Vice President Sustainability

Job Description:

Arcera is a global life sciences company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Our purpose is to enable longer and healthier lives while creating sustainable growth. We develop, manufacture, and commercialize a broad range of high-quality innovative and proven medicines in key international markets.

With a large footprint reaching patients in over 120 markets, and manufacturing and packaging facilities in eight countries, we offer more than 2,000 medicines across various therapeutic areas worldwide. The companies Acino, Amoun, Birgi Mefar Group, and M8 are all part of Arcera Life Sciences.

This position is preferably based in Cairo, Egypt. Abu Dhabi, UAE, may be considered as an alternative location.

The Vice President Sustainability is responsible for the end-to-end operational leadership and execution of Arcera’s Sustainability strategy across all divisions. This role ensures the day-to-day delivery of sustainability initiatives, driving measurable progress across environmental, social, and governance priorities.

Reporting to the Chief Compliance and Sustainability Officer, the role combines hands‑on operational management with senior leadership accountability. The VP Sustainability leads the implementation of Arcera’s Sustainability roadmap, ensuring alignment with the double materiality assessment, regulatory requirements, and the company’s long-term ambitions, including decarbonization and environmental impact reduction.

The role acts as a key integrator across functions, working closely with Tech Ops, Supply Chain, People & Culture, Quality, Procurement, and Integrity & Compliance teams, among others, to embed sustainability into daily operations and decision‑making. It also serves as a senior interface with internal and external stakeholders and our shareholder, contributing to governance, reporting, and continuous improvement.

In addition, the VP Sustainability works hand‑in‑hand with the Head of EHS, ensuring strong alignment between EHS performance and environmental management, sustainability objectives, and broader business priorities.

• Lead the day-to-day execution of Arcera’s Sustainability strategy across all functions and divisions, ensuring timely delivery of initiatives and alignment with business priorities.
• Drive implementation of key environmental programs, including decarbonization, energy efficiency, resource optimization, and waste reduction.
• Translate strategic objectives into operational plans, KPIs, and measurable outcomes.

• Ensure strong alignment between EHS and Sustainability programs, leveraging technical expertise to integrate environmental, health, and safety considerations into operations while progressing our Sustainability objectives.
• Partner with the Head of EHS, to support consistent standards and management of environmental topics and priorities, and to ensure coordination across sites and functions.
• Promote a culture of safety, environmental stewardship, and operational responsibility across the organization.

• Oversee the collection, validation, and consolidation of sustainability data across the organization, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and audit readiness.
• Monitor performance against sustainability target and KPIs, identifying gaps and driving corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Lead the preparation and delivery of sustainability reporting, including internal dashboards, Board updates, and the annual Sustainability Report.

• Ensure operational readiness for evolving environmental and sustainability regulations and reporting requirements.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate environmental and operational risks in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Support the development and implementation of governance frameworks, policies, and standards for Sustainability and EHS.

• Oversee ESG due diligence, third‑party risk management, and sustainability‑related audits, ensuring a coordinated approach across functions.
• Partner with Procurement,…