Head of Sustainability Management – Delivery

About the role

Hogan Lovells is recruiting a Head of Sustainability Management – Delivery in London. The role manages the day-to-day delivery of the firm's global sustainability initiatives and reports to the Global Head of Sustainability, Policy and Strategy. It acts as the operational lead, ensuring workstreams are prioritised, resources are used efficiently and risks are managed proactively.

Key responsibilities

• Manage priorities of direct reports, workload allocation and capacity planning, and set annual work plans and delivery schedules.
• Act as the main escalation point for sustainability delivery issues, risks and dependencies.
• Monitor progress against objectives, milestones and delivery commitments.
• Oversee climate-related data collection, transition plans and CDP reporting, and audit and assurance programmes.
• Support executive-level sustainability papers, leadership briefings and governance materials.
• Build relationships with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Operations, Real Estate, Risk, Communications and Responsible Business teams, and with regional sustainability stewards and office managers.
• Coordinate engagement with external advisers, consultants, auditors and service providers, and prepare materials for governance forums and leadership committees.
• Lead, coach and develop team members, set performance expectations and promote knowledge sharing.

Required profile

• Demonstrated depth of knowledge in sustainability, in a professional services environment.
• Experience leading complex programmes with multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
• Experience of climate disclosures, audit processes and governance activities.
• Experience managing and developing teams, and developing executive-level presentations and reports.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Desirable: experience in a law firm, supporting assurance or audit programmes for sustainability data, AI tools and scenario analysis, and facilitating organisational change.

Required skills

• Strong operational leadership and programme management capability.
• Excellent stakeholder management, analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What we offer

• 35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm, with up to 40% of time working from home and 60% in the office.
• Agile and flexible working patterns considered.