Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Sustainability

Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Sustainability

New York, New York

Building on track record of pioneering and implementing innovative climate resilience solutions, the Clinton Foundation is looking to bring on a new Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Sustainability at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). This role is responsible for leading the development of relationships with a network of domestic and international organizations committed to advancing environmental sustainability and tackling the climate crisis that are implementing programs worldwide.

Working closely with the Managing Director, Climate Resilience & Sustainability as well as the broader team the Senior Manager helps design and execute flagship multi-stakeholder initiatives by supporting strategic planning, partner coordination, implementation scoping, and development of cross-sector collaboration models to accelerate and scale collective action of stakeholders. The Senior Manager supports and co-leads two to three emerging CGI climate priorities from current work - energy, regenerative agriculture & food systems, oceans & biodiversity, water access, extreme weather resilience, and is responsible for co-shaping annual strategy, advancing CGI’s “but-for” impact opportunities, and cultivating anchor partnerships across philanthropy, business, and government.

In this capacity, the Senior Manager designs coordinated communities of practice, identifies collaboration pathways, and integrates opportunities for membership growth, sponsorship, and revenue-aligned engagement, in close partnership with other senior members of CGI including Development, Membership and Community Growth. The role also manages a limited set of high-potential Commitments to Action (CTAs) that directly advance CGI’s flagship climate initiatives.

The Senior Manager drives external engagement across philanthropy, business, government, and civil society; develops strategic materials and thought-leadership content; and translates CGI’s climate strategy into programming, including working sessions, private round round tables, virtual convenings, and public event content.

This position reports directly to the Managing Director, Climate Resilience & Sustainability, while collaborating across CGI and Clinton Foundation teams to support operational systems, cross-team processes, and seamless internal and external engagement.

Impact Efforts: Initially support and subsequently co-lead the development and growth of emerging priority climate work streams as determined by the Managing Director and CGI team.

• Cultivate and steward relationships with philanthropic, corporate, government, and civil society partners to drive collective action.
• Design cross-sector collaboration models, communities of practice, and multi-year partnership pathways within each workstream.
• Conduct landscape analyses to identify anchor partners, strategic gaps, and opportunities for CGI’s “but-for” value.
• Develop strategic frameworks, scoping documents, memos, and leadership-facing materials that inform CGI’s programming and organizational positioning.
• Manage a limited set of high-potential Commitments to Action (CTAs) directly aligned with flagship climate initiatives, integrating them into broader workstream strategies.

Revenue Generation: Support CGI’s revenue pathways tied to climate impact work and broader CGI goals.

• Identify and cultivate new funding pathways through collaboration with Development, Membership, and Community Growth teams.
• Stewarding relationships with core partners (philanthropy, corporate, high-potential large NGOs) to identify funding opportunities emerging from Working Groups and flagship initiatives.
• Supporting paid ticket sales for CGI convenings, such as the Annual Meeting, through targeted outreach and partner cultivation.
• Prepare revenue-aligned materials, talking points, decks, and briefings to support cross-team cultivation and pitch processes.

Operational & Cross-Team Coordination Support to ensure seamless execution of climate programming and internal operations, including:

• Support planning and execution of CGI convenings, including…