Jobs at The Nature Conservancy

Develops and maintains geospatial web applications, mapping tools, and visualization solutions for conservation teams. Responsibilities include analyzing requirements, designing systems, frontend development, application maintenance, production support, quality assurance, peer reviews, technical leadership, project planning, and advising teams on web mapping standards. The role uses Esri and open-source geospatial technologies and collaborates with product owners and globally distributed stakeholders.

Supports the Global Project Finance for Permanence portfolio through planning, governance, reporting, communications, systems improvement, coordination, and resource tracking. The role prepares dashboards, briefings, reports, and decision materials; facilitates cross-functional alignment and leadership follow-up; maintains portfolio tools and processes; and supports selected projects and strategic initiatives. Requires strong organization, analysis, communication, and collaboration across multicultural teams. Travel may be required domestically and internationally up to 25%.

Leads the Corporate Engagement advisory team, overseeing staff development, corporate relationships, portfolio management, budgets, capacity planning, risks, and complex client engagements. Translates organizational strategy into executable priorities and operating practices, advises senior corporate partners, coordinates cross-functional work, and ensures compliance with organizational, legal, financial, and risk-management standards. The role manages a global, multidisciplinary team and represents the organization in senior internal and external forums.

The Associate Director will help build and lead a global agriculture finance initiative focused on sustainable, deforestation-free food systems. Responsibilities include developing strategic initiatives, leading complex projects, negotiating agreements, coordinating with global teams and external partners, and engaging financial institutions, investors, and agribusiness stakeholders. The role requires sophisticated financial, economic, analytical, communication, and project management expertise, with emphasis on scaling innovative finance solutions for conservation and climate goals.

Leads fisheries transparency initiatives across Europe and Africa by designing, implementing, and scaling electronic monitoring programs. Builds partnerships with governments, industry, technology providers, and civil society; provides technical guidance on policy, governance, financing, and implementation; manages complex projects, grants, and collaborations; develops stakeholder capacity; negotiates solutions; and represents the organization in policy and international forums.

Leads fisheries transparency initiatives across the Americas by designing, implementing, and scaling electronic monitoring programs. Builds partnerships with governments, industry, technology providers, regional fisheries organizations, and civil society. Provides technical, policy, governance, financing, and implementation guidance; manages complex collaborations, projects, grants, and teams; negotiates solutions; supports fisheries data integration; and represents the organization in national and international forums.

Supports the Policy Team through executive assistance, project coordination, meeting and special-event management, expense reporting, data and information management, reporting, contracts and budget support, communications, and administrative process improvement. The role coordinates stakeholders, tracks action items, manages schedules and logistics, ensures policy compliance, conducts research and analysis, and supports workflow improvements across teams.

Lead finance workstreams for Project Finance for Permanence transactions by developing financial models and strategies, designing sustainable finance mechanisms, supporting due diligence and risk assessments, and preparing finance materials. Manage complex work plans, coordinate cross-functional teams and government stakeholders, oversee consultants, facilitate finance workshops, and support transaction closing. The role requires English and Spanish fluency, project management experience, financial analysis skills, and domestic and international travel.