[Hiring] Project Director @Closed Loop Partners, LLC

Role Description

The Center for the Circular Economy seeks a Project Director to design, build, and advance circular economy programs and partnerships, initially focused on reuse and source reduction. The Project Director will help shape and turn an early-stage concept into a structured, implementable program, leading complex, cross-functional work from early strategy and business-case development through partner alignment and implementation planning.

The role combines strategic problem-solving, stakeholder management, and hands-on execution. The successful candidate will:

• Create structure from ambiguity.
• Define the strategy and approach.
• Produce client-ready deliverables with limited restructuring.
• Anticipate risks.
• Independently move work from concept through delivery.

Qualifications

• 6-10+ years of relevant experience in Innovation Management, Retail Operations, Supply Chain Management, or related sectors.
• Experience working in high-profile Retail, CPG/FMCG, Foodservice projects.
• Demonstrated ability to define the why, what, and how of a workstream rather than waiting for a fully developed assignment.
• Strong end-to-end project leadership skills, including scoping, planning, prioritization, budgeting, resource management, risk management, and delivery.
• Excellent synthesis, writing, storytelling, presentation, and facilitation skills, including producing client-ready decks.
• Experience developing and coordinating cross-value-chain partnerships, including defining partner roles, operational requirements, incentives, handoffs, and dependencies needed to implement programs successfully.
• An implementation and supply-chain optimization mindset that balances ambition and impact with operational feasibility, cost, stakeholder, and operational readiness.
• A proactive approach to risk management and problem-solving, with a demonstrated habit of identifying challenges early and proposing solutions.
• A dynamic, mission-driven, and collaborative professional who can take initiative, incorporate feedback thoughtfully, delegate effectively, and learn new subject areas quickly.

Requirements

• Location: Southern California (Remote), with regular business travel for client meetings in the region (including San Diego and Los Angeles) and occasional travel to the Closed Loop Center NYC office.
• Compensation: National Salary Range: $140,000 - $160,000, commensurate with experience and finalized title.
• The role will run for a fixed term of 12 months with a potential to extend based on overall firm needs.
• Applicants will be required to start this position in November or December 2026.

Company Description

Closed Loop Partners is at the forefront of building the circular economy. The firm is comprised of three key businesses that create a platform for systems change:

• Closed Loop Capital Management: The firm's investment group, managing venture capital, buyout, and catalytic private credit investment strategies on behalf of global corporations, financial institutions, and family offices.
• Closed Loop Builders: The firm's operating group, incubating, building, and scaling circular economy infrastructure and services.
• Closed Loop Center for the Circular Economy: The firm's innovation arm that helps businesses solve their most pressing material challenges.

Closed Loop Center's services go beyond the work of consultancies and think tanks - we roll up our sleeves with business leaders to research commercial opportunities, design circular solutions, and build cutting-edge initiatives in market.

Based in New York City and working with cities across the country, we partner with the world's most influential companies to solve the material challenges they can't tackle on their own.

Learn more about Closed Loop Center's work at www.closedlooppartners.com/the-center .