Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Sustainability
About the Opportunity
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 roundtables, 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.
Core Responsibilities
Impact Efforts: Initially support and subsequently co-lead the development and growth of emerging priority climate workstreams 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 ensure seamless execution of climate programming and internal operations, including:
- Support planning and execution of CGI convenings, including the Annual Meeting and virtual sessions, through program design, speaker coordination, briefing development, and run-of-show preparation.
- Maintain data integrity, tracking, and reporting for the climate portfolio across CRM, Airtable, and other internal systems.
- Coordinate workflows and processes with Programming, Events, Development, Membership, Health Equity, and other focus area teams.
- Contribute to process improvements, internal documentation, and team knowledge management.
Minimum Qualifications
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Master’s Degree with a focus on sustainability or climate preferred.
- 7+ years of professional experience, with at least 5+ in the environmental sustainability/climate space, with a record of developing partnerships required.
- Some international experience preferred.
- Significant experience in environmental sustainability/ climate space.
- Experience in developing cross-sectional partnerships and multi-stakeholder engagement strategies.
- Deep knowledge of international development/social impact landscape, with insight into key players and trends.
Compensation & Benefits
Our best estimate of the compensation range for this opportunity is $82-92K annually, depending on the experience you bring. This role is not eligible for overtime pay. This range is based on NYC market rates and may be adjusted if you will be working remotely. We look forward to discussing our compensation pricing strategy, and your expectations, throughout the interview process. Please also note, the Clinton Foundation prides itself on offering a generous benefits package at little to no cost to employees - take a look at our benefits page, so you can get a full picture of our total rewards offerings.
About the Clinton Foundation
Building on a lifetime of public service, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation on the simple belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. For nearly two decades, that premise has energized the work of the Foundation in overcoming complex challenges and improving the lives of people across the United States and around the world.
As an operating foundation, we work on issues directly or with strategic partners from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. Our programs are designed to make a real difference today while serving as proven models for tomorrow. The goal of every effort is to use available resources to get better results faster – at the lowest possible cost.
We firmly believe that when diverse groups of people bring resources together in the spirit of true cooperation, transformative ideas will emerge to drive life-changing action.
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