Senior Associate

The Senior Associate role is a unique opportunity to be on the founding team of startups and partnerships focused on social impact. You will work closely with social leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are addressing some of the world’s biggest problems. The Senior Associate will play a critical role in supporting GDI’s selection and development of new initiatives with the greatest potential to address persistent global challenges. The Senior Associate will work across the Strategy & Build team to research, scope, shape, and prioritize the ideas and partners GDI takes on, as well as further develop initial blueprints into full-blown ventures. The Senior Associate will have the opportunity to landscape, analyze, and develop hypotheses around a wide-range of sectors—from youth employment, value-based health care, climate to marginalized populations and beyond. This will include exploring current and new thematic areas such as Circular Economy, Bamboo Value Chain and Climate Smart Agriculture etc. While working closely with Strategy & Build Directors/Managers as supervisors, the Senior Associate is expected to exercise a high degree of autonomy and initiative and take on signif...