OWA Europe Corporate Strategy Lead

WHO WE ARE

The Humane League (THL) is a global nonprofit ending the abuse of animals raised for food. THL fosters a high-energy culture of teamwork and mission-driven problem solving, and we have earned recognition as Top Charity from Animal Charity Evaluators for all of their rating periods. Over the past few years, we’ve grown to a staff of 100+ talented individuals dispersed around the world. At THL, how animals are treated in the food system is at the forefront of our everyday work. We welcome all mission-aligned candidates to apply, no matter where you are in your journey to end the abuse of animals raised for food.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

The Open Wing Alliance (OWA), a program of The Humane League, is a global coalition of approximately 90 animal protection organizations across 70+ countries united in a common goal: to end the abuse of chickens worldwide. For the past several years, we have focused our efforts in Europe on eliminating battery cages and increasing uptake of the European Chicken Commitment (ECC) by securing corporate commitments from major retailers, restaurants, and manufacturers. OWA groups share tactics and resources to secure as many wins for animals as possible, specializing in institutional campaigning that can be tailored to our members’ unique circumstances and challenges.

As the OWA Europe Corporate Strategy Lead, you will serve as a key subject matter expert on corporate campaigning and outreach within the European region. You will guide OWA member groups from strategic alignment through to active campaign execution, supporting them in developing and implementing effective, context-specific corporate campaigns. This includes providing strategic guidance, coaching, and training, as well as helping groups troubleshoot challenges, build campaign knowledge and skills, and maintain campaign momentum across the animal protection movement in Europe.

In this role, you will contribute to regional campaign strategy development while taking ownership of driving execution through OWA member groups. You will build high-trust relationships, strengthen campaign capacity across the network, and support groups in translating strategies into tangible, high impact campaigns on the ground driving measurable progress for animals. You will also develop resources and deliver trainings that enable groups to operate more independently and effectively over time.

We are looking for an experienced campaigner and strategic thinker with strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to move work from planning into action. You are excited about collaborating with organizations and diverse stakeholders across Europe, and are committed to advancing animal welfare through corporate engagement and campaigning. This position reports to the Senior Associate Director of OWA, Europe.

This is a full-time, remote position. This position requires domestic and international travel, equivalent to 6 or more trips per year, and requires a valid, up-to-date passport. This position can be based in Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, and Poland. The successful candidate must be authorized to work in one of these countries and reside in that country while undertaking this role. To enable collaboration with other global team members, this role requires hours outside of 9am-5pm at least two working days per week.

This role will remain open until October 6th, 2026 at 5:00 AM BST, or until filled. We encourage early applications and will continue accepting submissions while the role is posted on our website. We may begin advancing candidates and may close the posting early or extend the posting as needed. If you are experiencing technical issues, please contact careers@thehumaneleague.org. Please submit applications and all supporting documents in English. All application questions and materials need to be submitted here through the application submission form; we do not accept applications through our careers email.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide OWA member groups in Europe with strategic guidance on corporate campaign development, and support the translation of strategy into active campaign execution. Ensuring local campaign actions align with regional priorities, goals, and opportunities.
• Coach and support groups to build capacity to independently execute high-impact campaigns, while maintaining momentum and sustainability.
• Collaborate with groups to identify challenges, troubleshoot issues, and overcome bottlenecks to maintain campaign momentum.
• Support the adaptation of campaign strategies and tactics to different local and regional contexts. Empower groups to take creative action and innovate their campaign strategies in a sustainable way.
• Lead in-person and virtual trainings on corporate campaigning and corporate outreach.
• Develop and maintain resources and training materials that strengthen campaign effectiveness, resilience, and autonomy across the network.
• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with OWA member groups, acting as a strategic partner and catalyst for action.
• Identify opportunities for knowledge sharing and power building across the OWA member groups and the movement to increase learning across the region and effectively leverage strategic successes.

In addition to the above essential job duties, other duties may be assigned as business needs arise. These may include non-essential, marginal job duties.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience: Previous experience with corporate pressure campaigns, corporate engagement, and/or corporate negotiations, including involvement in campaign strategy development and execution.
• Strategic Thinking and Problem Solving: Ability to assess complex situations, identify opportunities, and develop practical, context-aware solutions aligned with broader strategic goals. Applies sound judgment in balancing competing priorities and adapting approaches based on evolving circumstances, escalating issues to senior leaders when necessary, and seeks additional perspectives and expertise to guide complex, high-stakes decisions.
• Driving Execution & Accountability: Ability to move work from planning to action by maintaining focus, overcoming obstacles, and supporting OWA groups in delivering results.
• Collaboration and Relationship Building: Builds and maintains strong, trust-based relationships with a range of stakeholders. Works effectively across teams, contributing to shared goals, and navigating differing perspectives constructively. Able to guide, align, and motivate stakeholders toward action without direct authority, using interpersonal skills, credibility, and thoughtful communication.
• Strategic Communication and Facilitation: Communicates clearly and effectively in both verbal and written formats across diverse audiences. Able to facilitate discussions, training or working sessions, ensuring clarity, engagement, and alignment among stakeholders.
• Independence and Ownership: Works effectively with a high degree of autonomy, taking ownership of priorities and determining the steps needed to achieve them. Proactively identifies needs, takes initiative, and manages work with minimal oversight.
• Initiative and Adaptability: Demonstrates ownership of work, proactively identifies solutions, and adapts effectively to changing circumstances or setbacks. Has flexibility in reprioritizing, and maintains effectiveness and a creative solutions-oriented mindset when navigating ambiguity or challenges.
• Time Management and Prioritization: Effectively manages multiple competing priorities, organizes work, and meets deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Global Perspective: Approaches work with a global perspective, and applies an understanding of diverse cultural, social, and political contexts when collaborating with OWA member groups and adapting strategies and campaign approaches.
• Mission Alignment: Deep commitment to THL’s mission to end the abuse of animals raised for food. Familiarity with the animal protection movement, or other advocacy movements, in Europe.

