Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Sustainability

Trellis Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 82,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

A prominent environmental organization is seeking a Senior Manager for Climate Resilience & Sustainability to lead initiatives and partnerships focused on tackling climate change. This NYC-based role involves cultivating relationships, designing strategic collaboration models, and driving funding opportunities. Candidates should have 7+ years of experience in environmental sustainability, a Bachelor's degree, and a strong background in developing partnerships. The expected compensation is between $82,000 and $92,000 annually.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in environmental sustainability/climate.
• Experience in developing cross-sectional partnerships.
• Deep knowledge of international development/social impact landscape.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate relationships with partners to drive collective action.
• Design collaboration models and partnership pathways.
• Develop strategic frameworks to inform CGI’s programming.
• Identify new funding pathways through collaboration.

Skills

Partnership Development

Cross-sector Collaboration

Landscape Analysis

Strategic Planning

Fundraising

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s Degree in Sustainability or Climate

Job description

About the Opportunity

Building on track record of pioneering and implementing innovative climate resilience solutions, the Clinton Foundation is looking to bring on a new Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Sustainability at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). This role is responsible for leading the development of relationships with a network of domestic and international organizations committed to advancing environmental sustainability and tackling the climate crisis that are implementing programs worldwide.

Working closely with the Managing Director, Climate Resilience & Sustainability as well as the broader team the Senior Manager helps design and execute flagship multi-stakeholder initiatives by supporting strategic planning, partner coordination, implementation scoping, and development of cross-sector collaboration models to accelerate and scale collective action of stakeholders. The Senior Manager supports and co-leads two to three emerging CGI climate priorities from current work – energy, regenerative agriculture & food systems, oceans & biodiversity, water access, extreme weather resilience – and is responsible for co‑shaping annual strategy, advancing CGI’s “but‑for” impact opportunities, and cultivating anchor partnerships across philanthropy, business, and government.

In this capacity the Senior Manager designs coordinated communities of practice, identifies collaboration pathways, and integrates opportunities for membership growth, sponsorship, and revenue‑aligned engagement, in close partnership with other senior members of CGI including Development, Membership and Community Growth. The role also manages a limited set of high‑potential Commitments to Action (CTAs) that directly advance CGI’s flagship climate initiatives.

The Senior Manager drives external engagement across philanthropy, business, government, and civil society; develops strategic materials and thought‑leadership content; and translates CGI’s climate strategy into programming, including working sessions, private roundtables, virtual convenings, and public event content.

This position reports directly to the Managing Director, Climate Resilience & Sustainability, while collaborating across CGI and Clinton Foundation teams to support operational systems, cross‑team processes, and seamless internal and external engagement.

Core Responsibilities

Impact Efforts

• Cultivate and steward relationships with philanthropic, corporate, government, and civil society partners to drive collective action.
• Design cross‑sector collaboration models, communities of practice, and multi‑year partnership pathways within each workstream.
• Conduct landscape analyses to identify anchor partners, strategic gaps, and opportunities for CGI’s “but‑for” value.
• Develop strategic frameworks, scoping documents, memos, and leadership‑facing materials that inform CGI’s programming and organizational positioning.
• Manage a limited set of high‑potential Commitments to Action (CTAs) directly aligned with flagship climate initiatives, integrating them into broader workstream strategies.

Revenue Generation

• Identify and cultivate new funding pathways through collaboration with Development, Membership, and Community Growth teams.
• Steward relationships with core partners (philanthropy, corporate, high‑potential large NGOs) to identify funding opportunities emerging from Working Groups and flagship initiatives.
• Support paid ticket sales for CGI convenings, such as the Annual Meeting, through targeted outreach and partner cultivation.
• Prepare revenue‑aligned materials, talking points, decks, and briefings to support cross‑team cultivation and pitch processes.

Operational & Cross‑Team Coordination Support

• Support planning and execution of CGI convenings, including the Annual Meeting and virtual sessions, through program design, speaker coordination, briefing development, and run‑of‑show preparation.
• Maintain data integrity, tracking, and reporting for the climate portfolio across CRM, Airtable, and other internal systems.
• Coordinate workflows and processes with Programming, Events, Development, Membership, Health Equity, and other focus area teams.
• Contribute to process improvements, internal documentation, and team knowledge management.

Minimum Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s Degree with a focus on sustainability or climate preferred.
• 7+ years of professional experience, with at least 5+ in the environmental sustainability/climate space, with a record of developing partnerships required.
• Some international experience preferred.
• Significant experience in environmental sustainability/ climate space.
• Experience in developing cross‑sectional partnerships and multi‑stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Deep knowledge of international development/social impact landscape, with insight into key players and trends.

Compensation & Benefits

Our best estimate of the compensation range for this opportunity is$82-92Kannually, depending on the experience you bring. This role is not eligible for overtime pay. This range is based on NYC market rates and may be adjusted if you will be working remotely. We look forward to discussing our compensation pricing strategy, and your expectations, throughout the interview process. Please also note, the Clinton Foundation prides itself on offering a generous benefits package at little to no cost to employees – take a look at our benefits page, so you can get a full picture of our total rewards offerings.