Manager, Policy & Advocacy; Maternity Cover

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a global community of over 215 of the world’s leading businesses driving systems transformation for a better world in which 9+ billion people can live well, within planetary boundaries, by mid-century. Together, we transform the systems we work in to limit the impact of the climate crisis, restore nature, and tackle inequality.

We accelerate value chain transformation across key sectors and reshape the financial system to reward sustainable leadership and action through a lower cost of capital. Through the exchange of best practices, improving performance, accessing education, forming partnerships, and shaping the policy agenda, we drive progress in businesses and sharpen the accountability of their performance.

The Policy, Advocacy & Member Mobilization (PAMM) team is seeking a Manager (maternity cover) to lead delivery of key components of the Positive Policy Engagement (PPE) programme and related external partnerships.

The role will focus on stewarding member engagement, delivering high-impact convenings, maintaining strategic partnerships with trade associations and external stakeholders, and supporting WBCSD’s engagement in major multilateral moments, including COPs.

Reporting to the Senior Director within PAMM, the Manager will work closely with member companies, internal stakeholders and external institutions to strengthen credible, business-aligned policy engagement across climate and sustainability priorities.

• Lead delivery of WBCSD’s Positive Policy Engagement (PPE) workstream, ensuring continuity, strategic quality and strong member value across flagship offerings, including business case development, capability‑building activities, and support to members in aligning direct and indirect advocacy with sustainability and transition goals.
• Steward the Policy Officer Network as a trusted quarterly peer forum for corporate policy leaders, shaping session themes, securing senior speakers, and facilitating high‑quality exchanges that strengthen members’ approach to aligning direct and trade association advocacy with sustainability and transition goals.
• Drive member engagement before and after convenings, fostering peer‑to‑peer connections, surfacing emerging challenges, and translating insights into internal intelligence that informs WBCSD’s broader policy positioning.
• Develop and curate practical tools, case studies and strategic insights that support companies in building the internal business case for credible and responsible policy engagement.
• Maintain strong member relationships through proactive outreach, 1:1 engagement, and strategic connection‑building across the network.

• Maintain strategic coordination with external partners delivering trade association‑related projects, ensuring alignment with WBCSD priorities and member needs.
• Contribute to partnership development, light‑touch grant oversight, and coordination across collaborating institutions.

• Support PAMM’s strategic engagement in UN COPs and other key multilateral moments, contributing to event coordination, member mobilization and briefing materials as needed.
• Coordinate with partners and global initiatives to align participation and messaging across platforms.

• Represent WBCSD in selected external initiatives, taskforces and working groups relevant to positive policy engagement.
• Build and maintain constructive relationships with key stakeholders across business groups, international organizations, think tanks and civil society.
• Internal Collaboration & Strategic Alignment
• Work closely with colleagues across policy work streams to embed positive policy engagement principles across climate, nature and equity priorities.
• Contribute to internal strategy discussions and support alignment between member engagement, external representation and programmatic priorities.

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in international relations,…