Country Director - Philippines

New Energy Nexus; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

New Energy Nexus Philippines is seeking a Country Director to lead the chapter’s strategy, growth, and external engagement. You will build and steward relationships with funders, partners, government, and industry to accelerate the clean energy transition in the Philippines.

The role is highly external and entrepreneurial, shaping the chapter’s narrative, partnerships, and long-term impact while developing leadership within the team.

Qualifications

• Strategic leadership to interpret market signals and inspire others.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to identify opportunities, build initiatives, and scale.
• Ability to build organizations through people and develop leaders.
• Exceptional relationship-building and partnership skills with credibility.
• Excellent communication and synthesis of learning into strategy.
• Curiosity, humility, and a learning orientation.
• Understanding of clean energy, climate, entrepreneurship, or related field.
• Strong appreciation of the Philippine context and cultural fluency.

Responsibilities

• Define and steward the chapter’s vision, strategy, and direction.
• Develop and execute diversified growth strategies, partnerships, and fundraising.
• Build relationships with funders, government, industry, and ecosystem actors.
• Represent the chapter as a speaker, mentor, and ambassador within the ecosystem.
• Maintain impact measurement, learning, and reporting across programs.
• Collaborate across the network to share insights and drive regional/global alignment.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Relationship building

Communication

Entrepreneurial mindset

Learning orientation

Job description

Who We Are & Where Are We Going

New Energy Nexus is an international organization that supports clean energy entrepreneurs with funding, business acceleration, skills development, and access to networks. We operate across multiple markets in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the United States. New Energy Nexus launched its Philippines chapter in 2019 to strengthen the ecosystem of entrepreneurs and market actors advancing the country’s clean energy transition. Today, New Energy Nexus Philippines works with clean energy and climate entrepreneurs, solar installers, workforce and training partners, grassroots industry groups, and other ecosystem actors building the nation’s clean energy economy.

Country Director

The Country Director is the senior leader of New Energy Nexus Philippines and is accountable for the vision, strategy, growth, sustainability, and overall health of the chapter.

This is a highly external, strategic, and entrepreneurial leadership role. The Country Director will position New Energy Nexus Philippines within a rapidly evolving clean energy ecosystem; build and steward the chapter’s network of relationships with funders, partners, government, industry, and other ecosystem actors; and develop other leaders and experts across the team to represent the chapter and hold strategic relationships in their areas of expertise.

Core Accountabilities & Key Responsibilities

Vision, Theory of Change, and Strategy

• Create, inspire, and steward the vision and strategy for New Energy Nexus Philippines.
• Continuously assess developments in the Philippine clean energy market, policy environment, donor landscape, and the broader regional and global energy transition, translating these into clear strategic priorities for the chapter.
• Identify where New Energy Nexus Philippines can create the greatest value and impact, making deliberate choices about where the chapter should—and should not—focus, while identifying opportunities to grow and strengthen work in areas such as distributed energy, rooftop solar, workforce development, climate technology, energy efficiency, energy access, and innovative or blended finance.
• Ensure that strategy remains an active leadership discipline rather than an annual planning exercise by continuously integrating market developments, ecosystem insights, and program learning into the chapter’s direction and evolution.
• Inspire program leaders, staff, partners, and stakeholders around a shared vision for the chapter’s future and foster strategic alignment across the organization in pursuit of that vision.

Growth, Fundraising, and Strategic Partnerships

• Develop and execute a diversified growth strategy by building and stewarding a pipeline of funding opportunities, strategic partnerships, and new initiatives aligned with the chapter’s long‑term vision.
• Build trusted relationships with foundations, development agencies, corporate partners, investors, high‑net‑worth individuals, and other strategic supporters.
• Shape compelling funding concepts, partnership strategies, and organizational narratives that translate program learning, market insights, and strategic priorities into successful funding and collaboration opportunities.
• Evaluate and pursue strategic opportunities that strengthen the chapter’s impact, sustainability, and long‑term growth, making deliberate choices about which partnerships and initiatives best advance the chapter’s mission.
• Contribute Philippine market insights, partnership opportunities, and fundraising intelligence to strengthen regional and global collaboration across the New Energy Nexus network.

External Positioning and Relationship Network

• Build the visibility, credibility, and influence of New Energy Nexus Philippines and the broader New Energy Nexus network by establishing trusted key relationships with funders, government, industry, media, entrepreneurs, communities, and other ecosystem actors.
• Develop and steward the chapter’s relationship architecture, ensuring that strategic relationships are intentionally cultivated, appropriately owned across the team, and institutional rather than dependent on any one individual.
• Represent New Energy Nexus Philippines as a speaker, convener, mentor, thought partner, and ambassador within the clean energy and entrepreneurship ecosystem, while actively developing program leaders and subject matter experts to become credible external representatives in their own right.
• Shape and communicate a compelling narrative about New Energy Nexus Philippines’ work and the role of entrepreneurship in accelerating the clean energy transition.
• Continuously expand the chapter’s reach, influence, and strategic partnerships by identifying new networks, collaborations, and opportunities that advance its mission and long‑term impact.

Strategic Insight into the Clean Energy Transition

• Maintain a deep understanding of developments affecting clean energy entrepreneurship and adoption in the Philippines, interpreting these within the broader Southeast Asian, Asian, and global context.
• Develop a clear point of view on the barriers, opportunities, and market dynamics shaping the Philippines’ clean energy transition.
• Continuously strengthen the chapter’s collective sector knowledge by drawing on the expertise of program leaders, technical specialists, entrepreneurs, partners, and external experts.
• Apply this sector understanding to strengthen the chapter’s strategy, partnerships, external positioning, and ability to identify emerging opportunities and respond to a rapidly evolving market.
• Position New Energy Nexus Philippines as a trusted and credible contributor to the country’s clean energy transition through informed thought leadership, ecosystem engagement, and the quality of its work.

