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Opportunities For Everyone; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ClimateWorks Foundation is hiring a Full-time Remote Program Manager for the Global Energy Transition Initiative (GETI). The role supports rapid transformation of the global power sector, starting with 15 emerging economies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, by guiding solar industry associations and policy inputs.

You will work with regional leads, funders, and a multidisciplinary team to ensure plan delivery, reporting, and knowledge sharing across continents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 7+ years of work experience in project management and the solar sector.
• Strong attention to detail and deadline management.
• Experience in complex project management and maintaining a precise work plan.
• Experience in grant management and grant processing.
• Experience in event organizing (1–3 hour events).
• Experience communicating directly with funders and developing concise reporting.
• Experience working with consultants for capacity building and strategic communications.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management of the Solar Industry Association Initiative workplan across regions.
• Support grant processing, compliance, and grantee engagement.
• Oversee timely delivery of outputs and manage risks.
• Maintain/update project timelines and global event calendars; advise leadership on priorities.
• Organize briefings and events in coordination with GETI leadership.
• Coordinate with grantees via regional leads for portfolio updates.
• Provide weekly portfolio updates and structured reporting to funders.

Skills

Project management

Grant management

Event planning

Funders communication

Global collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

About the Role: ClimateWorks Foundation is Hiring for a Full-time Remote Program Manager, Global Energy Transition Initiative

As part of the Project Management Unit (PMU), the program manager will report to the Head of PMU and work closely with the Associate Director for Solar Industry Associations. The program manager will also work with the regional leads for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the grants and compliance team, and finance and accounting.

The program manager is responsible for project management, grant management, developing and maintaining a work plan, internal and external coordination, funder reporting, and coordinating/organizing the convenings at the global and regional events.

Department Summary

The Programs department leads ClimateWorks’ strategies and grantmaking to advance climate solutions around the world. The team works alongside funders, regional grantmakers, field experts, and frontline leaders to design, implement, and steward high-impact grantmaking portfolios across sectors. Focus areas include renewable energy, industrial decarbonization, electric transport, sustainable finance, adaptation and resilience, and more. Grounded in data, local context, and field expertise, program teams identify emerging opportunities, scale solutions, and equip partners with the evidence and capacity needed to drive transformative climate progress. Through strategic grantmaking and trusted relationships, the Programs department supports ClimateWorks’ efforts to catalyze durable, scalable change.

Program Summary

ClimateWorks Foundation’s (CWF) Global Energy Transition Initiative (GETI) supports efforts to rapidly transform the global power sector toward clean energy, beginning with 15 emerging economies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These are countries where power demand is projected to rapidly grow, and there is huge potential for solar, wind, and other renewable energy deployment in this decade. The benefits of a transition to clean energy go far beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. It creates jobs , builds local manufacturing value chains, improves infrastructure, protects public health by keeping pollutants out of the air, and provides affordable and accessible power. By shifting to clean energy, developing nations can secure a resilient and thriving future.

The Global Energy Transition Initiative has developed an initiative to support the solar industry associations for unifying missions and voices, providing policy and regulatory inputs, shaping public communication and narratives, coordinating knowledge and standard leadership, and ensuring financial sustainability and business models.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Project Workplan Management within ClimateWorks

• Lead project management of the Solar Industry Association Initiative workplan, ensuring strong coordination and alignment with partner workplans across regions.
• Support overall project management responsibilities in grant processing, compliance, and grantee engagement.
• Oversee effective and timely delivery of project outputs, proactively identifying risks and implementing mitigation measures to maintain momentum.
• Maintain and regularly update project timelines and global event calendars, and provide strategic recommendations on high-impact and priority activities to the Global Head of GETI and the Associate Director for the Solar Industry Association.
• Support the Global GETI Lead, Project Management Unit and Associate Director (Solar Industry Associations) in organizing briefings and events (lead the planning and execution).

Project Management in Coordination with Partners:

• Monitor and coordinate with grantees against agreed workplans, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality outputs.
• Collect, consolidate, and synthesize updates from grantees through regional leads to maintain a clear view of portfolio progress.
• Lead regular coordination meetings with industry association grantees, with particular focus on technical workstreams and implementation milestones.
• Provide weekly portfolio updates to the core project team and key funders, highlighting progress, risks, and required actions.
• Deliver structured reporting using agreed templates, ensuring consistency, clarity, and responsiveness to stakeholder requests.

Organizational development technical team support:

• Provide a full range of project management support to technical expert teams from partner organizations
• Ensure the technical expert team’s support to Africa, Asia, and Latin America is structured, monitored, and delivered on time and to a high degree of quality
• Support capacity assessment and capacity building convenings across different continents

Grant management and grantee engagement:

• Lead in grant processing for solar industry associations and other programmatic grants
• Support regional leads in engaging national and regional solar industry associations
• Support the grantees in strengthening institutional capacity, including member surveys, human resource plans, and reviewing the national plans according to the funding proposals.
• Facilitate coordination between grantees and technical/communications experts on regional and national policy recommendations

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 7 years of work experience in project management and the solar sector
• Strong attention to detail and deadline management skills
• Experience in complex project management and developing/ maintaining a precise work plan
• Experience in grant management and grant processing
• Experience in event organizing (1-3 hour events)
• Experience communicating directly with funders and developing concise reporting
• Working with consultants for capacity building, strategic communications
• Ability to juggle numerous competing demands and priorities, respond quickly to management requests
• Experience working in a global matrixed team
• Commitment to the mission and values of ClimateWorks Foundation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in working with solar industry associations
• Experience in grant management tools such as Salesforce
• Data interpretation and analysis

Location

ClimateWorks Foundation is based in the San Francisco Financial District.This position is Global Flexible. Geographic differential will be applied to compensation based on local cost of labor.

This is a full-time remote job with frequent travel requirements. Candidates will be expected to work across time zones, especially the US West and East Coast, the UK, Myanmar, Indonesia, Brazil, Kenya, and Nigeria.

Compensation

ClimateWorks offers an excellent benefits package and a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience (geographic differential applied based on location).

International salary range – will be determined based on the location and local cost of labor.

Culture

ClimateWorks’ culture is rooted in its core values: collaboration, humility, curiosity, learning, and risk-taking. ClimateWorks comes together around shared goals, draw strength from diverse perspectives, and face challenges with an open mind. ClimateWorks grows through experience and boldly experiment to drive meaningful impact in climate philanthropy. Together, ClimateWorks turn ambition into action—spotting big opportunities, convening people, and helping scale bold solutions.

As a globally distributed organization, ClimateWorks offers multiple opportunities each year for staff to meet in person, foster relationships, and enhance collaboration. Staff are expected to attend an in-town week in San Francisco, an all-staff retreat, and a department retreat annually.

About ClimateWorks Foundation

ClimateWorks Foundation is a catalyst for accelerating climate progress, driving bold solutions that benefit people and the planet. ClimateWorks connect funders and implementing organizations worldwide to identify and scale transformative solutions across sectors and geographies, achieving faster, greater impact together. Since 2008, ClimateWorks has granted over $2 billion to more than 850 grantees across 50 countries, working with over 80 funders.

ClimateWorks Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer

ClimateWorks Foundation is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and compliance with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. As part of its commitment to centering diverse people and perspectives and providing equal opportunities, ClimateWorks ensures that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please note that in your application.