Hiring Timeline Details

Once your application has been reviewed, you will be notified via email with further details on the status of your application. If a candidate is moved forward, the interview process will be as follows:

• Work Simulation Exercise (completed remotely)
• Interview (via video call)

For full details of our recruitment process please review this document.

Compensation and Benefits

The annual compensation range for this role is:

• £38,203 - £46,692 for candidates based in the United Kingdom
• kr.494,867 - kr.580,743 for candidates based in Denmark
• €40,979 - €50,084 for candidates based in Finland
• €44,924 - €54,907 for candidates based in Ireland
• €48,561 - €59,352 for candidates based in the Netherlands
• kr590,880 - kr722,181 for candidates based in Norway
• 627,251Kč - 766,641Kč for candidates based in Czechia
• €22,905 - €27,995 for candidates based in Estonia
• Ft740,490 - Ft905,065 for candidates based in Hungary
• €31,460 - €47,200 for candidates based in Italy
• €21,765 - €26,602 for candidates based in Portugal
• kr419,495 - kr512,722 for candidates based in Sweden
• zł87,432 - zł106,530 for candidates based in Poland

This position will be eligible for an attractive hiring bonus equivalent to 10% of gross annual salary. 50% of the bonus is payable in the first month's salary and 50% is payable after successful completion of the probationary period. The hiring bonus will comply with local laws and, therefore, may be subject to applicable local taxes.

At The Humane League, we believe in maintaining a fair and nondiscriminatory work environment. As part of our commitment to transparency, we have implemented a job architecture framework, which levels all of our roles according to size and complexity, as well as a compensation step system, which allows us to determine fair salaries for all. We also look at market data for each country that we operate in, to allow us to create specific salary bands per country. This work is time consuming and involves a cost to THL. Therefore, when expanding into a country for the first time, we only undertake this work towards the end of the recruitment process, when we know where our ideal candidate is based. In addition, we have adopted a no negotiation policy for salaries. To determine a job's level, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including a job's size and complexity, required experience, knowledge, and/or skills, internal comparability, and market data. Candidates whose experience places them at step 5 or above of their job level within our compensation structure will be awarded a “Senior” title designation. These practices are aligned with our organizational values and will help us ensure we maintain clear, consistent, and transparent HR processes.

THL offers a unique and competitive benefits package. Each country will be provided with benefits that are applicable and relative to the location they are in. Therefore, your exact benefits package will be shared with you at the time of offer. However, as an idea, some of the benefits that are currently offered to our global team are:

• Unlimited paid time off
• The last Friday of every month off as a THL ‘Public Holiday’ called ‘Mend Your Heart Friday’
• Enhanced sick pay
• Generous bereavement leave
• Generous personal emergency leave
• Sabbatical leave
• Enhanced parental leave
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement contributions
• Internet allowance

For candidates outside the United States, The Humane League will not be your direct employer. The successful candidate will enter an employment agreement with a local Employer of Record with whom The Humane League partners.

Equal Employment Opportunity

THL is an equal opportunity employer. THL does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected classifications, including but not limited to race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religious creed or belief, physical or mental disability, marital or familial status, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other status or classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. THL is committed to the importance of non-discriminatory practices within the nonprofit sector, as well as all workplace environments, and strongly encourages all interested candidates to apply.

Accommodations

The Humane League is committed to fully supporting all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, THL provides reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws throughout the hiring process and employment if hired. If a reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the People team at accommodations@thehumaneleague.org to initiate the interactive process. THL complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and all other applicable state and local laws.

AI Policy

Original work and thought are essential in the hiring process and allow us to evaluate you based on your own skills and competency. Therefore, the use of artificial intelligence (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Rytr, Google Assistant, etc) to generate responses is strictly prohibited. By submitting this application you agree to comply with our AI Policy. Violations of this policy in any part of the recruitment process will result in being dismissed from consideration. If you need a reasonable accommodation to this policy, please see above for more information.

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THL offers a unique and competitive benefits package. Each country will be provided with benefits that are applicable and relative to the location they are in. Therefore, your exact benefits package will be shared with you at the time of offer. However, as an idea, some of the benefits that are currently offered to our global team are:

• Unlimited paid time off
• The last Friday of every month off as a THL ‘Public Holiday’ called ‘Mend Your Heart Friday’
• Enhanced sick pay
• Generous bereavement leave
• Generous personal emergency leave
• Sabbatical leave
• Enhanced parental leave
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement contributions
• Internet allowance