Vice President, Reseach - Bangladesh
About Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)
Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) is a pioneer in the global impact investing movement, dedicated to reshaping finance for sustainable development with a focus on gender equality and climate action through capital mobilization and data-based solutions. For over a decade and a half, we've been building the sustainable investing market, from establishing the world's largest crowdfunding platform for impact investing (Impact Partners™), operating award-winning enterprise technical assistance programs, creating innovative financial products such as the Women's Livelihood Bond™ Series, (listed 6 bonds in the public market with zero credit default) and establishing an Impact Institute and Research & Advisory. While we are very deep with our work in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa, our work spans 60 countries globally where we have invested close to $500 million of private-sector capital, positively impacted over 160 million direct and household lives, and avoided over 1.9 million metric tons of carbon and have collected over 90,000+ data points on sustainable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The base of IIX's work is IIX Values™, an impact verification tech solution measuring investments' social and environmental impact to the last mile, amplifying the voices of the underserved. In 2022, we, along with global partners, launched the Orange Movement™ and, within that, created a new asset class, Orange Bond, to demonstrate the intersectionality of gender equality and climate action and unlock $10 billion in capital markets by 2030, impacting 100 million women, girls, and gender minorities and making them a key player in climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. In 2024, we unveiled our global data hub, IIX Intelligence™, which aggregates, evaluates, and benchmarks data from sustainable MSMEs, offering unparalleled insights into gender diversity, climate action, ESG performance, and community risk management. IIX Intelligence demonstrates with data the importance of MSMEs as a backbone of sustainable development. Numerous accolades, including the Oslo Business for Peace and the UN Global Climate Action Award, have recognized our efforts. Our team’s 'PREM' values—passion, resilience, equity, and mavericks—propel our efforts, bringing meaningful change to Global South communities and the 99%.
About a career with IIX:
You will join a highly effective team that provides you with an un-paralleled hands-on exposure to the Impact Investing and Social Finance space. You thrive in tackling development issues and excel in creating solutions using structured strategies and unprecedented programs that address and solve the world’s most pressing problems, from food security to inclusive finance to clean energy. You aim to become a global development leader who has a passion for international development and to get involved in work that makes a difference.
When you join IIX, you embark on a rewarding career where we are heavily invested in your professional development, as we will build on your strengths and help you gain new skills with training, coaching, encouragement and guiding you in the right direction. It is a value addition to advance your career, providing you invaluable exposure to the rapidly growing impact investing space.
You WANT to instigate change.
Thus, as a successful team member, you should be a PREM:
• Passionate: Commitment to social finance and impact investing as a path to unlock society’s potential to effect social change is essential for a happy and successful tenure at IIX.
• Resilient: Similar to our enterprises working in emerging markets, our IIX team members have strong mental and emotional fortitude and are able to recover quickly from difficulties or setbacks. We look for people with an adaptable and positive attitude and strong sense of self-worth, which enables them to move forward and continue to strive for their goals even in the face of adversity.
• Equitable: At IIX, we manage toward impact maximization and produce measurable and transparent returns – both social and financial. These results strengthen the ecosystem and transform existing realities by helping impact enterprises magnify their impact and scale. We are fair and impartial in our actions and ensure that we make objective and unbiased decisions based on facts and impact.
• Maverick: While IIX is a seasoned stakeholder in the impact enterprise and impact investing space in Asia, we pride ourselves on creating new opportunities. We look for people with an independent and unorthodox approach to thinking and behaving. If you are someone who is non-conformist, innovative, and independent, often going against the grain, does not like following the crowd and is not afraid to express your own opinions, we want you.
Our clients and partners span the spectrum of public and private sector including foundations such as the Rockefeller Foundation and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Foundation, corporations such as Standard Chartered Bank and KKR, international non-profits such as Oxfam and World Vision, multilateral institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, UN Agencies such as UNDP, and government agencies such as USAID and SIDA.
About the role:
We are looking for a communicator, a thinker and a doer who naturally builds relationships that lead to results. The role will lead the project management and stakeholder relationships and work closely with IIX’s core R&A team and the Strategic Initiatives team in developing proposals and managing projects. We need someone who, first and foremost, has a positive attitude and is passionate about growing the space through IIX’s work. In addition, the talent we are looking for should be creative, a problem solver, who knows how to push the envelope, and is an incredibly fast learner.
Key Responsibilities:
Research Services
• Strategic Business development initiatives
o Sources, prepares and submit requests for proposal (RFPs) and expressions of interest (EOIs) from global and regional tendering organizations.
o Identifies and engages prospective clients for R&A and help develop the practice
o Prepares external marketing and strategic business development materials
o Take charge of revenue targets and KPIs for the team
o In charge of PnL for the team targets and all the business development efforts
• Project management
o Leads on-the-ground implementation and management of research and projects across multiple countries (ensures project deliverables are on track) in close coordination with the advisory team, other IIX members, and consultants
o Manages key project-level relationships for IIX with key stakeholders
o Leads organization of events/workshops and supports in engaging with impact investing ecosystem players, donors, and partners
• Market Ecosystem Research
o Conducts market ecosystem research to further gender-lens investing
o Researches new and emerging thematic and impact investment trends
o Envisions and proposes areas of strategic collaboration with ecosystem partners
o Develops outreach materials such as policy paper, concept notes and pitch decks
• Execute Engagement & Projects
o Collaborates with other Business Units to effectively execute key engagement program, organization wide projects and strategic pursuits
Required Qualifications:
• Minimum ten years of combined experience in project management, research, management consulting, business development and/or similar experience
• Familiarity with the financing/ investment and SME landscape preferred
• Excellent research and writing skills (applicants will be required to submit past writing outputs and may be asked to undergo additional writing tests)
• Experience in managing business advisory and consulting projects, preferably in the impact investment, development, or SME space
• Experience in conducting training, market research and writing / management of research reports
• Excellent People Leader, team player and interpersonal skills, with strong leadership ability
• Ability to train and guide a young team
• Outstanding presentation and verbal/written communication and fluency in English. A second Asian language proficiency will be an advantage.
• High comfort level working in a relatively flat, non-hierarchical and fast-paced environment
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Power point, and Excel)
• Experience of being an individual contributor in managing, structuring and writing research reports
• Proficiency in conducting primary and secondary, literature reviews, data interpretation and analyzing as individual contributor
• Ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner, both written and verbal
Additional Desired Qualifications:
• Academic or professional experience with IIX sector specializations (including climate, impact investing, SME, gender, inclusive finance, technology access, healthcare, education, water and waste management)
• Fluency or proficiency in one or more regional languages, in addition to English
• Experience of living or extensive travel in developing countries; field experience in the region working with impact enterprises, startups, or INGOs will be an advantage
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work well with a diverse group of stakeholders
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by IIX Talent Acquisition team. Your personal data maybe collected but it will be used for recruitment purposes only.
IIX is an equal opportunity employer