Vice President, Sustainability Solutions Group (ESG)

Business Development:

• Pitch and originate sustainable finance opportunities to corporate customers across India
• Ensure deal alignment with market leading industry practices, internal policies, thresholds
• Proactively collaborate with internal relationship managers, product teams, senior management including investee bank partners to advance SMBC’s position in the sustainable finance market
• Shape and advance the bank’s sustainable finance/ solution product offering together with adjacent product teams and in line with customer appetite
• Collaborate closely with relationship managers across geographies to develop targeted and customer-centric sustainability solutions
• Proactive in arranging client meetings, workshops, travel to pursue opportunitie

Strategic and Operational Management:

• Provide technical contribution to process improvements in the bank’s evolving ESG policies, risk management and disclosures
• Collaborate smoothly with related departments globally and in 1st, 2nd, 3rd Line of Defense roles

Thought Leadership:

• Drive the marketing strategy for strategic events and forums
• Represent SMBC through speaking at and participating in external marketing events
• Form partnerships with strategic industry players, represent the bank to contribute to industry sustainability workstreams in the region.
• Write publications, enable the team to contribute to publications on thematic sustainability and sustainable finance topics.

The Sustainability Solutions Group (SSG) team within SMBC has grown and evolved over the last few years, and we are now looking for an experienced and trusted sustainable finance leader to join the team in India. The team covers Japanese and non-Japanese corporates, and financial institutions across all products and sectors in India, based in Mumbai.

This is an exciting and high-profile role with responsibilities including growing and developing our sustainable finance and solutions offering to corporates in the region, proactively managing senior stakeholders across regions, leading and influencing market enabling working groups.

We are looking for an adaptable and dynamic leader who is passionate about advancing the sustainability agenda across India, has deep relationships with corporates and industry peers in the region, strong sales and relationship management experience and enjoys nurturing talent.