Leadership & Culture Lead

Are you ready to challenge how leadership truly works and make it better at scale?

At Outokumpu, we are looking for a Leadership & Culture Lead who doesnt just design frameworks but reshapes how leadership, culture, and performance actually happen in a global organization. This is a role for a conceptual thinker with a pragmatic edge someone who can zoom out to see the system, and zoom in to make change stick.

What you will do You will shape and evolve how leadership and culture are defined, experienced, and activated across the company. You will:

• Challenge the status quo constructively pushing senior leaders and the organization to rethink how leadership drives results

• Translate strategy into action turning strategic priorities into clear leadership expectations, behaviours, and decision principles

• Make complexity simple cut through fragmented processes and build mechanisms that actually work in practice

• Drive real impact ensuring leadership and culture initiatives translate into measurable business outcomes

• Shape employee listening building a system that not only captures insights but ensures action and accountability

• Leverage data, AI and analytics to strengthen leadership effectiveness and culture development

• Act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders across the business

What sets you apart You are not defined by role or hierarchy but by clarity of thinking, courage, and impact. You bring:

• A strong point of view and the confidence to challenge constructively at executive level

• A systems mindset understanding how decisions create second- and third-order effects

• The ability to balance conceptual thinking with execution

• Excellent stakeholder management skills navigating and influencing in a complex global matrix

• A bias for action you make things happen, not just design them

• Strong judgment knowing when to push, when to simplify, and when to say no

• A clear communication style

Your experience

• 10+ years in senior HR, organizational effectiveness, people strategy, or top-tier consulting

• Relevant higher education degree (e.g., masters degree in human resources, organizational psychology, business administration, or a related field)

• Proven ability to design and implement leadership frameworks and people systems at scale

• Experience working closely with senior executives and leadership teams

• Strong track record of delivering tangible impact, not just concepts

Why this role matters This role sits at the heart of Outokumpus transformation. You will shape how leadership drives performance, how culture is lived, and how the organization listens, learns, and evolves. Success is not measured by frameworks created but by impact delivered, behaviours changed, and business outcomes achieved.

If you are someone who thinks boldly, challenges constructively, and delivers impact, we want to hear from you.Please submit your CV and cover letter by July 14, 2026

For more information about the role, please contact Frida Morell, VP - HR Strategy, frida.morell@outokumpu.com. For more information about your application or the recruitment process please contact Pia Keskitalo, Talent Acquisition Partner, pia.keskitalo@outokumpu.com.

Outokumpus vision is to pioneer materials and technologies that power tomorrow. As the global leader in sustainable stainless steel, we are accelerating the green transition, and we lead the development of low-CO metals and solutions across the stainless steel value chain and beyond.

Our business is based on the circular economy: our products are made from more than 90% recycled materials, which we turn into fully recyclable stainless steel with up to 75% lower carbon footprint than the industry average. This steel is utilized in various applications across society, including infrastructure, energy, industrial applications and household appliances. With our new EVOLVE strategy, we focus on maximizing value in sustainable stainless steel while expanding our offering in advanced materials & alloys, ferrochrome and innovative technologies.

Weoperate production sites in Finland, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States, and Mexico whilst our mine in Kemi, Finland is the only chrome mine within the European Union.

In 2025, Outokumpus revenue was EUR 5.5 billion. Outokumpu employs approximately 8,600 professionals in nearly 30 countries, with headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. Read more:www.outokumpu.com