Senior Director, Complex Systems

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🌐 United States, United Kingdom, +1 more countries – Remote

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👔 Director

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Clean Air Task Force

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1996

🤝 Non-profit

⚡ Energy

Non-profit • Energy • Environment

Clean Air Task Force is a non-traditional and fact-based environmental organization dedicated to decarbonizing the global energy system to combat climate change. With over 25 years of history, CATF focuses on policy advocacy, technology innovation, and modeling and systems analysis to drive effective climate change mitigation strategies. Their work includes advancing nuclear energy, carbon capture, zero-carbon fuels, methane pollution prevention, and other technologies to achieve a zero-emissions, high-energy planet. CATF operates globally, with a strong focus on supporting innovative technologies and policy solutions to address the climate crisis efficiently and affordably.

📋 Description

• Shape enterprise priorities and lead the Complex Systems portfolio with clear direction, sound judgment, and accountability • Ensure the individual missions of Land, Transportation, and Industry remain central to portfolio decisions • Develop and advance a cohesive systems-level strategy connecting technical expertise, policy, infrastructure, finance, innovation, and markets • Identify opportunities for greater impact across programs, portfolios, disciplines, and regions • Strengthen impact, stewardship, and people leadership across the portfolio • Support program leaders, clarify outcomes, monitor progress, build leadership and technical capacity, and help teams navigate trade-offs and barriers • Guide globally relevant policy and advocacy priorities grounded in technical, economic, political, and market realities • Partner with regional advocacy teams to adapt strategies to local contexts and influence policy outcomes • Direct portfolio planning, budgeting, prioritization, and shared investments • Build alignment across programs, solution portfolios, regions, and organizational functions • Serve as a senior external representative and shape narratives for systems-level climate solutions • Guide policy positions and thought leadership and build relationships across government, industry, finance, academia, media, philanthropy, and civil society • Partner with Development, Communications, and senior leadership on fundraising strategy and funder relationships • Report to the Chief of Programs & Advocacy and serve on CATF’s Impact Leaders Group

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in climate, energy, environmental, or related policy fields • Senior leadership responsibility for complex programs, portfolios, departments, or multidisciplinary teams • Demonstrated record of shaping strategy and influencing policy outcomes in complex climate, energy, environmental, government, industry, advocacy, research, or related settings • Experience leading senior leaders and strengthening leadership capacity, team effectiveness, accountability, and succession readiness • Deep understanding of systems-level climate challenges and barriers to transforming land, transportation, and industrial systems • Experience building and executing strategies connecting technical, policy, financial, market, organizational, and regional considerations • Ability to lead across functions, disciplines, and geographies in a matrixed organization while respecting program missions and subject-matter expertise • Experience representing an organization and building trusted relationships with senior external stakeholders, such as policymakers, funders, industry leaders, and strategic partners • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a field relevant to the role • Candidates must be authorized to work in their country of employment • Preferred: experience with fundraising, donor engagement, or philanthropic partnerships • Preferred: experience working across the U.S., Europe, and other regional contexts in a global or cross-regional organization • Preferred: familiarity with hard-to-abate sectors, land systems, transportation, industrial decarbonization, carbon management, fuels, or related climate solutions • Preferred: experience contributing to organizational strategy, portfolio design, or operating model change • Preferred: familiarity with nonprofit, policy, advocacy, technical, research, philanthropic, or mission-driven environments

🏖️ Benefits

• An excellent benefits package • Benefits aligned to your country of employment • Flexible, remote working environment within the U.S. or Europe • Mission-driven work supporting practical, durable climate solutions • Collaborative and intellectually curious culture where diverse perspectives are valued • Exposure to cross-functional collaboration with program, regional advocacy, Development, Communications, and senior leadership teams, as well as external partners and funders