Director, Global Industry; f​/m​/d

Location Worldwide - one of Agora’s or RAP’s hubs

Date 7th October 2026

Permanent employee, Full or part-time

Full-time or part-time (min. 32 hours) | Strong preference for candidates based in one of Agora’s or Regulatory Assistance Project’s (RAP) hubs (Washington, Netherlands, Berlin, Brussels, Bangkok, Beijing, New Delhi) with option to work remotely | Requirement to spend regular and sufficient in-person time with the team, currently based predominantly in Europe, particularly Berlin | Frequent international travel required.

• Shape the organisation’s strategy for the global industry programme, with accountability for analytical quality, geographic reach, and policy relevance.
• Lead and manage the global industry team, currently comprising around 25 staff, and work closely with regional directors on industry work across the organisation.
• Lead the programme’s analytical agenda across industry strategy, techno-economics, clean technologies and power, fuels and feed stocks integration, trade and standards, supply chain resilience, climate policy, industrial finance, lead markets, and the development implications of industrial transition.
• Shape international cooperation on industrial transformation, working through relevant multilateral initiatives (including G20 Industrial Decarbonisation Agenda, Climate Club, the Global Green Industrialisation Agenda, JETPs, IEA ministerial processes) to advance concrete policy design, lead market creation, financing mechanisms and cross-border coordination.
• Build a coherent global industry programme in close collaboration with regional directors, aligning priorities and sharing knowledge so that analytical work remains connected to the implementation realities of industrial system transformation on the ground.
• Represent the industry programme to governments, funders, industry associations, development institutions, and think tank partners at global and national levels.
• Manage research quality, publication output, and stakeholder communication, including media relations and expert positioning.
• Build and manage the budget, identify new funding opportunities, and develop funder relationships in support of the expanded programme.

• At least 15 years of relevant professional experience, including several years of management experience in an international setting with team leadership across multiple geographies.
• Strong strategic leadership on industrial transformation, including how climate policy, industrial development, competition policy, industry finance, and supply chain resilience interact, with deep expertise in at least one major area of industrial transition.
• Understanding of how industrial policy domains interact with development objectives and ability to engage credibly with policymakers across multiple regional contexts.
• Familiarity with multilateral governance processes (G20, JETP, international standards bodies) and multilateral development finance.
• Familiarity with political processes and understanding of how political decision-makers think; ability to develop and represent complex and nuanced positions across diverse institutional contexts, and proven ability to turn analytical work into policy influence.
• Collaborative leadership style appropriate for a think tank: setting direction while respecting research autonomy.
• Motivating personality who can inspire systemic, integrative thinking and work effectively across geographies and institutional cultures.
• Strong and diverse international network spanning policymakers, industry associations, funders, development finance institutions, and civil society.
• Meaningful networks in at least one major non-EU geography (India, Southeast Asia,…