Senior Director, Global Climate Strategy

ABOUT PURPOSE

Purpose builds and supports movements to advance the fight for an open, just, and habitable world. We use public mobilization and storytelling to help leading organizations, activists, businesses, and philanthropies engaged in this fight, and we create campaigning labs and new initiatives that can shift policies and change public narratives when it matters most.

To do this, Purpose brings together world-class talent from the world of creatives, content development, storytelling, campaigning, grassroots organizing, and political strategy to build new creative campaigning models.

Guided by smart strategy and powered by participation, our work reframes issues, engages new audiences, shifts public discourse, and ultimately drives targeted action and creates lasting impact. Join the team that made all this work!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Purpose is seeking an innovative and entrepreneurial Senior Director to join our team and build our Global Climate Strategy. The person in this role will be leading the charge on revenue generation to directly support our Climate Action strategy. As a Senior Director, they will play the role of Principal on projects with Purpose's largest philanthropic and corporate partners, be a thought leader in the future of our offerings across our client portfolio, and identify, nurture and deliver new funding and partnerships aligned with our climate strategy.

The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated track record conceiving of new impact opportunities, fundraising to make them happen, and experience and enthusiasm for client/donor engagement and relationship management at the highest levels. In addition, they will also have led or advised large delivery teams, managed a portfolio of multi-million dollar campaigns and other complex projects.

We are looking for a tenacious individual who can run a pitch process, inspire and care for a diverse team, deliver sharp strategy and creative thinking, and push our clients and donors to take bold, impactful, and equitable action on the biggest issues of our time. They know how to build relationships with politically, socially, culturally and economically diverse people and organizations, and understand how to use existing power structures for social change.

This role is offered with a base salary range of $140,000+ (commensurate with experience) plus performance-based incentive structures and additional benefits including a generous PTO policy, flexible working hours, etc. Purpose deeply values professional development, and there are many opportunities for growth in this role. We are open to candidates based in and around New York. This role is a hybrid/remote first role, with travel as required for meetings and in-office co-working from our space in Union Square as required/desired.

CLIMATE AT PURPOSE:

We're in a moment where the visible signs of the climate crisis are accelerating daily, and more solutions than ever before are within our grasp. The missing piece is to create the will among decision makers to act swiftly and decisively.

Through our innovative Labs model, we have designed strategies that have enhanced the work of Climate Acton organizations and leaders, supported and enhanced meaningful solutions around the Climate Crisis, while identifying ways to unlock the power of unengaged audiences. Our partners have ranged from front line communities suffering immediate impacts of the climate crisis, to faith-based and rural community groups too often silent on the issue, and to journalists fighting against a deluge of climate disinformation.

Our philosophy is that to meet the challenge, we must be experimental, evidence driven, open sourced in our learnings and promote collective action. We approach every engagement from an audience centric perspective, seeking effective ways of engaging them in climate positive initiatives on their terms, not ours. We are committed to an ethic of non-redundancy and we constantly seek to operate in gaps in the existing climate infrastructure by using our strategic, creative, campaigns, and monitoring and evaluation capabilities to help identify new opportunities to accelerate impact.

Key Responsibilities

Client/Donor Management & Business Development:

• Develop, pitch and fundraise for large-scale campaign project and programs [Labs];
• Effectively build, engage, and manage relationships with individuals at the highest levels across the philanthropic and corporate sectors;
• Grow the revenue pipeline by proactively identifying and building new relationships with groups across the philanthropic, corporate, and government sectors;
• Build new relationships with relevant external stakeholders;
• Develop and manage strategic partnerships with individuals at the highest level in organizations such as the UN and others in the climate sector groups.
• Become a trusted advisor for senior client contacts with the ability to steer stakeholders towards stronger outcomes and negotiate persuasively to create solutions that address the interests of others

Program Strategy & Team Leadership:

• Lead on strategy and direction for our climate campaigns across the world
• Collaborate with other leadership team members to drive innovation in climate campaigning, and building and prototyping new opportunities for impact
• Provide decision making, oversight and troubleshooting capacity on a number of programs being executed simultaneously
• Manage multiple people with their long-term career in mind; develop their skills as managers; proactively seeks unofficial mentorship opportunities; and create an open environment for two-way feedback
• Set the standard and model leadership on projects through strong expectation management, direction and delegation; and fosters ownership and commitment in others

ABOUT YOU

• Significant progressive campaigning experience from a leading consultancy/agency, electoral campaign, or non-profit advocacy organization, leading social impact initiatives on the client side;
• Demonstrated track record in fundraising and business development that resulted in successful revenue generation;
• Demonstrated track record in climate focussed digital organizing and campaigns, digital marketing & communications, and/or purpose-driven brand strategy;
• Strong entrepreneurial sensibility - you've had success in launching new projects or initiatives that employ new, innovative models to drive social impact;
• Track-record of having built and sustained a team culture;
• Experience building partnerships with corporates, philanthropists, and government;
• A global sensibility, global issue and policy expertise and/or global work experience
• Experience managing large-scale campaigns from concept through execution;
• Experience running campaigns that emphasize experimentation and scaling of success to achieve measurable impact;
• A history of working in partnership to cultivate relationships at large advocacy organizations;
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• High bar for quality, rigor, and integrity in your own work, as well as your colleagues'
• Deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Eligibility to work in Country

Purpose takes on some of the biggest challenges in the world, which affect people of different identities and backgrounds in different ways. We are stronger and most effective with a diverse team leading the charge and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome the unique contributions that individuals bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.