Director for Strategy and Impact

Position:

Director for Strategy and Impact
Program/Department:

Diretoria Executiva
Location:

São Paulo
You will be joining WRI Brasil during an exciting moment of organizational change. We are shifting our strategies and structures to enable a system-wide Country in Brazil. As the Director of Strategy and Impact, you will report directly to the Country Executive Director and serve as a key strategic leader in developing and implementing WRI Brasil's Country Transition Strategy. You will align WRI Brasil's vision, programs, and operations to deliver transformative, measurable results for People, Nature, and Climate. This role positions you to oversee strategic initiatives, strengthen organizational alignment, and amplify WRI Brasil's leadership at the global stage during pivotal moments such as COP30. In this role, you will establish and manage key internal and external strategic relationships, including with WRI's Board of Directors. You will actively engage with WRI's Global and other Country/Regional Offices to leverage WRI's global network to foster collaboration, adapt cross-country learning, and enhance WRI's impact toward Country Transitions. By engaging staff across WRI Brasil, you will drive alignment between strategic goals, operational priorities, and measurable outcomes, fostering a learning-oriented and results-driven culture and helping teams deliver impactful solutions at scale. You will oversee and guide strategic, high-impact special projects critical to advancing Brazil's Country Transition and promoting systems change. You will be a prominent thought leader, cultivating big ideas, helping shape WRI Brasil's agenda and engagement in key policy arenas, and representing the Program internally and externally.
Main activities and/or responsibilities:

Country Transition Strategic Leadership (50%):

Work with the WRI Brasil Country Director to shape and execute an ambitious strategy for WRI Brasil to support Brazil's Country Transition to an inclusive and responsible socio-economic development model that leads to less inequality and more quality of life, natural ecosystems that generate wealth and prosperity, and carbon neutrality by 2050.
Provide high-level oversight and guidance for the execution of WRI Brasil's Strategy, ensuring strategic alignment and synergies across Theories of Change toward the broader Country Transition.
Prepare and support the Brazilian Leadership team towards a high performance and to an adaptive management style, result-driven and oriented by a robust planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (PMEL) system to be designed.
Provide strategic oversight for high-impact, cross-functional projects that drive systems change and directly contribute to the Country Transition Strategy.
Lead efforts to build an inspiring, learning-oriented, and collaborative culture across WRI Brasil that motivates staff at all levels to deliver on WRI Brasil's Country Transition goals.
Thought Leadership & Strategic Relations (20%):

Provide thought leadership on strategy, systems change, and complex systems thinking to shape WRI Brasil's agenda and key policy positions in national and global arenas.
Support operations, programmatic, fundraising and communications to develop and improve compelling external narratives that articulate WRI Brasil's Country Transition Strategy, Results Framework, Theories of Change, and measurable results.
Build, reconnect and maintain relationships across WRI Brasil teams and the broader WRI network of offices and centers.
Serve as WRI Brasil's representative and spokesperson internally within WRI's network and externally in meetings, at events.
Establish and manage a process for managing key strategic partnerships, including WRI Brasil's Board of Directors.
Work as a peer to other directors and directly support the Country Executive Director in aligning programs, operations, and stakeholder engagement with WRI Brazil's strategy and goals.
Build and maintain relationships with other Country and Regional Offices and global teams.
Strategy Management and Impact Monitoring (20%):

Collaborate with other WRI Brasil leadership members to develop and continuously adapt Program strategies aligned with WRI Brasil's vision and Country Transition Strategy.
Oversee the alignment of Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (PMEL) systems with WRI Brasil's strategic priorities.
Partner with WRI's Development team to strategically shape donor reporting and planning.
Lead the advancement of WRI Brasil's Planning, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation capacity.
Staff and Budget Management (10%):

Manage direct reports and an extended team, with an emphasis on establishing a strong sense of teamwork and cooperation.
Support the Country Executive, Programmatic and Operations Directors by developing and improving regular reports.
Assist Directors in ensuring a healthy pipeline of new revenue and partnerships.
Cultivate a harmonious and collaborative work environment based and reinforced by the Culture & Values of WRI.
Required Skills:

Education: Master's degree in a discipline relevant to Brazil's Country Transition.
Experience: Minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience related to strategy development, implementation, and impact monitoring.
Deep understanding of issues related to food, land & water and Cities human systems, climate change, and systems change.
Superb analytic and strategic thinking skills.
Outstanding ability to write, communicate, and present clearly.
Adaptable to rapidly changing priorities.
Demonstrated experience implementing new initiatives and leading change.
A history of designing and leading strategic development and annual planning processes.
Experience working collaboratively across departments/programs in a large and complex international organization.
Technical experience in at least two of Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation or Learning.
Proven business strategy and management acumen.
Willingness to travel nationally and internationally 4+ times per year.
Languages: Fluent in Portuguese and English.
WRI Brasil offers:
Competitive salary and benefits aligned with the position and market standards.
A collaborative work environment that emphasizes technical excellence and visionary thinking.
A qualified team and full support from a global institution.
How to apply:
If you are eligible, please apply online at

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by January 24, 2025. Only applications submitted through this website will be considered in the selection process.
Promoting Diversity:
WRI Brasil is committed to incorporating diversity into its actions and projects.
About WRI Brasil:
WRI Brasil is a research institute focused on partnership and transformation.
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