Head of Governance & Responsible Business in the Global Sustainability Team

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

Who we are.
The Global Sustainability Team reports to the CEO. We are responsible for shaping the global strategy and guide its implementation, by focusing on cross-functional alignment and raising the ambition level in line with the decided strategy. We are also responsible for strengthening the internal governance and shape messaging towards relevant stakeholders. The total team consists of about 25 employees organized into three sub-teams: Climate Action, Circular Economy and Governance & Responsible Business. We are now looking for a Head of Governance & Responsible Business.

What you will do.
Lead and develop the team with the following responsibilities:
* Overall sustainability governance across the company to ensure effective planning, decision making and information sharing, incl preparation of decision files for SMT (Sustainability Management Team consisting of key sustainability repr across the company), GMT/EMT and BoD.
* Develop future strategies in Responsible Business, follow-up existing strategies and ensure that plans for corrective actions are put in place (employee wellbeing, human rights, contributions to sustainable society)
* Together with the Communications, Investor Relations and Public Affairs, lead stakeholder engagement and sustainability related advocacy in line with our sustainability strategy and CSRD requirements.
* Together with Communications, provide support for sustainability related internal and external communication, including webpage content, story development, position papers and events.
* Provide support to Finance in the development of sustainability in the Annual Report.
* Lead the development and integration of our environmental management system, thereby meeting the requirements of ISO14001 and CSDDD.
* together with subject matter experts, develop internal sustainability training and education for global use.
* Secure targeted rating levels in selected external sustainability ratings.
* Support on sustainability matters related to Financing.
* Manage corporate risks related to sustainability.
* Monitor societal developments.

Do you fit the profile?
* You are an experienced and resilient leader with demonstrated capability of cross-functional collaboration and ability to find the way in large corporate structures working with different management levels.
* You have a relevant university degree at master’s level and at least 10-15 years of work experience.
* You have a strategic mindset for a global environment.
* You are a good communicator with experience from internal & external communication.
* You are structured, data driven and result oriented with analytical skills.

The Head of Governance & Responsible Business will report to Vanessa Butani, Head of Global Sustainability starting April 1st and member of the GMT.

How you learn more and apply
If you have questions about the position, please contact Anders Kärrberg, Head of Global Sustainability at anders.karrberg@volvocars.com
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Kristin Lövgren at Kristin.lovgren@volvocars.com
Kindly register your application as soon as possible but no later than 13th of March 2024.
Please not that we do not handle any applications via mail due to GDPR.