Senior Associate, Orange Movement Governance & Sustainability - Singapore
On-siteSingapore, Singapore
Job Summary
Lead origination and conversion of new relationships across Membership, Sponsorship, and the Corporate Catalyst Program, transforming first conversations into signed commitments with a focus on priority APAC markets. Drive execution on revenue targets by connecting Orange Movement priorities to relevant offerings across Sustainable Finance, Strategic Initiatives, and country teams. Support event planning for Regional Summits and the Global Forum while assisting in shaping IIX's market growth strategy for Singapore, India, Japan, Australia, and Global North regions. Maintain engagement with the Steering Committee, Advisory Council, and Working Groups through high-quality touchpoints and represent the Movement at key industry events. This stretch role requires 5–7 years of development sector experience, 25% travel, and full-time commitment.
Required Qualifications
- 5–7 years of experience in the development sector
- mid-level, with genuine program delivery and project management experience
- Demonstrated client-origination and funder-conversion skills
- comfortable initiating relationships and closing them, not just maintaining them
- Experience in an advisory or consulting role
- ideally across climate-sensitive and gender-centric sectors and geographies across APAC
- Conversant across the impact investing continuum — philanthropy, blended finance, and impact investing
- able to adapt the pitch to the audience
- Familiar with or willing to learn about ESG compliance/reporting and sustainability mandates
- A persuasive writer
- confident negotiator
- comfortable representing IIX and the Orange Movement in external-facing conversations
- Comfort with AI, CRM, and productivity tools
- to set-up and strengthen operational workflows
- Willing to travel about 25% of the time
- sometimes internationally for events, partnership meetings, and other stakeholder engagements as deemed necessary
- Resilient — able to bounce back from setbacks and keep the mission moving forward
- A natural connector
- comfortable initiating conversations with philanthropists, corporate foundations, and impact investors
- turning first meetings into lasting relationships
- Ambitious and coachable
- ready to stretch into a role that will grow in scope as the Movement scales
- set and chase targets that go beyond what's comfortable today
- Even-keeled under pressure
- treats a stalled deal or a difficult market as a problem to solve, not a reason to slow down
- Passionate — committed to gender equality and climate action
- Resilient — able to navigate challenges in frontier markets
- Equitable — dedicated to measurable social and financial outcomes
- Entrepreneurial — bold, innovative, and able to build something new
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in an advisory or consulting role, ideally across climate-sensitive and gender-centric sectors and geographies across APAC
- Familiar with or willing to learn about ESG compliance/reporting and sustainability mandates
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