Pod Director Chemicals

We are seeking a commercially driven and strategic leader to take on the role of Pod Director, responsible for strategic leadership for an assigned Pod of pharmaceutical clients in the Central European region.

This is a market-facing, business-building role that focuses on cultivating strong client relationships, orchestrating cross-functional service delivery, and growing a portfolio of Chemical client accounts in Central Europe. The Pod Director will oversee a team of service line experts and sales professionals, ensuring alignment with global strategies while solving for misalignment across accounts.

With a revenue target of €10M by FY26, the role demands a proven track record in scaling businesses and delivering commercial success. Candidates with management consulting backgrounds are particularly well-suited for this position, given their ability to think broadly beyond functional silos, solve complex problems, and drive client-centric growth.

The role is accountable for:

1. developing and executing a comprehensive growth and delivery plan for the Pod,
2. overseeing the performance of all accounts within the Pod (typically 5-10),
3. managing the Pod’s budget,
4. leading and mentoring the Pod team (including Service Leads, Sales Directors, and Account Managers), and
5. strategically driving targeted marketing initiatives to expand into new buying centers.

Based out of Germany or Switzerland, this role will report to the business unit managing partner for the Central European business Unit at ERM.

If you have high energy, a collaborative mindset, and the ambition to lead chemical sector growth in an established market, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join ERM?

Sustainability is our business!

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, ERM partners 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.

ERM’s diverse team of 8,000+ world-class experts in over 150 offices in 40 countries and territories combine strategic transformation and technical delivery to help clients operationalize sustainability at pace and scale. ERM calls this capability its “boots to boardroom” approach – a comprehensive service model that helps organizations to accelerate the integration of sustainability into their strategy and operations.

This is a Partner-level position. The Partnership model at ERM offers an opportunity for a Director/VP-level professional to further their career with an equity stake in a leading global sustainability consultancy. Our Partnership model offers unparalleled financial and career opportunities for leaders with ambition, vision, and proven expertise!

About you

The Pod Director position is a client-facing leadership role that combines strong consulting, strategic account management, and business development skills. This role will require significant account management experience, where you will have demonstrated your sales management skills and ability to handle client relationships and account teams expertly.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a progressive career within a consulting environment and possess deep understanding of the chemical industry, their value chains, competitors as well as a strong POV on how sustainability issues interface with the clients‘ commercial context, objectives, and imperatives.

You will be a prolific networker, able to build strong relationships and have a demonstrable track record of expanding & elevating relationships to CSO, C-Suite, Function & BU.

Fluency in English and German is required.

We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance.

ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities.

Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation.

With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor.

Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it).

Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action.

Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world.

We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth.

At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.

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