Learning and Strategy Development

• Stay closely connected to the learning generated through the chapter’s programs, entrepreneurs, partners, and communities without becoming the day‑to‑day program manager.
• Synthesize programmatic learning and ecosystem signals into clear strategic insights, challenging assumptions, refining the chapter’s strategy, and identifying opportunities for new or scaled initiatives.
• Foster a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and continuous improvement, encouraging the team to test ideas, learn from experience, and adapt when evidence or changing market conditions warrant it.
• Translate the chapter’s learning into compelling insights for funders, partners, communications, New Energy Nexus global teams, and the broader ecosystem, strengthening the organization’s influence and thought leadership.
• Ensure learning flows in both directions across the New Energy Nexus network by contributing insights from the Philippines while actively integrating relevant learning from other chapters into the Philippines’ strategy and programs.

Team Building and Leadership

• Lead and inspire a collaborative, self‑directed high‑performing culture rooted in learning, ambition, accountability, and care.
• Develop the chapter’s leadership capacity by coaching team members, expanding their capabilities, and creating opportunities for professional growth and increasing responsibility.
• Build an organization for the future by evolving its structure, leadership, staffing, and capabilities to support the chapter’s continued growth and strategic ambitions.
• Foster an inclusive environment that values diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and expertise while preserving the trust, collaboration, and sense of purpose that define the chapter’s culture.
• Empower leaders and teams with the clarity, support, and autonomy needed to deliver excellent programs, build strong partnerships, and continuously improve their work.
• Ensure the financial, legal, and organizational health of the chapter by owning overall financial performance, reviewing financial position, maintaining systems, and providing effective governance and oversight.

Collaboration Across the Network

• Actively contribute to the leadership, collaboration, and knowledge‑sharing mechanisms of the New Energy Nexus network.
• Serve as a bridge between the Philippines chapter and the wider network, bringing Philippine implementation realities into regional and global discussions.
• Share chapter learning, market insights, program evidence, and emerging opportunities to strengthen the collective impact of New Energy Nexus.
• Seek out relevant expertise, partnerships, and learning from other chapters and global teams, adapting successful ideas to the Philippine context where appropriate.
• Contribute constructively to cross‑network initiatives, regional collaborations, and the continued evolution of New Energy Nexus.

Impact Measurement, Learning, and Reporting

• Ensure that appropriate impact measurement and management, monitoring, evaluation, and learning approaches are embedded across the chapter’s work and aligned with its strategic objectives.
• Ensure that programs have clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and meaningful indicators of success, using performance and impact information to inform strategic and resource allocation decisions.
• Foster a culture of evidence‑based decision‑making, ensuring that impact and learning are actively used to strengthen programs, partnerships, and organizational strategy.
• Ensure high‑quality internal and external reporting that communicates the chapter’s results, impact, and learning with clarity and credibility to funders, partners, New Energy Nexus leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure that reporting captures not only quantitative outcomes but also the broader market, ecosystem, and organizational learning generated through the chapter’s work.

Requirements

What We Are Looking For

• Strategic leadership with the ability to interpret complex market, ecosystem, policy, and organizational signals, make clear strategic choices, and inspire others around a compelling long‑term direction.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and a demonstrated ability to identify opportunities, build new initiatives, challenge established approaches, and scale what works while maintaining sound judgment about organizational capacity and sustainability.
• The ability to build organizations through people, developing leaders rather than becoming the sole expert or decision‑maker.
• Exceptional relationship‑building and partnership skills, with credibility and emotional intelligence to build genuine trust across diverse partners and confidence to engage sophisticated funders and senior decision‑makers.
• Excellent communication and synthesis skills, with the ability to translate detailed market and programmatic learning into compelling strategic insights, persuasive narratives, and clear organizational direction.
• Curiosity, humility, and a learning orientation.
• Sufficient understanding of clean energy, climate, entrepreneurship, market development, policy, or a related field to operate credibly within the ecosystem.
• A strong appreciation of the Philippine context, with cultural fluency to build authentic relationships across Manila, provincial and regional communities, and diverse stakeholder groups, while maintaining a regional and global perspective.

Experience

Relevant backgrounds could include clean energy or climate, entrepreneurship and innovation, market development, philanthropy or international development, finance, policy, business, or ecosystem‑building organizations.

• Substantial leadership experience and a demonstrated track record of leading organizations, business units, major initiatives, or complex portfolios.
• Developing and executing strategy.
• Building external partnerships and senior stakeholder relationships.
• Growing programs, organizations, markets, or funding portfolios.
• Leading and developing high‑performing teams.
• Communicating complex ideas clearly to diverse audiences.

Experience in the Philippine clean energy sector is highly valuable, but we are equally interested in candidates who bring exceptional strategic and entrepreneurial leadership and can rapidly build the necessary sector depth.

Benefits

Benefits will be discussed upon advancement through the interview process.

Location

The role is based in the Philippines and requires regular engagement with partners, communities, and ecosystem actors across the country, as well as periodic regional and international travel.

Application Process

• Submit a resume, cover letter, and responses to our application questions.
• Click the "APPLY FOR THIS JOB" button to begin your application.
• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

New Energy Nexus is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression of an otherwise qualified individual, or membership in any other class protected by applicable law. New Energy Nexus hires and promotes individuals on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. We strongly encourage diverse applicants to apply.