Director, Global Amplify Programs

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🔥 17 hours ago

🇪🇺 Europe – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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Media Development Investment Fund

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1995

📱 Media

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Media • Non-profit • Social Impact

Media Development Investment Fund is a New York-registered not-for-profit corporation that provides debt and equity financing supported by strategic advice to independent media in regions where access to reliable news and information is threatened. With over 25 years of experience, MDIF invests in independent media worldwide, helping them build viable business models while preserving editorial autonomy. By fostering strong independent media, MDIF supports the development of informed societies, ensuring diverse perspectives and accountability in journalism.

📋 Description

• Lead the strategic design and continuous evolution of MDIF’s Amplify incubation and accelerator model • Manage end-to-end cohort operations, including sourcing, selection, programming, mentoring, and milestone tracking across regional cohorts • Provide leadership, mentorship, and performance management to a distributed regional Amplify team • Guide cohort companies toward investment readiness with MDIF’s investment team • Partner on financial and business-model diagnostics • Build and maintain relationships with innovation hubs, media labs, and venture-support networks across operating regions • Own global monitoring, evaluation, and reporting for the Amplify portfolio, including donor-facing reporting • Travel internationally to Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, and Latin America at least once annually per program region

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive experience in venture support, startup incubation, accelerator leadership, or media innovation • At least 3–5 years in a senior management or leadership role, with direct accountability for program outcomes and team performance • Demonstrated track record of designing or running incubator, accelerator, or venture-support programs • Experience developing, leading and managing distributed, multi-country teams • Excellent facilitation, communication, and relationship-building skills across diverse cultural contexts • Comfort operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments balancing editorial independence with commercial and development priorities • Fluent English; proficiency in other international languages is a strong plus • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience with demonstrated expertise considered in lieu of formal academic credentials • Working knowledge of financial modeling, business-model development, and investment-readiness support for early-stage organizations • Current, practical understanding of the global media landscape, including digital transformation, AI adoption, audience development, and sustainable revenue models • Ability to secure necessary international travel visas • Applications must be submitted in English

🏖️ Benefits

• International travel to each program region at least once annually • Flexibility to accommodate a significant travel schedule • Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion