Managing Director, Discovery and Insight

• Set and evolve the sourcing and curation strategy.
• Advance sourcing and curation strategy for each cycle, forming a clear point of view on where Audacious should be learning, looking, collaborating, and why, ultimately carrying that strategy forward across cycles
• Develop a “future-oriented” approach by monitoring and anticipating emerging trends and innovations that Audacious actively engages with or responds to
• Actively capture insights and lessons learned to refine and improve Audacious's sourcing and curation activities annually
• Lead selection and diligence.
• Apply the sourcing and curation strategy to identify the ideas most worth Audacious's attention - deciding what advances into the application stage, and bringing along multiple stakeholders and inputs along that decision-making process
• Lead diligence on selected organizations, rigorously testing readiness, viability, and fit within Audacious's portfolio
• Build the recommendation — evidence, rationale, and risks included — that carries an idea into finalist selection
• Cultivate and steward the partners who bring ideas to Audacious.
• Surface strong ideas by building genuine, ongoing relationships with social sector leaders, including funder and intermediary partners (incl. sourcing networks, collaboratives, and others)
• Steward key partner relationships by developing a deep understanding of each stakeholder’s goals, priorities, and aspirations
• Maintain stakeholder relationships continuously, within and across cycles, to ensure trust and rapport among all actors
• Represent Audacious's point of view in the field, using that standing to draw the most ambitious organizations and ideas toward the platform and to create richer opportunities for sector collaboration
• Build and nurture a team that explores the frontier of audacious social change.
• Lead the Discovery and Insight vertical and its resourcing strategically, matching capacity to where the real work sits and bringing in the right technical expertise when needed
• Develop people who can source, diligence, and hold partner relationships credibly in their own right — building a team of strong practitioners so Audacious's discovery capacity grows beyond any single person
• Effectively steward relationships and actively collaborate with key Audacious partners (e.g., The Bridgespan Group) with whom we partner year-round

Requirements

• A leader who has set strategy in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments, and who can hold their own in rooms both with ultra-high net worth individuals and issue experts and with their own team, making consequential decisions grounded in clear principles and with conviction
• Strong generalist fluency across geographic, social-change and innovation domains with the maturity and credibility to engage experts across them
• Experience building and developing teams, leading change management efforts, and operating through influence across a senior leadership group
• Access to, and standing within, networks across the social-change and social-innovation ecosystem
• Familiarity with multiple models across the sector — funder-collaborative platforms and other philanthropic sourcing and investment mechanisms
• Experience in multinational and culturally diverse organizations

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in sourcing and curation strategy, with a focus on building and nurturing relationships within the social-change ecosystem. Proven ability to lead teams, manage stakeholder engagement, and drive strategic decision-making in fast-paced environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Sourcing And Curation Strategy
• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Team Building And Development
• Change Management
• Social-Change Ecosystem Engagement

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Influence
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Strategic Decision-Making

Industry Keywords

• Social Innovation
• Philanthropic Sourcing
• Funder-Collaborative Platforms
• Multinational Organizations
• Culturally Diverse Environments