Futures Manager at BSR

Location: Paris, France; London, England; Copenhagen, Denmark; New York, New York; San Francisco, CA

This position is full-time, based in Europe or the United States.

Organization

BSR® is a sustainable business network and consultancy focused on creating a world in which all people can thrive on a healthy planet. With offices in Asia, Europe, and North America, BSR® provides its 300+ member companies with insight, advice, and collaborative initiatives to help them see a changing world more clearly, create long-term value, and scale impact. Visit www.bsr.org for more information about BSR’s 30+ years of leadership in sustainability.

We are proud to say that we have a team of some of the most talented and motivated people working on sustainability in our global offices in Copenhagen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C.

BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab uses strategic foresight methodologies such as scenario planning and trends analysis to help businesses create more sustainable and resilient strategies in the face of a rapidly changing world—driven by factors such as climate change, artificial intelligence, new regulatory requirements, and geopolitical shifts.

Position Overview

Managers work collaboratively across BSR’s industry and practice teams on a range of consulting, grant-funded projects, and collaborative initiatives. Managers ensure exceptional project execution and high-quality engagement with BSR member companies and other partners.  

The Futures Manager reports to our Futures Director and is responsible for helping manage BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab and futures project work, such as trends assessments, scenario planning, and futures visioning exercises. The Manager will also have responsibilities to the broader Transformation team as well as to a secondary industry mapping.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management and Implementation: Assume responsibility for implementing consulting and grant-funded projects, with a focus on Futures. This includes overseeing project scope, timeline, deliverable quality and budget; managing clients and project teams; providing subject matter expertise; conducting primary research, including leading stakeholder interviews; utilizing tools; and presenting at and facilitating client meetings.

Team management: Lead project teams to effectively execute project objectives, outcomes, and impacts; establish the standards by which the project will be guided, including managing senior team members; and support team members’ learning and skills development.

Practice Management: Support the Futures Director in managing the Futures practice. This includes helping create, organize, and maintain futures content and related materials; supporting internal futures capacity building and integration with other BSR teams; and participating in ongoing horizon scanning and sensemaking activities.

Business Development and Member Company Engagement: Support the Futures Director in scoping and developing impactful futures project and member service work aligned with BSR’s mission to create a just and sustainable world.

Thought Leadership: Contribute to raising the profile of the Futures Lab and BSR more broadly by contributing to blogs, reports, and other BSR insights.

Member and Client Management: Maintain day-to-day client relationships; oversee member relationships; and support member recruitment and business development.

Compensation

At BSR we have implemented a transparent total compensation framework with an emphasis on internal equity. In order to maintain our equity, our hiring rates for this position are listed below.

US: $104,099

France: 76,048€

UK: £63,147

Denmark: 633,746kr

Qualifications

7+ years experience in relevant field such as business, sustainability, politics, history, philosophy, or international development.

7+ years of relevant professional experience from a top-tier consulting firm, NGO, or similar role in a company or equivalent education and experience.

Experience with or training in strategic foresight is ideal but not required.

Wide-ranging curiosity and the intellectual agility to work with companies in various industries on a wide range of sustainability topics.

Comfort working in a highly matrixed, global organization with colleagues of diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise.

Strong analytical skills including the ability to synthesize complex information into decision-useful strategic insights for an executive audience.

Outstanding writing, verbal communication, and facilitation skills.

Proven track record of success in working with business in a client/customer-facing position. Well-developed interpersonal skills for high-level interaction with members and other companies.

Experience managing multiple, disparate projects simultaneously.

High degree of fluency in English, with fluency in a second language a plus.

Willingness to undertake up to 15% business travel.

High ethical standards and commitment to BSR core values of leadership, respect, and integrity.

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background and reference checks.

Diversity

BSR is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As a global organization, BSR strives to represent a culmination of different perspectives, backgrounds, cultures, and ideas. BSR encourages employees to be themselves and share their unique stories, as these initiatives foster a global environment of creativity, forward thinking, and open-mindedness. These values drive the innovative work of our staff and support BSR’s overarching mission to build a just and sustainable world.

At BSR, discrimination because of age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and/or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by regional laws, is not condoned. BSR strives to maintain a fair and inclusive working environment. Thus, these factors do not influence recruitment, performance management processes, and project assignments. BSR aims to support necessary accommodations and has a zero-tolerance policy for discriminatory behavior and retaliation in response to the needs of our employees.

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