Senior Initiatives Manager

2 weeks ago

New York, New York, United States World Economic Forum Full time
About the Role

The World Economic Forum is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to lead our initiatives in the People-Centric Pillar. As the Initiatives Lead, you will be responsible for unifying global business, academia, and government stakeholders to tackle emerging challenges and opportunities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Build trust and understanding among stakeholders, mobilizing the community to drive impactful initiatives.
  • Develop and implement a clear strategy for the scoping, management, and scale-up of ongoing initiatives addressing the sector's priorities in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Lead the generation and aggregation of insights and develop specific deliverables to disseminate the latest knowledge, findings, and lessons learned, and help raise awareness across stakeholders.
  • Develop strategies for active stakeholder engagement, manage key activities and events, and develop relevant communication material.
  • Identify and engage relevant stakeholders to support partner development efforts.
  • Spot emerging issues, scope new initiatives, and map relevant stakeholders.
  • Utilize digital tools (e.g., TopLink) for stakeholder engagement and maintain partner/client databases.
Requirements and Experience

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Science, Economics, Finance, or Political Science, with 7+ years of relevant experience. Proven ability to work across cultures and sectors in community management is essential. Strong project management, data analysis, and organizational skills are also required.

The successful candidate will be assessed on their ability to synthesize data and develop strategies for impact across the multi-stakeholder community, as well as their excellence in task delivery and goal achievement, effective stakeholder engagement, and strong collaboration with colleagues and external partners.

Why Work at the Forum

The World Economic Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action.

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