Technical Director
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop, and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
Palladium's Inclusive Growth and Natural Capital (IGNC) Practice is seeking a seasoned development professional to join as a Technical Director to join the Inclusive Growth Portfolio. As a senior leader in the portfolio, the Technical Director will bring extensive technical expertise and project management experience to both business development and project delivery in one or more of the following technical areas: Finance and investment, financial and digital inclusion, market systems, business enabling environments, agriculture, climate change and green economy, enterprise development and entrepreneurship, competitiveness, export and market development, e-commerce, and innovation.
As a senior member of the IGNC practice team, the Technical Director will contribute to Palladium America's growth and thought leadership around the world. Directors in the portfolio will work extensively and collaboratively with other portfolio teams to advance overall practice goals and manage effective, dynamic teams.
Location and Compensation:
The position is based in Palladium's Washington D.C. office. For our prospective employees in the United States, please note that the full-time equivalent annual base salary for this position is expected to range from $116,000 to $174,000, and successful candidates may also be eligible for additional, variable incentive compensation dependent on the role. For part-time employees, the salary will be prorated based on the actual number of hours worked.
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in private sector engagement (PSE), inclusive growth, sustainable market systems development, green economy, agriculture and enterprise competitiveness we are interested in hearing from you. We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start.
Reporting and Supervision:
- This role will report to the Portfolio Lead, Inclusive Growth
- Directors typically supervise one or more Managers or Sr. Managers
- The position may entail overseas travel, at approximately 20% time and for periods averaging 2 weeks.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Business Development:
- Build and maintain relationships with corporate and donor (especially USAID) clients, other thought leaders, and potential implementing partners
- Identify and assess new business opportunities, developing and advancing the business cases for investment of business development resources
- Lead positioning, teaming, and strategy development for new business opportunities
- Serve as the technical
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