CDE Standardization Lead

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.

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 sustainabilitychallengesand unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse,equitableand inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our companya great placeto 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 expertssupportsclients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technicalexpertisein addressing their environmental, health, safety,riskand social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advanceobjectiveson the ground or at the executive level.

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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. Our commitment doesn’t stop at hiring. Once you join us, we’ll ensure you have the tools, support, and adjustments needed to succeed and feel a true sense of belonging. Learn more about our Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIB) efforts by visiting our website or exploring our 2025 Sustainability Report. .

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