Director, Corporate Advisory

The Impact Finance & Markets Division at The Nature Conservancy provides technical and strategic leadership to create transformational impact with the private sector by translating the value of nature and conservation approaches into actionable, science-based strategies that can help solve societal challenges. The Corporate Engagement (CE) Team, one of three business units in the Impact Finance & Markets Division, works to increase the resilience of leading global companies by integrating nature and climate considerations into core business strategies, operations, and supply chains.

The Director, Corporate Advisory leads the team of CE Advisors within Corporate Engagement. The team develops, implements, and coordinates corporate engagements that, by facilitating the integration of nature into business models, help drive private sector outcomes in support of the Conservancy’s conservation goals. The Director, Corporate Advisory role combines people and practice leadership, portfolio management, senior corporate advising, strategic account oversight, and execution of TNC’s Corporate Engagement strategy.

As a key member of the CE Leadership Team, the Director reports to and serves as a trusted thought partner to the Managing Director, Corporate Engagement and works across TNC to translate corporate opportunities and conservation priorities into high-quality, mission-aligned engagements that advance TNC's 2030 Goals and beyond.

This remote position may be based in North America, Central/ South America, or Europe in any country where TNC has an established office. Must be willing to overlap 5 working hours/day in the Eastern time zone.

The Director, Corporate Advisory builds and leads a high-performing team and ensures the team consistently delivers outstanding corporate and TNC partner experiences in support of conservation outcomes. This team is responsible for developing and implementing strategies for engaging companies; for advising and relationship management of companies largely in the agri-food, beverage, consumer, retail, fisheries, water utility, and technology sectors; leading external and sector-specific engagement;

and providing internal support to TNC conservation strategy teams.

The Director leads oversight of delivery quality and the experience of corporate and internal TNC collaborators, partnering with other CE and TNC teams. This leadership role will create, implement, and manage the operational practices needed to deliver consistently across a complex portfolio of corporate engagements. The Director contributes to CE strategy and makes it executable through portfolio choices, talent management, strong cross-functional coordination, and continuous improvement of the operating model.

The Director also serves as senior sponsor for selected corporate relationships and will work closely with members of the global Sustainable Food & Water team and other Business Units to advance the implementation of the Conservancy’s priorities. They will approach all work with a spirit of collaboration and respect for colleagues and partners across geographies, cultures, and subject matter expertise.

• Develop a high-performing team of 10-15 staff by setting clear expectations, coaching, performance management, training, and career development;
• Oversee corporate relationship management, ensuring clarity of roles, strong collaboration and information sharing, and consistent management process and partner experience;
• Design, implement, and continuously improve CE's portfolio management process for evaluating, prioritizing, sequencing, staffing, and reviewing prospective and active engagements;
• Lead portfolio and capacity…