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About the Role

Agora Industry is seeking a Director, Global Industry to lead its next phase of expansion and deepen analytical capabilities in industrial strategy, competition policy, industry finance, and supply chain resilience. This role involves connecting rigorous analysis with political judgment, building an international team, and positioning the organization as a trusted partner to governments and institutions navigating the global industrial transformation.

Responsibilities

Shape the organization's strategy for the global industry program, with accountability for analytical quality, geographic reach, and policy relevance.
Lead and manage the global industry team, currently comprising around 25 staff, and work closely with regional directors on industry work across the organization.
Lead the program’s analytical agenda across industry strategy, techno-economics, clean technologies and power, fuels and feedstocks integration, trade and standards, supply chain resilience, climate policy, industrial finance, lead markets, and the development implications of industrial transition.
Shape international cooperation on industrial transformation, working through relevant multilateral initiatives to advance concrete policy design, lead market creation, financing mechanisms and cross-border coordination.
Build a coherent global industry program in close collaboration with regional directors, aligning priorities and sharing knowledge so that analytical work remains connected to the implementation realities of industrial system transformation on the ground.
Represent the industry program to governments, funders, industry associations, development institutions, and think tank partners at global and national levels.
Manage research quality, publication output, and stakeholder communication, including media relations and expert positioning.
Build and manage the budget, identify new funding opportunities, and develop funder relationships in support of the expanded programme.

Requirements

At least 15 years of relevant professional experience, including several years of management experience in an international setting with team leadership across multiple geographies.
Strong strategic leadership on industrial transformation, including how climate policy, industrial development, competition policy, industry finance, and supply chain resilience interact, with deep expertise in at least one major area of industrial transition.
Understanding of how industrial policy domains interact with development objectives and ability to engage credibly with policymakers across multiple regional contexts.
Familiarity with multilateral governance processes and multilateral development finance.
Familiarity with political processes and understanding of how political decision-makers think; ability to develop and represent complex and nuanced positions across diverse institutional contexts, and proven ability to turn analytical work into policy influence.
Collaborative leadership style appropriate for a think tank: setting direction while respecting research autonomy.
Motivating personality who can inspire systemic, integrative thinking and work effectively across geographies and institutional cultures.
Strong and diverse international network spanning policymakers, industry associations, funders, development finance institutions, and civil society.
Meaningful networks in at least one major non-EU geography (India, Southeast Asia, US, Latin America, or China).
Willingness and ability to travel frequently across the programme’s priority regions and multilateral forum locations.

Skills

English fluency (written and spoken)
Hindi language skills valued
Spanish language skills valued
Portuguese language skills valued
Mandarin language skills valued
Southeast Asian languages skills valued

Location

Washington
Netherlands
Berlin
Brussels
Bangkok
Beijing
New Delhi
Remote option available

Work Type

Full-time
Part-time (min. 32 hours)
Hybrid working options

Experience Level

Senior leadership role
At least 15 years of relevant professional experience
Several years of management experience in an international setting with team leadership across multiple geographies

Salary/Compensations

Competitive compensation package

Benefits

Access to offices in Berlin, Brussels, Bangkok, Beijing and Washington for regular in-person collaboration
Flexible working hours
Vacation entitlement significantly above statutory requirements
Professional development
Health & wellness package depending on the country of employment
Access to mental health and coaching support
Permanent employment contract
Support with visa and work permit applications if required

About the Company

Agora Energiewende, Agora Industry and Agora Agriculture develop evidence-based strategies for ensuring the success of clean energy, industry and agricultural transitions around the globe.
An independent and non-partisan think tank and policy laboratory that analyses upcoming challenges, shares knowledge with decision-makers and stakeholders and enables a productive exchange of ideas.

Equal Opportunity

We want an energy transition for everyone from everyone.
Particularly pleased to receive applications from people from groups that have been underrepresented in energy and industry policy so far.
Welcome applications regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability and age, and sexual orientation.
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