Director, Consulting

Director, Consulting at SAGANA

SAGANA is a global impact investment advisory firm dedicated to unleashing the potential of people, capital, and business to improve human and planetary health. We are passionate about advising, investing in, and growing companies that successfully address some of the biggest challenges of our time, and helping other investors to do the same. Leveraging decades of experience in private equity, impact advisory, and entrepreneurship, we scale big ideas to create an abundant, thriving world for all. Our name, "Abundance" in Tagalog, embodies our core identity. Learn more about us and what sets us apart by watching our video: Sagana - Unleashing Potential.

Sagana Consulting

Sagana Consulting collaborates with development organizations, foundations, corporations, and other capital allocators to maximize the transformational effect of their resources. We combine our expertise as business consultants, investors, and technical experts with our deep understanding of local markets. This approach enables us to co-create investment strategies and financial vehicles that empower our clients to deepen their positive impact, advising on climate impact, gender and diversity lenses, and innovative finance. Our diverse client portfolio includes British International Investment (BII), FMO, Swiss Agency for Development (SDC), Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT), fund managers like EQT, responsAbility, and Verod, foundations such as Botnar, Gates, and Laudes, market-builders like Fair4All Finance, and corporates like Cartier and Mondelez.

Opportunity

We are actively seeking a Director, Consulting with unwavering enthusiasm for impact to expand our impact investing consulting practice. In this pivotal role, you will direct multiple projects simultaneously, covering a wide range of environmental and social topics and client types. You will lead project teams to support clients in understanding the power and opportunities of catalytic capital and private sector engagement, designing and executing such initiatives, measuring their outcomes, and sharing the learnings. You will also contribute significantly to both business development and internal initiatives, playing a crucial role in accelerating SAGANA's growth and impact.

Our ideal candidate combines the analytic and problem-solving skills of a strategy consultant, the scrappiness and relationship-building skills of an entrepreneur, and the multi-cultural and global-mindedness of an international professional. If this describes you, we encourage you to connect with us immediately.

Responsibilities

• Proactively lead projects focused on improving human and planetary health, including developing impact investing and blended finance strategies, engaging private sector capital, and creating more inclusive processes and practices.
• Conduct research and analysis of markets, capital flows and incentives, sectors, companies, and business/organizational models. You will engage deeply with technical content and produce deliverables alongside your project team members.
• Ensure high-quality, on-time delivery across multiple projects by building and directing work plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Develop junior team members through regular project delivery and mentorship.
• Strengthen existing client relationships and identify/cultivate new ones to generate new business for SAGANA. As a Director, you will be responsible for writing proposals and pitching new projects to both existing and new clients.

Skills and Experience

• At least 8 years of relevant work experience, with a minimum of 3 years successfully working in a well-established consulting firm, demonstrating expertise in consulting practices.
• Experience working in emerging markets is a plus; experience with culturally diverse client and colleague teams is essential. You are a global citizen who thrives working remotely and across time zones.
• A strong understanding of investing, catalytic capital, and/or blended finance, having regularly conducted at least two of the following: due diligence, buy/sell advisory, worked at an impact investing fund, guided a social enterprise, or worked at a development organization or foundation.
• Commitment to and experience in at least one social or environmental impact area such as climate, agriculture and food, health, supply chains, fintech/financial inclusion, and infrastructure.
• Strong project management skills in leading complex projects with multiple and diverse stakeholders, seamlessly working across public and private actors as a bridge between them.
• Thrive in an entrepreneurial culture, being proactive, detail-oriented, and able to deliver work at both strategic and tactical levels with unwavering commitment to quality, enjoying building new ventures.
• Skilled communicator, both written and oral, with strong presentation and facilitation skills, unafraid to deliver challenging or contrarian messages.
• Fluency in English is required; knowledge of other languages is an added advantage.

Values

Our shared values guide everything we do:

• Courage: Empowers us to think differently, ask difficult questions, speak our minds, act on our beliefs, and identify opportunities others may miss.
• Authenticity: Guides us to bring our whole selves to our endeavors, fostering honesty, creativity, and enthusiasm to utilize our full potential.
• Respect: The foundation of all relationships – with ourselves, our clients and partners, our colleagues, our communities, and our planet.
• Responsibility: Our accountability for the world we live in, holding ourselves responsible for decisions and actions as individuals and as a company.
• Excellence: Our commitment to being our best, recognizing that creating a better future demands more than just good intentions.

Inclusion

We are actively building a workplace where authentic communication, collaboration, and inclusion enable individuals to achieve their best selves personally and professionally, while pursuing a career with purpose and impact.

Apply

To be considered for this career opportunity, please submit your CV using the role link. If your application is shortlisted, a member of SAGANA's recruiting team will contact you. All inquiries can be directed to Simon Thorne, Senior Manager, Talent – Sagana GmbH. Please note: In the event of high application volume or shifting business priorities, we may close this vacancy earlier.

Key skills/competency

• Impact Investing
• Blended Finance
• Project Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Business Development
• Emerging Markets Experience
• Strategic Consulting
• Market Analysis
• Team Leadership
• Stakeholder Engagement