At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a global standardisation programme to enhance project delivery and operational excellence.
- Company: Join ERM, a top sustainability consultancy making a real impact worldwide.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to creating innovative solutions for sustainability challenges.
- Why this job: Shape the future of project delivery while driving meaningful change in sustainability.
- Qualifications: Experience in programme leadership and transformation within complex environments.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 £ per year.
Shape the Future of Global Delivery Excellence
Are you a transformation leader who can turn complexity into clarity, align global stakeholders behind a common vision, and drive enterprise-wide change at scale? ERM is seeking a visionary leader to champion a strategic standardisation programme that will redefine how we deliver projects across our global business. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence the future of project delivery, operational excellence, digital enablement, and business transformation across one of the world's leading sustainability consulting firms.
Why This Role Matters?
As the CDE Standardisation Lead, you will lead a critical enterprise programme designed to create consistent, scalable, and practical ways of working across priority project types and enabling capabilities. You will transform strategic objectives into actionable standards, frameworks, tools, and governance models that improve how teams work, collaborate, and deliver value globally. Your leadership will help drive consistency, adoption, quality, and continuous improvement while ensuring standardisation efforts align with digital transformation initiatives, AI opportunities, learning pathways, and future business growth.
What Your Impact Is:
- Establish and lead the global roadmap for CDE standardisation, ensuring strategic priorities are translated into measurable business outcomes.
- Create sustainable governance frameworks that improve delivery quality, efficiency, and scalability across the organisation.
- Enable global teams with standardised workflows, tools, templates, operating procedures, and best practices.
- Influence senior leaders and key stakeholders to drive alignment, secure resources, and accelerate transformation outcomes.
- Connect standardisation initiatives with digital platforms, automation opportunities, AI-enabled solutions, change management, and learning strategies.
- Build a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across a complex global matrix environment.
What You'll Bring:
Required
- Significant programme or transformation leadership experience within consulting, professional services, or complex enterprise environments.
- Proven ability to lead large-scale, multi-workstream initiatives involving global stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Strong expertise in programme governance, risk management, process improvement, stakeholder engagement, budgeting, and operational transformation.
- Experience developing standard operating procedures, business processes, governance frameworks, workflow documentation, and delivery standards.
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive alignment at senior levels.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred
- Experience leading enterprise transformation or standardisation programmes within a consulting organisation.
- Knowledge of workflow mapping, RACI frameworks, quality management, governance structures, and global delivery models.
- Familiarity with digital transformation initiatives, automation, AI-enabled tools, and organisational change management.
- Experience coaching programme managers and leading matrixed teams across multiple regions and functions.
- Proficiency with tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Miro, Workbench, or similar programme management platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the CDE standardisation strategy, roadmap, and implementation plans.
- Lead programme planning, prioritisation, risk management, dependency tracking, and delivery governance across multiple workstreams.
- Manage programme budgets, resource allocation, forecasting, and leadership reporting.
- Oversee programme management teams and ensure disciplined execution across all initiatives.
- Guide the development of workflows, SOPs, work instructions, templates, tools, checklists, and supporting documentation.
- Strengthen governance models, quality controls, approval processes, and continuous improvement mechanisms.
- Partner with executive sponsors, technical leaders, SMEs, finance, digital, and learning teams to drive adoption and organisational alignment.
- Support change management, communications, training readiness, and post-implementation adoption activities.
- Lead, coach, and develop direct reports and matrixed contributors while fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
Who We Are:
As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations. At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues.
Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Thank you for your interest in ERM! ERM is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive, it’s an essential part of what makes ERM a great place to build a career and helps us create better solutions for our clients. We welcome talent from all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities for every candidate. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or need accommodations during the selection process, we’re here to support you.
CDE Standardization Lead employer: ERM Group
ERM is an exceptional employer, offering a unique opportunity for regulatory professionals to thrive in a collaborative and inclusive environment. With a commitment to employee growth and development, ERM provides access to world-class experts and resources, ensuring that you can make a meaningful impact while working on complex sustainability challenges. Located in vibrant cities like London and Manchester, ERM fosters a culture of respect and empowerment, making it a great place to build a rewarding career in the chemicals regulatory field.
