Associate Director- Sustainability & Impact (Lyon, France)

Location : Lyon, France

With offices in Europe, North America and Asia, ARCHIMED is a leading investment firm focused exclusively on healthcare industries. Its mix of operational, medical, scientific and financial expertise allows ARCHIMED to serve as both a strategic and financial partner to healthcare businesses. Prioritized areas of focus include Biopharma Products, Consumer Health, Healthcare IT, In Vitro Diagnostics, Life Science Tools & Biologic Services, MedTech, and Pharma Services.

ARCHIMED helps partners internationalize, acquire, innovate and expand their products and services. ARCHIMED manages €8 billion across its various funds, including the largest healthcare-only private equity fund raised by a European-based General Partner. Since inception, ARCHIMED has been a committed Impact investor, both directly and through its EURÊKA Foundation.

• An international team (with more than 30 nationalities) with complementary education and experience in the investment, medical, scientific, strategic and operational sectors

• Composed of alumni from: INSEAD, Berkeley, Georgetown, Bocconi, HEC Paris, Ponts et Chaussées, ESSEC, Imperial College, Dartmouth, etc.

• Professional backgrounds: Private Equity (3i, Siparex, USS Ltd, Barings, capiton), Consulting (A.T. Kearney, Bain, McKinsey), M&A (Lazard, EY, KPMG, PwC), Industry (Biotronik, Cerba, Pharmacy, Veterinary)

Your Role

Portfolio engagement and value creation

• Lead portfolio engagement on Sustainability and Impact (S&I), providing hands-on support to portfolio companies and tracking S&I progress across ARCHIMED’s portfolios through dashboards, KPIs, and supporting processes.
• Lead select portfolio value creation projects, collaborating with deal teams as well as guiding and project managing S&I interns where required.
• Develop and oversee the execution of actionable S&I roadmaps for each portfolio company, with targets and milestones based on the company’s materiality analysis and aligned with ARCHIMED’s S&I strategy, partnering with third-party technical experts when necessary.
• Influence portfolio company management to advance their roadmaps through technical guidance and sharing of best practices.

Investment process

• Act as the bridge between deal teams and external providers during due diligence, critically assessing findings to confirm that each target is consistent with ARCHIMED’s S&I strategy and fund obligations.
• Work with all ARCHIMED functions to review and improve how S&I is integrated into investment decision making.

Data, reporting, and compliance

• Establish the tools and framework to collect, monitor, and coordinate S&I data across funds, enabling timely, accurate, and consistent reporting, and select third-party technical experts when necessary.
• Analyze and interpret S&I data and substantially contribute to the production of ARCHIMED’s annual S&I report in line with industry standards and frameworks, turning data into clear narratives.
• Contribute substantially to regular reporting to investors and to mandatory disclosures on fund S&I performance, ensuring credibility and transparency.
• Monitor regulatory developments in ARCHIMED’s locations and sectors of focus, and help ensure compliance with sustainability-related requirements.

Center of excellence and capability building

• Establish an S&I center of excellence across funds and portfolio companies, with tools, reports, and training materials that share guidance and best practices.
• Provide expert guidance and S&I training to management, investment, and investor relations teams to deepen integration across the business.

• At least 10 years’ experience building and executing sustainability strategies, preferably in private equity.
• Proven hands-on leadership, initiative, and project management skills, with strong problem-solving ability.
• Robust knowledge of S&I frameworks and disclosures, including SFDR, SASB, CSRD, EDCI, PMDR, and the UN SDGs.
• Strong command of impact measurement methodologies, including developing and reporting on impact metrics.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to build coherent sustainability narratives and proofread content.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the adaptability to engage C-suite executives internationally.
• Proven team player, able to build working partnerships and promote collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to coach junior team members, sharing knowledge and giving regular feedback.
• Pragmatic, constructive, creative, and solution-oriented, with a positive mindset and the ability to work under varied pressures.