Manager, Project Impact Investing

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Harvard Business School seeks a Manager, Project on Impact Investing to work closely with Professors Shawn Cole and Josh Lerner in advancing the Harvard Business School Project on Impact Investing. The Project on Impact Investing combines rigorous academic research with close engagement with investors, policymakers, and practitioners to deepen understanding of sustainable and impact investing and inform practice in the field.

Reporting directly to the faculty supervisors, and administratively to the Research Staff Services (RSS) office, the Manager, Project on Impact Investing will play an integral role across all aspects of the Project's work: from designing and executing research, to building and maintaining novel datasets, to supporting practitioner engagement and research dissemination.

This position is well suited to candidates with experience in consulting, finance, economic research, or mission-driven financial services who are looking to deepen their research skills while contributing to high-impact academic work. Previous individuals in this role have gone on to leading PhD programs in economics and finance, as well as careers in impact investing, financial services, and social enterprise. The role offers exceptional exposure to cutting-edge research and leading practitioners in sustainable and impact investing.

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative research in support of faculty research projects on sustainable and impact investing.
• Use AI-enabled research tools, large language models (LLMs), machine learning techniques, and traditional research methods to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret complex datasets.
• Develop and maintain novel datasets that support ongoing academic research.
• Perform data analysis, literature reviews, and other analytical work supporting research published in leading academic journals and practitioner outlets.
• Conduct interviews and code qualitative research data.
• Draft research memoranda, presentations, reports, and other written materials that synthesize findings for academic and practitioner audiences.
• Produce case studies, teaching notes, course materials, and other educational content for Harvard Business School courses.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen research methodologies, improve data collection processes, and apply emerging analytical tools.

• Coordinate multiple concurrent research projects, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and timelines are met.
• Manage relationships with external collaborators, research partners, and practitioners, serving as a representative of the faculty and the Project on Impact Investing.
• Support the collection of research documentation and data through outreach to participating organizations and stakeholders.
• Coordinate research operations, including project budgets, research agreements (e.g., NDAs and DUAs), meetings, and project logistics.
• Plan and support conferences, research convenings, webinars, and other events that advance the Project's research and practitioner…