Global Corporate Relations 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. As such, many of our staff are vegan by personal choice, and all of our THL-hosted events offer fully vegan menus. 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

As Global Corporate Relations Lead, you will be part of a small, high-impact team that specializes in advancing the welfare of animals raised for food through outreach to major international food companies. Currently, the team’s work is focused on influencing companies to transition to 100% cage-free systems for egg-laying hens in their supply chains across the world. You will be accountable for engaging in dialogue and maintaining relationships with food companies, with a focus on companies headquartered in North America and Latin America. This work requires a high level of confidence and relentlessness, as well as excellent critical thinking and decision-making skills. This position also involves close collaboration with other animal protection groups through the Open Wing Alliance (OWA), a global coalition of 90+ animal protection organizations, to organize meetings and strategize. The ideal candidate will excel in cultural competency and be excited about building relationships, as well as not shying away from difficult conversations. This position reports directly to the Senior Associate Director of Global Corporate Relations.

This is a full-time, remote position. This position requires domestic and international travel, equivalent to four or more trips per year. The successful candidate must be able to travel as needed and maintain a valid passport that allows for international travel. To enable collaboration with global team members and companies, this role requires occasional hours outside of 9am-5pm.

This position can be based in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, or Poland. The successful candidate must be authorized to work in one of these countries and reside in that country while undertaking this role. Priority consideration will be given to candidates who reside in the time zones UTC-2 through UTC-5.

We have recorded a webinar hosted by Hannah Surowinski, Sr. Associate Director of Global Corporate Relations, and Ellie Ponders, Sr. Director of Global Corporate Engagement. You can view the recording here.

For priority consideration, please submit your application by November 12th at 11:59pm Eastern Time / UTC-5. After this date, we will begin advancing candidates through the hiring process and may close the role. New candidates are welcome to apply as long as this job opening is listed in our website. 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

• Work with major multinational food companies to advance welfare for animals within their supply chains. Currently, this work is focused on holding companies accountable for fulfilling their cage-free egg commitments.
• Build and maintain relationships with corporate executives at food companies. This includes email communication as well as virtual and in-person meetings.
• Engage in high-pressure negotiations with executives, with the primary purpose of influencing food companies to commit to animal welfare policies. Act as the lead on negotiations for OWA global campaigns.
• Conduct research on global food companies and maintain data within the team’s CRM, Salesforce.
• Hold food companies accountable for meeting their commitment deadlines. Establish check-ins with companies, ensuring they disclose progress on their commitments.
• Collaborate with team members intra- and inter-departmentally on campaign targets, strategy, research, commitments, and actions.
• Collaborate closely with OWA member groups and other relevant organizations on corporate outreach and campaign targets.
• Work closely with other members of THL’s Global Corporate Engagement team to advise on corporate relations strategy and goals.

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

• Tenacity: Ability to navigate high-pressure and confrontational situations, demonstrating confidence and relentlessness. Willingness to reflect on lessons learned and try new approaches when faced with setbacks.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to guide, support, and motivate others. Drives project success and seeks out opportunities to take on leadership roles. Mentors junior team members and supports training efforts.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making: Ability to independently resolve problems and make decisions, demonstrating sound judgment and adherence to organizational policies. Provides recommendations and justifications for decisions, contributing to effective task and project management. Identifies recurring issues and suggests improvements.
• Verbal and Written Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. Conveys THL’s message confidently and persuasively in emails, presentations, and high-pressure meetings with corporate executives.
• Initiative, Proactivity, and Adaptability: Takes on additional responsibilities independently, seeking out challenges and opportunities for growth. Ability to shift priorities effectively in response to changing circumstances and project requirements.
• Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, including with corporate executives. Actively supports team goals and collaborates successfully with team members and external stakeholders. Ability to adapt to changing dynamics and resolve interpersonal conflicts.
• Organization: Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks with the extensive use of platforms like Google Workspace, Slack, Salesforce, and Asana. Utilizes time management and attention to detail to plan, prioritize, and complete work, often under deadlines. Optimizes workflows by identifying inefficiencies and implementing improvements.
• Strategic Thinking: Quick and calculated strategic thinker in both high-stakes situations and broader strategy discussions. Ability to identify and evaluate short- and long-term impacts when making decisions, utilizing discretion and independent judgment. Demonstrated understanding of broader organizational strategy and how individual tasks contribute to team goals.
• Global Perspective: Approaches work with a global perspective, prioritizing global impact and taking regional and cultural nuances into consideration. Ability to work effectively with coalition partners and corporate executives across a variety of cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Research and Data Analysis: Ability to conduct thorough research on food companies and their executives. Adept at using online resources to gather information. Demonstrates curiosity, creativity, and persistence in finding details that may be difficult to locate. Ability to collect, organize, and analyze data, identifying trends and generating reports with minimal guidance.

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:

• $68,473 - $83,689 USD for candidates based in the United States
• $72,077 - $88,094 CAD for candidates based in Canada
• £38,203 - £46,692 GBP for candidates based in the United Kingdom
• 627,251Kč - 766,641Kč for candidates based in Czechia
• CLP $22,602,081 - CLP $33,903,121 for candidates based in Chile
• $54,562,857 - $81,844,285 COP for candidates based in Colombia

Compensation ranges for candidates based in other locations will be determined prior to extending an offer.

At The Humane League, we believe in maintaining a fair and nondiscriminatory work environment for all employees. At The Humane League, we believe in maintaining a fair and nondiscriminatory work environment for all employees. 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 staff. 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, 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.

Communications From Greenhouse During Hiring Process

We have occasionally had issues with emails from Greenhouse being captured by spam filters and going to the spam folder. Because we utilize Greenhouse for all notifications regarding your application, please double check your spam folder in case important communications have been routed there.

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

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