Global Portfolio Manager at Rainforest Alliance

Job Description (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Rainforest Alliance is a growing network of people who are inspired and committed to working together to achieve our mission of conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods. Through creative, pragmatic collaboration, we aim to rebalance the planet by building strong forests and healthy communities around the world. Responsibilities: The Rainforest Alliance’s Core Values are Impact, Change, Collaboration, Openness and Trust and as such they form the basis of the behaviours we demonstrate.Drive evidence-based decision making for RA to invest in those new programmes and products that will be most impactful towards our Strategy.Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the Portfolio Management Process through internal promotional events, creation of learning documents, hosting regional office hours, etcLead the development or sourcing of a data analytics system for capturing, recording, and tracking each new concept that enters the portfolio.Regularly produce reports and/or a dashboard that present the status of the portfolio to the Innovation Director and the Executive Leadership team to support high-level decisions.Build and maintain trusted relationships across teams within the Rainforest Alliance.Support the process to review, evaluate and organize go/no-go calls for initiatives in the portfolio.Contribute to and influence strategic direction to enable effective and impactful new programme and product development, using informal and formal communication. Qualifications: BA or MA Degree in a relevant field, e.g. Innovation Management, Business and/or Service design, International development.At least 7 years’ work experience in Innovation and/or commercial setting with a focus on strategy, portfolio management and/or data analytics.Experience with Excel, Power BI, and/or other data systems.Experience building internal organizational capacity and experience in organisational change.Demonstrates a high level of social intelligence, empathy, and patience with the ability to interact culturally, linguistically, and diplomatically with diverse internal and external individuals.Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities in a time critical manner.Experience design thinking, prototyping and lean and agile ways of working.Proficient in English, both verbal and written. French and/or Spanish is a plus.Willingness and ability to travel.