained and, wherever possible, introduce new products and services through those teams. Support in the maintenance of the dedicated teams statement of work, and ensure we meet all obligations within the scope of services we provide.

CBRE Sustainability as a Provider: * *

Where required, work with existing IFM customers to implement sustainability initiatives, to ensure that CBRE’s Environmental aspirations, as well as the customers, are met. Understand the complexities and challenges facing our service lines, assist in the creation of more sustainable service lines/products, which lead to a positive sustainable outcome.

In addition:

• Lead and support client-dedicated Sustainability teams, helping to recruit top talent, identify opportunities, resolve issues, and promote collaboration with CBRE platform services

• Conduct due diligence and feasibility assessments on existing client portfolios for viability of EV, renewable energy, and energy management programs

• Identify cross-collaboration opportunities between core CBRE services (facilities management, project management, and transaction management) to drive data-driven and efficient FM operations, capital planning opportunities, and green leasing criteria

• Work to clearly articulate the value of EV, renewables, and energy programs on client portfolios and the ability to integrate solutions into broader infrastructure goals

• Educate the Sector on Sustainability

• Collaborate with the Global Sustainability team to expand CBRE’s product/service suite in sustainability

What you’ll need

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Proven leadership capabilities across both direct and matrix reporting structures

• Familiarity with navigating industrial and logistic procurement practices,

• Strong network within energy, sustainability, environmental and other related communities required

• Outstanding interpersonal & communication skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills

• Demonstrated ability to work closely and communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders

• Entrepreneurial, self-motivated, independent and results oriented with the ability to motivate and engage stakeholders

• Minimum 8 years of related experience.

• Experience identifying and implementing sustainability programs.

• Business development, sales, and proposal experience a plus

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-focused environment

• Experience with EV, renewables, decarbonization, asset management and energy programs

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the position is $170,000 annually and the maximum salary for the position is $190,000 annually . The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program.

The application window is anticipated to close on February 14, 2025 and may be extended as needed. Or to express interest in similar roles, visit CBRE.com/careers.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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