Global Sustainability Delivery Leader

Head of Sustainability Management – Delivery; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hogan Lovells Cadwalder in London seeks a Head of Sustainability Management – Delivery to lead day-to-day sustainability delivery across the firm’s global initiatives. You will report to Global Head of Sustainability, Policy and Strategy and drive emissions accounting, scenario analysis, governance and stakeholder engagement.

This senior leadership role manages a team, prioritises workstreams, oversees data collection, audits, and office transition planning, and collaborates with Head of ESG

Qualifications

• Demonstrated depth of knowledge in sustainability within a professional services environment.
• Proven track record leading complex programmes with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with climate disclosures, audit processes and governance activities.
• Strong operational leadership and programme management capability.
• Experience building and developing teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management across all organisational levels.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Experience developing executive-level presentations, reports and briefing materials.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of the sustainability operational delivery.
• Manage priorities of direct reports, workload allocation and capacity planning.
• Establish annual work plans, delivery schedules and operational objectives.
• Act as the primary operational escalation point for sustainability delivery issues, risks and dependencies.
• Foster a collaborative team culture focused on facilitating sustainable change.
• Monitor progress against agreed objectives, milestones and delivery commitments.
• Oversee the delivery climate-related data collection, transition plans and CDP reporting.
• Oversee sustainability audit and assurance programmes.
• Support the development and review of executive-level sustainability papers, leadership briefings and governance materials.
• Ensure sustainability outputs are completed to a high quality, are internally aligned and are suitable for executive review and approval.

Skills

Sustainability leadership

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Climate disclosures

Data governance

Team development

Executive reporting

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Hogan Lovells Cadwalder in London seeks a Head of Sustainability Management – Delivery to lead day-to-day sustainability delivery across the firm’s global initiatives. You will report to Global Head of Sustainability, Policy and Strategy and drive emissions accounting, scenario analysis, governance and stakeholder engagement.

This senior leadership role manages a team, prioritises workstreams, oversees data collection, audits, and office transition planning, and collaborates with Head of ESG