VP Sustainability

Vice President - Sustainability

Derby, Bristol or London (Hybrid - min 3 days on site)

Full Time

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Vice President - Sustainability to join the Team in Derby, Bristol or London. This is a Senior Leadership and Delivery role reporting to the Senior Vice President - Sustainability.

The Vice President - Sustainability is part of a global, multi-functional and passionate team, which is working at pace to identify, protect and create sustainability value to deliver Rolls-Royce’s vision and strategy.

This role is responsible for developing and ope rationalising global Rolls-Royce sustainability strategy, leading Rolls-Royce sustainability risk management (including climate risk scenario analysis), supporting broader disclosure and regulatory compliance activities and acting as a Sustainability Lead for Civil Aerospace.

The Vice President - Sustainability will represent Rolls-Royce internally and externally, including representing on external working groups and interfacing with senior stakeholders across strategic environmental issues. The VP Sustainability role will report into the SVP Sustainability as part of the Rolls-Royce global Government Relations and Sustainability team.

• Work collaboratively across the One Rolls‑Royce sustainability community to develop and ope rationalise Rolls-Royce’s sustainability strategy.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans and ensure effective delivery
• Support the continued development and embedding of the Sustainability Operating Model, including data collection, management and control.

• Act as secretary for the Rolls-Royce Sustainability Risk Review
• Lead and deliver annual climate‑related scenario analyses to inform strategy and deliver disclosure requirements, including principal risk management.
• Work with General Counsel and compliance teams to ensure adherence to global sustainability regulations.

• Investigate and interpret sustainability data, industry developments, and regulatory trends to identify risks, opportunities, and value creation pathways for the business.

• Act as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including investors, customers, NGOs, trade associations and government bodies.
• Provide sustainability expertise for policy engagement, consultations, and industry initiatives, especially those relevant to Civil Aerospace.

• Ensure insights, regulatory developments and strategic updates from across the value chain are shared with the business.
• Drive delivery of key sustainability outcomes across Rolls‑Royce.

• Any other tasks as may be required to support delivery of Rolls-Royce’s strategic ambitions.

• Highly collaborative and able to build effective working relationships with a diverse range of individuals and teams globally
• Have excellent communication and influencing skills
• Be able to analyse/model complex data and convey information simply and concisely
• Be able to apply strong business acumen to make balanced business decisions
• Have demonstrated project and/or programme management skills
• Have a high-level of autonomy and be able to guide others, including Sustainability Manager and early careers in their tasks
• Be adaptable and able to respond to changing needs
• Be passionate about sustainability.
• Qualifications and experience of working in sustainability and/or strategy desirable.

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