Vice President, Global Corporate Impact

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +3 more countries.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the CEO to establish and implement MFA's global corporate impact strategy.

• Identify and prioritize companies, industries, markets, and opportunities that offer the highest potential for animal impact.

• Manage the global corporate impact portfolio and allocate resources effectively across various initiatives.

• Convert strategic priorities into actionable campaign plans outlining objectives, owners, milestones, budgets, and measures of success.

• Develop and track performance indicators focused on policy implementation, changes in company practices, and quantifiable animal impact.

• Assess campaign effectiveness and enhance both impact and cost-efficiency.

• Promote corporate welfare reforms and evaluate initiatives aimed at plant-forward and animal-protein-reduction strategies.

• Oversee global corporate campaigns from target selection and engagement to negotiation, public pressure, escalation, commitment, and implementation.

• Persuade corporate decision-makers through engagement, negotiation, advocacy, and coordinated public pressure tactics.

• Monitor corporate commitments, pinpoint implementation challenges, and take corrective action when companies fail to fulfill their obligations.

• Create innovative campaign strategies and bolster leverage across various companies, industries, and markets.

• Observe corporate behavior, trends in animal agriculture, and developments in the food market.

• Work in collaboration with investigations, marketing and communications, organizing, policy, Intelligence & Impact, and regional teams.

• Cultivate relationships with corporate executives and key stakeholders.

• Lead, develop, and empower a high-performing global corporate impact team.

• Partner with regional Managing Directors to synchronize campaigns and align priorities.

• Enhance processes, coordination, technology, AI utilization, and organizational effectiveness.

• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and Senior Leadership Team regarding organizational strategy, resource allocation, and major decisions.

• Build coalitions with animal protection organizations and movement partners.

• Represent MFA in discussions with corporate leaders, partners, funders, media, and external stakeholders.

• Oversee the global corporate impact budget.

• Collaborate with Development and Finance on grant proposals, stewardship of restricted funding, reporting, and achieving funded outcomes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive leadership experience in corporate campaigning, corporate engagement, animal advocacy, or a closely related field.

• Proven track record of driving significant institutional or corporate transformation.

• Demonstrated ability to create and lead complex campaigns that influence major companies, secure commitments, and ensure implementation and accountability.

• In-depth understanding of the global food industry, corporate supply chains, and the animal welfare challenges linked to industrial animal agriculture.

• Exceptional strategic judgment with the capacity to make trade-offs, allocate resources, and deliver measurable outcomes.

• Experience in building, leading, and nurturing high-performing teams across diverse geographies and cultures.

• Strong grasp of corporate power dynamics, incentives, negotiation, reputational pressure, public campaigning, and institutional change.

• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to leverage evidence, performance data, and impact assessments.

• Outstanding communication, influencing, and relationship-building abilities.

• Proactive, resourceful, and decisive leadership approach.

• Skills in organizational leadership and financial stewardship, including the management of complex initiatives, teams, and budgets.

• Willingness and capacity to travel internationally as needed.

• Deep commitment to the mission and values of Mercy For Animals.

• Preferred: Experience in leading corporate advocacy or accountability initiatives across multiple countries or regions.

• Preferred: Background in the global farmed animal protection movement and international advocacy coalitions.

• Preferred: Experience in developing or implementing measurable impact frameworks and managing grant-funded programs.

• Preferred: Experience in strategic portfolio management, impact evaluation, or data analysis.

🏝️ Benefits

• No- or low-cost health insurance.

• No- or low-cost vision insurance.

• No- or low-cost dental insurance.

• Generous paid time off.

• Sick leave.

• 401(k) retirement plan with a dollar-for-dollar employer match of up to 3.5% of annual earnings.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.