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ABOUT NEW ENERGY NEXUS New Energy Nexus (NEX) is an international NGO that supports climate solutions and builds a more equitable clean energy economy. Our laser focus is on clean energy entrepreneurs: providing them with funds, accelerators, and networks to thrive. They are our main audience and our agent of change. We started in California in 2004 and now operate across China, India, Southeast Asia, East and West Africa, and Australia. We have leveraged US$5.4 billion in investment and supported more than 11,000 entrepreneurs. ABOUT THE ROLE & OPPORTUNITY The Director of Development Strategy & Operations will lead the internal engine behind New Energy Nexus' global fundraising and business development efforts. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this role sits at the center of NEX's development team — turning what our development and partnerships staff and country teams learn on the ground with funders into a coherent, prioritized fundraising strategy, and making sure the team is coordinated, resourced, and focused on the highest-value opportunities. This is not primarily a donor-facing relationship management role. It is a strategy, team leadership, and fundraising operations role for someone who understands the business and fund development cycle deeply enough to translate frontline intelligence — what funders are signaling, what's landing and what isn't, where proposals are stalling, which markets and programs are attracting interest — into clear direction for where the team should spend its time. The Director will lead and develop NEX's global platform-level development team, ensuring that individual team members' skills and expertise are deployed effectively against organizational priorities, while bringing together the knowledge and fundraising capabilities of country leaders, chapter teams, and program leads. The ideal candidate has the analytical rigor and systems mindset of a strong operations leader, paired with real fluency in philanthropic and development finance fundraising, so they can be a credible internal leader and partner to a globally distributed team of fundraisers, country directors, and program leads. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Fundraising Strategy & Intelligence (50%) Help develop a living, prioritized development strategy based on proposal outcomes, funder conversations, and market signals gleaned from team conversations and learnings from fundraisers, country directors, and program leads Identify where NEX should be focusing time and effort across programs and geographies, based on funder appetite, pipeline strength, and organizational priorities. Maintain a clear view of the funding pipeline across the network — by funder, program, chapter, and stage — and flag risks, gaps, or unrestricted-vs-restricted balance issues early. Translate strategy into concrete guidance: which opportunities to prioritize, which proposals need repositioning, where the team is over- or under-invested. Serve as a thought partner to the CEO and program leads on funding strategy, drawing on patterns across markets rather than any single relationship. Team Coordination & Enablement (35%) Lead and develop the global platform-level development team including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, coaching, and managing performance, and ensure team members' skills are effectively leveraged against NEX's development priorities. Translate the development strategy into a clear rolling work plan for the team, aligning ownership, resources, and timelines. Build strong collaboration across the global development function, bringing together the expertise and fundraising capabilities of platform-level staff, country leaders, fundraisers, and program leads to maximize collective impact. Run the operating rhythm of the fundraising team: pipeline reviews, proposal coordination across programs/chapters/finance/communications, and prioritization check-ins. Coordinate multi-country and m