Head of Sustainability (Thai Conglomerate)

A leading Thai conglomerate is seeking a Head of Sustainability (X1 vacancy) to provide strategic direction and embed sustainability, ESG, and responsible business practices across the organisation. This pivotal role offers you the opportunity to shape the future of sustainability within a highly influential business, ensuring alignment with both corporate strategy and international standards.

What you'll do:

As Head of Sustainability you will play a central role in shaping how sustainability is embedded across all levels of the organisation. Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve developing forward-thinking strategies that integrate ESG principles into core business functions while ensuring compliance with both local regulations and global standards. You will oversee the creation of ambitious yet achievable targets for environmental stewardship and social responsibility. By collaborating with cross-functional teams—including operations, engineering, supply chain—you will help translate strategic goals into practical actions that deliver measurable results.

The package includes base salary + attractive bonus + provident fund

• Develop and implement a comprehensive sustainability and ESG strategy that aligns with the company’s vision, business objectives, and regulatory requirements.
• Integrate sustainability considerations into all aspects of corporate strategy, operational planning, investment decisions, and risk management processes.
• Establish clear roadmaps, targets, and KPIs for environmental, social, and governance performance to ensure measurable progress.
• Oversee robust ESG governance frameworks to guarantee compliance with Thai regulations as well as international standards such as GRI, TCFD, ISSB, CDP, and UN SDGs.
• Lead accurate and transparent sustainability reporting processes while ensuring audit readiness and continuous improvement in disclosures.
• Drive climate-related initiatives including carbon management programmes, energy transition projects, resource efficiency measures, biodiversity conservation efforts, and decarbonisation pathways.
• Collaborate closely with operations, engineering, supply chain teams, and other departments to implement impactful environmental initiatives across the organisation.
• Lead social sustainability programmes focused on workforce wellbeing, diversity equity & inclusion (DEI), community engagement activities, and human rights advocacy.
• Engage proactively with internal and external stakeholders including regulators, investors, partners, NGOs, communities, industry groups, and public forums to foster trust and transparency.
• Build and nurture a high-performing sustainability team while promoting a culture of awareness throughout all business units; advise senior management and the Board on emerging risks, opportunities, trends.

What you bring:

Your extensive background in sustainability leadership equips you to guide large organisations through transformative change. With deep knowledge of ESG frameworks and regulatory landscapes—both locally in Thailand and internationally—you bring proven expertise in translating strategic vision into actionable plans that create real value. Your interpersonal skills enable you to build trust among diverse stakeholders while fostering open communication channels across departments. Experience advising senior leaders ensures your recommendations are respected at Board level. You thrive when managing multicultural teams in collaborative environments where learning is encouraged. Your commitment to ethical conduct underpins every decision you make; your ability to inspire others helps cultivate a culture where responsible business practices flourish. Fluency in English allows you to operate confidently on global platforms.

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Economics or related discipline is required for this role.
• At least 15 years’ experience in sustainability leadership roles within large Thai or multinational organisations is essential for success.
• Demonstrated track record in designing and executing enterprise-level sustainability or ESG strategies that deliver tangible outcomes.
• Experience working directly with senior executives and Board-level stakeholders to influence decision-making processes around responsible business practices.
• Deep understanding of ESG frameworks (such as GRI/TCFD/ISSB/CDP/UN SDGs), sustainability standards, regulatory environments relevant to Thailand as well as international best practice.
• Exceptional business acumen enabling you to translate complex sustainability concepts into commercial value propositions for the organisation.
• Outstanding stakeholder management skills coupled with excellent communication abilities—both written and verbal—in English (minimum TOEIC score 750).
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams in multicultural settings while nurturing collaboration across departments.
• Strategic thinker who excels at change-management initiatives within complex organisational environments; able to inspire others towards shared goals.
• High integrity combined with unwavering commitment to ethical conduct; adept at promoting responsible business practices throughout all levels of an organisation.

What sets this company apart:

This organisation stands out as one of Thailand’s most influential conglomerates—renowned for its commitment to sustainable development at scale. Here you’ll find an inclusive workplace culture built on unity, flexibility, continuous learning opportunities, and genuine respect for diversity. Employees benefit from supportive leadership that values each individual’s contribution toward shared goals. The company actively invests in professional development so you can grow alongside knowledgeable colleagues who are passionate about making a positive impact on society. By joining this team you become part of a network dedicated not only to commercial success but also long-term value creation for people and planet alike—a place where your work truly matters every day.

What's next:

If you are ready to shape the future of sustainability at one of Thailand’s leading organisations—and want your expertise to make a lasting difference—this is your moment!

Due to the high volume of applications, our team will only be in touch if your application is shortlisted.

Robert Walters Recruitment (Thailand) Limited
Recruitment License No.: น. 1188 / 2551