Director, Nature Finance and Investments

Company Description

Founded in 1961, WWF works to help people and nature thrive. As a global conservation organization, WWF operates in more than 100 countries, partnering with communities, companies, and governments to protect wildlife, conserve vital habitats, and advance sustainable solutions. Grounded in science and driven by collaboration, WWF works to help nature by conserving biodiversity, supporting resilient communities, and addressing climate change.

Nearly 1 million people in the United States and more than 5 million globally are WWF members.

The Director, Nature Finance and Investments will function as a critical member of the Nature Finance & Investments (NFI) team  Director will play a critical leadership position in our work serving as Impact Advisors to external asset managers, where WWF aims to develop and influence substantial capital flows supporting nature. This individual will be responsible for the strategy, day-to-day execution, and execution process for NFI's asset manager strategy.

This will include identifying nature finance fund partnership opportunities, engaging with key stakeholders, and accelerating pathways to scale WWF's role in financing and shaping sustainable investment.

• Design and oversee key elements of the asset manager strategy including WWF's goals / objectives, implementation model, pipeline of partnership opportunities, external advisors, etc. Play a key role in developing, seeking, and negotiating partnerships with potential partners.
• Identify and pursue new asset manager partnership opportunities, including through prioritizing, assessing and initiating partnership discussions across priority sectors, including sustainable infrastructure, regenerative agriculture, carbon finance, and aquaculture / blue oceans.
• Lead deal diligence and prepare asset manager partnership recommendations, impact analysis, due diligence summaries, that are presented to NFI and WWF senior management and governance bodies,
• Forge new relationships with external partners, including fund managers, funders (private, public, donor), peer organizations, sustainability investors.
• Represent WWF and the asset manager strategy at external events, conferences, and workshops. Travel domestically and internationally (up to 25%), to priority landscape regions in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
• Collaborate and develop partnerships across geographies and work closely with WWF's conservation goal teams, country offices, private sector engagement teams, and development / capital raising to advance integrated nature finance strategies.
• Craft collateral / communications to demonstrate WWF's thought leadership in Nature Finance.
• Work closely with WWF Impact management to ensure that WWF Impact's reporting and budgeting is accurate, timely, and within budget guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Strategic Leadership and Systems Thinking
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  The Director will shape WWF's asset manager strategy by connecting nature goals, investmentopportunitiesand partnership opportunities
• Partnership Development and Stakeholder Engagement
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  The Director willbuildand expand WWF's relationships across asset managers, investors, and development finance institutions.
• Results Orientation and Execution Excellence
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  The Director willdriveforward multiple concurrent priorities, ensuring thatobjectivesare translated into tangible impact outcomes.
• Executive Presence & Influence
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  Builds credibility and trust while effectivelyrepresentingthe organization and influencing asset managers, investors, development finance institutions, andother senior stakeholders through thoughtful communication, negotiation, and relationship management.
• Global Collaboration
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  Works effectively across cultures, geographies, and a highly matrixed organization, partnering across country offices, conservation teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to advance integrated nature finance strategies.

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10years of work experience, or a Graduate degree and8years of experience.
• Experience in the financial services sector, including private equity, venture capital, impact investing, conservation finance, and emerging markets.
• Demonstrated experience developing and evaluating investment strategies, conducting due diligence, assessing investment opportunities, portfolio management, deal structuring, and the use of capital instruments.
• Experience working within or…