Senior Director, Marketing

Overview of Climate Lead

Climate Lead empowers philanthropic leaders everywhere to take immediate and far-reaching climate action.  As an impartial and trusted guide, Climate Lead equips new climate philanthropists with the information and insights they need to drive transformative solutions.  We cut through the complexity by curating roadmaps, in partnership with a diverse network of experts, to help funders make a bold impact on climate from day one.

Climate Lead provides specialized services to help new climate philanthropists give with confidence and make influential, game-changing contributions to address the climate crisis.  These include:

• Specialized Expertise:  We translate credible and current insights from a global, diverse network of climate experts and leaders to help philanthropists deepen their climate learning and make informed choices that create tangible impact.
• Impartial Advice: We offer our services free of charge, prioritizing philanthropic leaders’ interests and climate impact above all.
• Networked Community: We connect philanthropists to a built-in global community of advisors, field partners, climate funders, and other luminaries who are interested in maximizing impact through partnership and collective action.
• Tailored Support:  We meet philanthropists wherever they may be in their climate journeys, providing one-on-one advising, curated portfolios of solutions that have been vetted for impact, and holistic support along every step of the way.

Since its founding in 2019, Climate Lead has catalyzed $4 billion into high-impact climate solutions globally. For more information, please visit http://www.climatelead.org/

The Opportunity

The world is currently in a make-or-break decade for climate change.  As Climate Lead continues to pursue an ambitious strategy of accelerating new philanthropic resources at scale for high-impact solutions in the climate sector, the Senior Director, Marketing will play a vital role in engaging new climate philanthropists. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced marketing and brand strategist to lead a team that will inspire and engage new philanthropists entering the sector. 

 Ideal Profile

Climate Lead seeks an experienced marketing leader who demonstrates strength in managing a marketing function and team with vision, creativity, and commitment. Since integrating marketing tools and tactics is a new focus area at Climate Lead, the Senior Director, Marketing must be adept at explaining strategies and tactics to other team members not familiar with the discipline in an effective and compelling way that builds support and delivers results.  An appetite for innovation and iteration, as well as excitement about applying their extensive marketing skills and experiences to the specific needs of Climate Lead are essential.

Required Experience

• A minimum of ten years of experience specifically in management roles leading marketing/brand strategy, campaigns, and teams, ideally working across audiences, sectors, and geographies.

• Expertise building out multi-channel marketing and branding strategies designed to engage new customers, constituents, and/or donors.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives.

• Expertise in media and experience overseeing digital marketing, including social media, email marketing and SEO/SEM strategies.

• Experience working on sophisticated, curated events in a program/content and strategy role.

• Significant experience managing teams in a high-performance and matrixed environment where people from diverse cultural, social, and ethnic

backgrounds can thrive.

• Experience designing and/or championing processes and work cultures that enable efficient collaboration, learning, and impact orientation within and across teams.

• Significant experience cultivating and expanding external networks and operating with an ethos of mutual respect for a diverse range of perspectives.

• Experience representing a marketing/brand vision/strategy through multiple channels and strategies, speaking engagements, advisory roles, or other methods.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary is expected to be $250,000 annually.  Climate Lead offers a competitive benefits package designed to reflect and support our values of care and integrity.  Relocation support will be provided to candidates not already residing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

To Be Considered

Please submit your resume and cover letter expressing your interest in the position and fit for the role via the “Become a Candidate” button.

Applicants applying by June 2, 2025, will be given priority consideration, with the position open until filled.