[Hiring] Vice President/Senior Vice President, Learning & Capacity Building @IIX Global

Role Description

We are seeking an entrepreneurial, subject-matter-driven, and commercially minded Vice President / Senior Vice President to lead and grow IIX Impact Institute as a leading platform for practitioner-oriented education and capacity building in impact investing, sustainable finance, climate finance, gender, and inclusive finance.

• The role combines content expertise, strategic leadership, business growth, partnerships, product development, and team leadership.
• The VP/SVP will bring strong substantive knowledge to shape the Institute's learning agenda, ensure the relevance and quality of its offerings, and serve as a credible voice with senior stakeholders across the impact investing and sustainable finance ecosystem.
• The role will also lead the Institute's growth strategy, building new markets, clients, partnerships, and distribution channels while driving measurable performance across user acquisition, course conversion, revenue, partnerships, program delivery, and product quality.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in impact investing, sustainable finance, climate finance, financial services, professional education, consulting, international development, or related fields.
• Deep subject-matter expertise in one or more of the Institute's core areas, including but not limited to:
  • Sustainable finance and investment
  • SME finance and investment readiness
  • Gender-lens investing
  • Climate finance
  • Impact measurement and management
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering professional or executive training, particularly for commercial, financial, corporate, or institutional audiences.
• Hands-on ability to develop curricula, training materials, case studies, exercises, and other learning content and deliver engaging training to senior and practitioner audiences.
• Strong understanding of business and financial-sector needs, with experience working directly with corporates, financial institutions, investors, or other commercial organizations.
• Proven track record of building or growing a business, product, platform, program, or institutional offering, with accountability for outcomes.
• Strong experience in strategic partnerships, business development, and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Experience developing and leading country-level or market-specific programs and partnerships.
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia, with the ability to develop professional learning content and deliver training effectively in both languages.
• Strong strategic, commercial, analytical, and communication skills.

Requirements

• Experience with a multilateral or development finance institution, such as the World Bank Group, IFC, ADB, or similar organization.
• Experience working with governments, DFIs, financial institutions, investors, corporates, or universities.
• Experience building or scaling professional education, executive education, certification, or digital learning platforms.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, investment, and development finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy, Growth & Commercial Leadership:
  • Set and execute the Institute's strategy, growth priorities, and commercial direction.
  • Own targets across user acquisition, course conversion, revenue, partnerships, and market expansion.
  • Identify and develop new markets, audiences, products, and business models.
  • Grow the Institute across open-enrollment, institutional, corporate, government, and customized programs.
  • Use market and performance insights to strengthen the Institute's positioning, portfolio, and commercial sustainability.
• Subject-Matter, Training & Product Leadership:
  • Provide deep subject-matter leadership across the Institute's core areas and shape its learning agenda.
  • Design and deliver executive and practitioner training for commercial, financial, government, and institutional audiences.
  • Develop curricula, learning objectives, training materials, case studies, exercises, and other content for in-person, virtual, and customized programs.
  • Ensure learning products are technically rigorous, practical, engaging, and relevant to market needs.
  • Lead the development and quality of new courses, certifications, executive education, and customized learning products.
  • Represent the Institute as a practitioner, educator, and thought leader in relevant external forums.
• Strategic Partnerships & Business Development:
  • Build senior relationships with financial institutions, investors, corporates, governments, development partners, universities, and ecosystem organizations.
  • Originate and convert opportunities that expand the Institute's revenue, reach, distribution, and strategic positioning.
  • Source and execute opportunities for webinars, conferences, roundtables, and other learning engagements, including speakers and delivery partners.
  • Identify opportunities to connect Institute offerings with IIX's broader investment, advisory, technology, and data capabilities.
• Country Programs & Training Delivery:
  • Lead IIX country programs and strategic initiatives with a training or capacity-building component, including flagship programs such as the Impact Investment Readiness Program.
  • Lead the assessment of country, sector, and participant needs and translate insights into relevant training strategies, curricula, and learning solutions.
  • Design and deliver high-quality workshops, training sessions, webinars, and other learning engagements for commercial, financial, government, and institutional audiences.
  • Lead the development and adaptation of training curricula, materials, and Institute courses for specific country, sector, and client contexts.
  • Build and manage relationships with training partners, firms, instructors, and subject-matter experts, ensuring the right expertise and delivery capacity for each program.
  • Provide overall oversight of program execution, quality, and completion, working with the Institute team, country teams, and external partners.
• Marketing, Platform & Learner Growth:
  • Provide strategic oversight of the Institute's digital learning platform, learner experience, and platform operations, ensuring the team maintains a high-quality and effective learner journey.
  • Work with IIX Marketing to develop campaigns or promotion calendars that drive awareness, user acquisition, course purchases, and engagement.
  • Shape the Institute's digital platform, learner experience, and product strategy, with day-to-day management led by the team.
  • Set standards for course and platform quality and use learner and performance data to improve conversion, completion, and retention.
  • Build distribution through industry platforms, conferences, universities, associations, and other ecosystem channels.

Key Competencies

• Deep subject-matter expertise and intellectual credibility
• Strong educator, trainer, and facilitator
• Strategic and entrepreneurial leadership
• Commercial and growth orientation
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills
• Excellent communication and storytelling
• High standards for content and program quality
• Strong ownership and accountability for results
• Collaborative, ecosystem-oriented mindset