Position description
Project Drawdown seeks a climate science professional with world-class project management skills to serve asProgram Managerfor a new initiative. Project Drawdown is the world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions. This new role offers the opportunity to contribute to truly ambitious climate work - with the potential to help inform and/or influence billions of dollars of climate funding.
The Program Manager will contribute to science-based thought leadership content and training programs, manage cross-team project plans and budgets, and coordinate relationships and contracts with external partners and funders. We are seeking a strategic collaborator with a proven track record of aligning projects with long-term measurable outcome objectives.
About Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is theworld’s leading guide for science-based climate solutions.
We are an independent, internationally trustedorganizationdriving bold, science-based approaches to stop climate change.
Our work is built on three pillars:
- SCIENCE - Advancing Science-Based Climate Solutions and Strategies.First, we conduct cutting-edge research to identify the best possible climate solutions and design the most effective strategies to bring them to scale. Then, we share our findings with the world through effective science communication, marketing campaigns, and media partnerships.
- STAKEHOLDERS - Engaging Key Stakeholders and Empowering Bold Climate Leadership.Next,we use our science to inform, inspire, and empower key stakeholders and emerging climate leaders – including policymakers, community leaders, philanthropists, investors, business leaders, and others - to take bold action and bring the most effective solutions to the world.
- STORIES - Telling Human Stories of Solutions in Action.Finally, we use the power of storytelling to help shift the narrative on climate change – fromproblemtosolutionand from“doom and gloom”to“opportunity and possibility.”Along the way, we showcase new climate heroes putting solutions into action.
In short, we believe thatrigorous science is needed to guide climate action. And we believe that thisscience must be shared in actionable, compelling ways– through stakeholder engagement and powerful storytelling. Our job is to make this happen.
About the Role
Reporting to the Director of Global Strategic Partnerships with a dotted-line to the Senior Analyst, the Program Manager will collaborate extensively across Project Drawdown and with an expanding portfolio of global partners. In a fast-paced, matrixed environment, this role will serve as the coordination hub of the new initiative–ensuring projects move forward on time, on budget, and aligned with long-term strategy.
The Project Manager will have the following responsibilities:
- Project Management & Team Coordination
- Collaborate with the Director to implement an adaptive strategy for the initiative, maintaining a strategic and impact-focused approach.
- Manage project plans ensuring deliverables are completed on time, on budget, with integrity, and to the delight of the organization, funders, and partners.
- Manage systems for collecting and analyzing outcome and impact data.
- Strategic Partnerships Management
- Support trust-based, impact-focused relationships with global partners.
- Coordinate cross-partnership workstreams, budgets, meetings, MOUs, and communication.
- Manage CRM data on partners, donors, and contracts.
- Strategic Communications & Marketing
- Serve as the team’s communications lead in collaboration with the Marketing & Communications Team.
- Contribute to and manage the launch of external-facing content, including reports, platforms, portfolios, events, websites/webpages, training programs, and other thought leadership content – in collaboration with the Marketing and Communications team.
- Contribute to and manage compelling impact communications for external audiences, initiative donors, and other key stakeholders – in collaboration with the Development and Marketing and Communications teams.
- Systems & Internal Communications
- Contribute to policies, contracts, processes, and other internal systems.
- Collaborate with the Senior Analyst to implement a recruiting strategy to reach time-bound recruitment goals for partners and advisees.
- Be part of our “One Drawdown” culture, working effectively across the entire organization.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment, encouraging innovation, accountability, and a high standard of excellence.
- Other duties as assigned.
Project Drawdown welcomes people of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs to join us in stopping climate change quickly, safely, and equitably. We are a 100% remote organization based in the United States.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, the Program Manager will have:
- Bachelor’s degree (required) and Master’s degree (preferred) in a relevant field of science or engineering.
- Project management certification preferred.
- 4+ years of experience managing and/or leading related work. Experience with a nonprofit and/or philanthropic organization is a plus.
- Strong technical understanding of climate change science.
- Understanding of climate philanthropy (and potentially also private investing).
- Demonstrated expertise in managing complex projects in a fast-paced remote environment leading to measurable outcomes.
- Specific talent for aligning teamwork with long-term outcome goals and strategy with expertise in Gantt charts, MOCHA or similar frameworks, and budget coordination.
- Experience collaborating with strategic partners and/or clients, including relationship management, MOUs, and recruitment.
- Exceptional writing and content production skills with the ability to contribute to world-class thought leadership content.
- Strong presentation skills with the ability to tailor to specific audiences.
- Independent, self-starter able to achieve goals with limited oversight and guidance.
- Collaborative, strategic, solution-oriented, and highly organized.
- Meticulous attention to detail, particularly on documents and scheduling logistics.
- Sound judgment with the ability to prioritize and make decisions.
- Passion for climate solutions and a commitment to advancing the Project Drawdown mission.
- Understanding of and appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and experience fostering a welcoming team environment.
In addition, candidates are required to be:
- Authorized to work in the United States.
- Fluent in English.
- Comfortable with teleconferencing, project management tools, collaborative work environments, remote work, and virtual collaboration.
- Available to participate in online meetings and video conferences on weekdays 11:00 am–4:00 pm Central Time US.
- Experience with Mac-based computing environment.
- Able to use Google Suite, Asana, Slack, and presentation software (Keynote preferred) for delivering individual work products and collaborative projects.
- Available for domestic and international travel.
Application instructions
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