Managing Director, Discovery and Insight

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Audacious is seeking a senior leader to set and advance the sourcing and curation strategy, shaping a future-oriented approach and strong relationships with funders and networks. You will guide discovery, diligence, and decision-making while aligning with senior leadership across cycles.

The role emphasizes building teams, influencing across a diverse ecosystem, and representing the platform to attract ambitious social-change ideas.

Qualifikationen

• Requirements describe a leader who can set strategy in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments.
• Strong generalist fluency across geographic, social-change and innovation domains.
• Experience building and developing teams and leading change across senior leadership.
• Networks across the social-change ecosystem and familiarity with philanthropic models.
• Experience in multinational and culturally diverse organizations.

Aufgaben

• Lead sourcing and curation strategy and yearly improvements across cycles.
• Advance the strategy with a clear POV on where Audacious should learn and collaborate.
• Lead selection, diligence, and build evidence-backed recommendations.
• Cultivate partnerships with funders, networks, and social-sector leaders.
• Represent Audacious in the field to attract ambitious ideas to the platform.

Kenntnisse

Strategy setting

Team building

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Influence

Collaboration

Communication

Strategic decision-making

Social innovation

Philanthropic sourcing

Funder-collaborative platforms

Multinational organizations

Culturally diverse environments

Jobbeschreibung

• Set and evolve the sourcing and curation strategy.
• Advance sourcing and curation strategy for each cycle, forming a clear point of view on where Audacious should be learning, looking, collaborating, and why, ultimately carrying that strategy forward across cycles
• Develop a “future-oriented” approach by monitoring and anticipating emerging trends and innovations that Audacious actively engages with or responds to
• Actively capture insights and lessons learned to refine and improve Audacious's sourcing and curation activities annually
• Lead selection and diligence.
• Apply the sourcing and curation strategy to identify the ideas most worth Audacious's attention - deciding what advances into the application stage, and bringing along multiple stakeholders and inputs along that decision-making process
• Lead diligence on selected organizations, rigorously testing readiness, viability, and fit within Audacious's portfolio
• Build the recommendation — evidence, rationale, and risks included — that carries an idea into finalist selection
• Cultivate and steward the partners who bring ideas to Audacious.
• Surface strong ideas by building genuine, ongoing relationships with social sector leaders, including funder and intermediary partners (incl. sourcing networks, collaboratives, and others)
• Steward key partner relationships by developing a deep understanding of each stakeholder’s goals, priorities, and aspirations
• Maintain stakeholder relationships continuously, within and across cycles, to ensure trust and rapport among all actors
• Represent Audacious's point of view in the field, using that standing to draw the most ambitious organizations and ideas toward the platform and to create richer opportunities for sector collaboration
• Build and nurture a team that explores the frontier of audacious social change.
• Lead the Discovery and Insight vertical and its resourcing strategically, matching capacity to where the real work sits and bringing in the right technical expertise when needed
• Develop people who can source, diligence, and hold partner relationships credibly in their own right — building a team of strong practitioners so Audacious's discovery capacity grows beyond any single person
• Effectively steward relationships and actively collaborate with key Audacious partners (e.g., The Bridgespan Group) with whom we partner year-round

Requirements

• A leader who has set strategy in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments, and who can hold their own in rooms both with ultra-high net worth individuals and issue experts and with their own team, making consequential decisions grounded in clear principles and with conviction
• Strong generalist fluency across geographic, social-change and innovation domains with the maturity and credibility to engage experts across them
• Experience building and developing teams, leading change management efforts, and operating through influence across a senior leadership group
• Access to, and standing within, networks across the social-change and social-innovation ecosystem
• Familiarity with multiple models across the sector — funder-collaborative platforms and other philanthropic sourcing and investment mechanisms
• Experience in multinational and culturally diverse organizations

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in sourcing and curation strategy, with a focus on building and nurturing relationships within the social-change ecosystem. Proven ability to lead teams, manage stakeholder engagement, and drive strategic decision-making in fast-paced environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Sourcing And Curation Strategy
• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Team Building And Development
• Change Management
• Social-Change Ecosystem Engagement

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Influence
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Strategic Decision-Making

Industry Keywords

• Social Innovation
• Philanthropic Sourcing
• Funder-Collaborative Platforms
• Multinational Organizations
• Culturally Diverse Environments