Global MD, Sustainable Debt & Conservation Finance

World Wildlife Fund (WWF); Washington; On-site; USD 181,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seeks a Managing Director, Sustainable Debt to lead a team designing and overseeing a global strategy to mobilize financing from debt markets for WWF’s conservation priorities. The MD will originate, structure, and manage transactions spanning sovereign and corporate levels, collaborating with WWF US teams and country offices.

The role focuses on debt conversions, sustainability-linked bonds and related instruments, ensuring credible, high-quality conservation

Qualifications

• Executive presence with diplomacy and credibility for high-level stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking to identify and act on high-impact opportunities.
• Ability to build alliances across banks, investors, MDBs and DFIs.
• Experience leading diverse, multi-cultural teams in finance.

Responsibilities

• Originate, structure, and scale WWF's sustainable debt portfolio.
• Develop corporate debt strategy with science-based KPIs for financing.
• Manage parallel execution of large debt transactions under dynamic conditions.
• Lead a growing team and manage budget within NFI.
• Represent WWF in public and market engagements with partners.

Skills

Executive Presence & Influence

Strategic Thinking

Partnership Building

People Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Advanced degree in Finance

International finance experience

Job description

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seeks a Managing Director, Sustainable Debt to lead a team designing and overseeing a global strategy to mobilize financing from debt markets for WWF’s conservation priorities. The MD will originate, structure, and manage transactions spanning sovereign and corporate levels, collaborating with WWF US teams and country offices.

The role focuses on debt conversions, sustainability-linked bonds and related instruments, ensuring credible, high-quality conservation