The Humane League (THL) is a global nonprofit ending the abuse of animals raised for food. THL fosters a high-energy culture of teamwork and mission-driven problem solving, and we have earned recognition as Top Charity from Animal Charity Evaluators for all of their rating periods. Over the past few years, we’ve grown to a staff of 100+ talented individuals dispersed around the world. At THL, how animals are treated in the food system is at the forefront of our everyday work. We welcome all mission-aligned candidates to apply, no matter where you are in your journey to end the abuse of animals raised for food.
As the Associate Director of Campaigns, you will lead the development and execution of campaigns to advance THL and OWA’s missions, shaping strategies that drive measurable animal welfare impact. In this role, you will manage and mentor the Corporate Campaigns team, including coaching managers, fostering professional growth, and ensuring high-quality execution of global campaigns.
This role requires a strategic and innovative leader who can design and implement effective campaign plans, oversee complex projects, and make high-stakes decisions to maximize results. You will collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners, ensuring alignment on corporate targets, resource allocation, and organizational priorities.
As a thought leader in the animal protection movement, the Associate Director of Campaigns will influence industry-wide approaches, cultivate partnerships, with particular emphasis on serving as a strong and influential external representative of THL and OWA.. This position plays a critical role in advancing THL’s corporate animal welfare commitments in the US and globally, ensuring measurable improvements for millions of animals annually. Following a recent organizational realignment, this role will play an important part in strengthening team cohesion, building trust, and supporting managers through change while maintaining strong campaign performance.
This is a full-time, remote position reporting to the Associate Vice President of Corporate Engagement. We are only able to consider applicants who reside in either the USA, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Poland, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, or Colombia and who possess work authorization in the country in which they reside. To the extent permitted by local law, in order to enable collaboration with other global team members, you may be required to work occasional hours outside of 9am - 5pm, depending on your time zone. This position requires domestic and international travel, equivalent to approximately 4-6 weeks of travel per year.
We will be recording a webinar hosted by Ellie Ponders, Sr. Associate Vice President of Corporate Engagement and Alex Suchy, Vice President of Programs. You can submit any questions you would like answered regarding the role and The Humane League via this form. Please submit any questions by February 25, 2026 and the webinar will be available to watch here after February 27th.
Oversee THL’s corporate campaigns & strategy-setting
Manage the Campaigns team
Act as an influential leader in the animal protection movement
In addition to the above essential job duties, other duties may be assigned as business needs arise. These may include non-essential, marginal job duties.
This role is open until filled; for priority consideration, please submit your application by Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 11:59pm Eastern Time. After this date, we will begin advancing candidates through the hiring process and may close the role. New candidates are welcome to apply as long as this job opening is listed on our website. If you are experiencing technical issues, please contact [email protected]. Please submit applications and all supporting documents in English. All application questions and materials need to be submitted here through the application submission form; we do not accept applications through our careers email.
Hiring Timeline Details
Once your application has been reviewed, you will be notified via email with further details on the status of your application. If a candidate is moved forward, the interview process will be as follows:
Work Simulation Exercise (completed remotely)
Interview (via video call)
Second Interview (via video call)
For full details of our recruitment process please review this document.
Compensation and Benefits
The annual compensation range for this role is:
At The Humane League, we believe in maintaining a fair and nondiscriminatory work environment. As part of our commitment to transparency, we have implemented a job architecture framework, which levels all of our roles according to size and complexity, as well as a compensation step system, which allows us to determine fair salaries for all. We also look at market data for each country that we operate in, to allow us to create specific salary bands per country. This work is time consuming and involves a cost to THL. Therefore, when expanding into a country for the first time, we only undertake this work towards the end of the recruitment process, when we know where our ideal candidate is based. In addition, we have adopted a no negotiation policy for salaries. To determine a job's level, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including a job's size and complexity, required experience, knowledge, and/or skills, internal comparability, and market data. Candidates whose experience places them at step 5 or above of their job level within our compensation structure will be awarded a “Senior” title designation. These practices are aligned with our organizational values and will help us ensure we maintain clear, consistent, and transparent HR processes.
THL offers a unique and competitive benefits package. Each country will be provided with benefits that are applicable and relative to the location they are in. Therefore, your exact benefits package will be shared with you at the time of offer. However, as an idea, some of the benefits that are currently offered to our global team are:
For candidates outside the United States, The Humane League will not be your direct employer. The successful candidate will enter an employment agreement with a local Employer of Record with whom The Humane League partners.
Equal Employment Opportunity
THL is an equal opportunity employer. THL does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected classifications, including but not limited to race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religious creed or belief, physical or mental disability, marital or familial status, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other status or classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. THL is committed to the importance of non-discriminatory practices within the nonprofit sector, as well as all workplace environments, and strongly encourages all interested candidates to apply.
Accommodations
The Humane League is committed to fully supporting all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, THL provides reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws throughout the hiring process and employment if hired. If a reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the People team at [email protected] to initiate the interactive process. THL complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and all other applicable state and local laws.
AI Policy
Original work and thought are essential in the hiring process and allow us to evaluate you based on your own skills and competency. Therefore, the use of artificial intelligence (ChatGPT, Gemini, Rytr, Google Assistant, etc) to generate responses is strictly prohibited. By submitting this application you agree to comply with our AI Policy. Violations of this policy in any part of the recruitment process will result in being dismissed from consideration. If you need a reasonable accommodation to this policy, please see above for more information.
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