Finance Innovation Lead, Geneva

Finance&Innovation Lead

The World Economic Forum brings together leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to address global challenges and improve the state of the world. Within the Forum’s Centre for Nature and Climate, the Forest Future Alliance (FFA) mobilises private‑sector and philanthropic action to advance the conservation, restoration, and stewardship of forest landscapes in a way that is socially, economically and ecologically responsible.FFA is expanding its finance and innovation portfolio and seeks a Finance&Innovation Lead to identify, assess and profile an expanding portfolio of investment opportunities, engage private and philanthropic stakeholders, and help create the enabling conditions to mobilise investment and innovation for forest conservation, restoration and stewardship in landscapes worldwide.Responsibilities

Lead the scoping, identification, design and delivery of forest landscape opportunities to support enabling conditions that unlock private and philanthropic investment and capital alignment in critical forest landscapes, in line with FFA member needs and FFA’s unique comparative advantage. Lead FFA events design and delivery for events associated with forest landscape opportunities (e.g. the Andes, Indonesia).Lead the development of thought‑leadership and synthesis products designed to build awareness and support for forest finance and innovation. Build optimism and momentum through strategic communications that translate complex opportunities into compelling narratives and progress updates that attract new partners and sustain engagement.Oversee innovative business models and financing mechanisms that hold potential to sustain long‑term results for conservation, restoration, stewardship and resilience over time. Support the engagement of corporates, asset owners/managers, insurers, philanthropies, to understand primary on challenges, needs, and opportunities in the financing or forest landscapes and innovation, calibratingthese with the needs of civil society, NGOs and governments.Requirements and Experience

7–10 years of relevant experience across finance, investment, banking, nature finance, innovation and/or related fields. Understanding of capital structures and blended finance instruments to support capital mobilisation for complex multi‑stakeholder initiatives (public‑private‑philanthropy).Strong stakeholder engagement and management skills with a focus on investors, corporates, philanthropy, and government counterparts. Strong project management skills including demonstrated ability to drive progress and prioritise and deliver on key activities such as convenings, partnerships and content curation.Ability to synthesize complexity and present compelling narratives in both written and oral communications. Excellent written and spoken English. French, Spanish and/or Portuguese would be considered a plus. Outstanding team player and collaborator. To be Successful

Be solutions‑oriented, proactive, responsive to feedback, and comfortable operating in ambiguity. Thrive in a convening role, facilitating alignment across actors with different incentives and timelines. Why Join Us?

Join an independent and impartial organization with over 55 years of connecting leaders to make sense of global challenges and move the world forward together. Keep your culture grounded in care, curiosity and respect, encouraging genuine dialogue and meaningful collaboration. In this environment you will be encouraged to grow through challenge, not routine, while contributing to global progress.

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