Director, Sustainable Chemistry

Leads the global Sustainable Chemistry team, reporting to the Senior Director, Global Sustainability Supply Chain Compliance, and partners across Sustainability, Legal, Product Safety, Product Creation, Materials, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Government & Public Affairs, Technology, Data & Analytics, and external industry partners. The leader owns the strategy, governance, and evolution of the global Sustainable Chemistry program, ensuring materials, products, and relevant manufacturing processes meet regulatory requirements and company standards. The position connects science, regulation, data, and business priorities to protect market access, reduce risk, and advance chemistry performance across the extended supply chain.

• Own the strategy, governance, and evolution of the global Sustainable Chemistry program, ensuring materials, products, and relevant manufacturing processes meet regulatory requirements and company standards.
• Set and communicate the multi-year strategy, operating model, priorities, governance, and measures of success for the global Chemistry Compliance program.
• Lead the Chemistry Playbook and Restricted Substances List (RSL), including updates, stakeholder alignment, implementation, training, chemical phase-outs, and issue management.
• Monitor the global regulatory landscape and partner with Legal, Product Safety, and Government & Public Affairs to assess emerging risks, establish requirements, and protect global market access.
• Build a risk-based approach to testing, supplier performance, data quality, and program assurance, partnering with Technology and Data & Analytics to improve systems, traceability, reporting, and decision-making.
• Lead and develop chemistry professionals while partnering across Product Creation, Materials, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and supplier-facing teams to embed chemistry requirements and drive accountable execution.
• Direct responses to significant chemistry compliance issues and emerging risks, ensuring root causes, business impacts, corrective actions, and escalation paths are clearly understood and addressed.
• Represent the organisation in chemistry-focused industry collaborations, including relevant ZDHC workstreams, and partner with peer brands, suppliers, laboratories, and solution providers to advance scalable chemical-management practices.

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, environmental science, toxicology, or a related field; any suitable combination of education, experience and training will be accepted.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in product chemistry, chemical management, regulatory compliance, product stewardship, or a related field, including experience within complex global supply chains.
• Demonstrated experience leading global programs, portfolios, or teams and establishing multi-year strategies, governance, priorities, and measures of success.
• Expert knowledge of restricted substances, chemical hazard and risk management, manufacturing chemistry, analytical testing, and regulatory requirements affecting materials and consumer products.
• Demonstrated success representing an organisation in industry collaborations, standards bodies, or trade organisations.
• Strategic, technically credible, enterprise-minded leadership with deep expertise in product, material, and manufacturing chemistry.
• Strong judgment, executive communication, and people leadership.
• Ability to anticipate regulatory and business risk and translate emerging requirements and scientific developments into practical business priorities.
• Ability to build scalable systems that protect global market access.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity, balancing competing priorities, and influencing across functions, geographies, cultures, and levels of the organisation.
• Commitment to developing talent, building an inclusive team, and advancing effective chemical management practices across the extended supply chain and the broader industry.

• Experience with Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) or comparable chemical-management initiatives.