Senior Associate, Global Sustainable Investing and Operations

Senior Associate, Sustainable Investing & Operations

Oxford Properties is recruiting for a Senior Associate, Sustainable Investing & Operations. This role bridges sustainability strategy and execution, translating emerging risks, regulations, and data into practical decision‑making tools for investment and portfolio teams. The candidate will support the integration of sustainability, climate resilience, and ESG considerations across Oxford Properties' global investment, asset management, development, and operational activities.

Based in our London office, the role reports to the Associate Director, Sustainable Investing & Operations, within a global team spanning strategy, reporting, and data & analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Climate Risk & Resilience Lead: Lead Oxford's physical climate risk methodology, governance, and underwriting approach across the global portfolio; monitor market practice and regulatory expectations; support identification of climate hazard and inherent risk, and collaborate on risk‑management recommendations in due diligence; translate climate modelling into actionable investment, asset‑management, and development recommendations; support asset‑ and portfolio‑level resilience planning and adaptation strategies.
• ESG Regulation & Governance: Provide strategic advice on emerging sustainability regulation, translating developments into business strategy, governance, and operational requirements; maintain and improve the regulatory tracking process; coordinate cross‑functional responses to new regulatory requirements, including data collection and gap analysis.
• Data & Analytics: Oversee climate resilience methodology, tools and data architecture, ensuring accurate, scalable, decision‑useful outputs; identify workflow improvements and automation opportunities to strengthen regulatory and climate risk analytics.
• Strategic Advisory & Stakeholder Engagement: Prepare materials for executive leadership and the Investment Committee; contribute to sustainability targets, policies, governance processes, and strategic initiatives; act as a trusted advisor on climate risk and sustainability topics; lead cross‑functional working groups and stakeholder engagement processes to embed initiatives across the organization; represent Oxford in external industry working groups and support internal education and capability‑building initiatives.

Candidate Profile & Qualifications

• Strong understanding of sustainability and climate risk and how those may materialize across the real estate value chain and impact the business.
• Advanced analytical and data‑management capabilities (specifically of physical climate risk data), including Excel, Power Bl, and large dataset analysis; Python proficiency is an asset.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable messages for diverse stakeholder groups, including senior leadership.
• Self‑motivated and comfortable working across strategy, analytics, and execution, with the ability to operate independently, navigate ambiguity, and drive initiatives end‑to‑end.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience reflecting a demonstrated interest in sustainability, climate risk.

Location & Work Policy

London, United Kingdom. This position follows a four‑day‑per‑week in‑office working policy.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Oxford Properties is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience.