Remote Managing Director

Summary

Join GFI Japan's Managing Director in leading efforts to support the alternative protein sector with a focus on unique opportunities in Japan. The role will involve strategic direction setting, governance, and organizational growth, as well as building and managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Establishing GFI Japan as the local authority on the science, policy landscape, and business of alternative protein
• Building a dynamic team that will work with local stakeholders and with GFI affiliates across the globe to further GFI’s mission
• Managing the day-to-day work of the organization, including supervising staff, creating budgets, overseeing spending, evaluating new ideas and opportunities, and providing strategic leadership to ensure all staff are engaged in tasks aligned with the organization’s goals
• Maintaining awareness of risks and changes in the external environment that affect the sector and GFI in Japan; escalating critical issues to the Board as appropriate
• Serving as a key external-facing representative for donor engagements, media interviews, and high-level government, scientific, or industry events, and meetings
• Developing, driving, and implementing strategic initiatives to forge relationships with high-level government agencies, key academic and research stakeholders, funding bodies, regulatory bodies, and mission-aligned consortia, as well as businesses, to advance the alternative protein sector in Japan
• Leading GFI Japan’s multifunctional team by example, demonstrating the highest ethical standards, creating a vision of success, and motivating and inspiring the team to achieve our mission and vision
• Serving as a member of GFI’s Regional Leadership Group alongside GFI’s global President and the other leaders of GFI’s global affiliates
• Engaging with GFI’s U.S. team members in line with the GFI Japan affiliate agreement and as a strategic partner
• Working in close collaboration with GFI’s finance and operations teams to establish and maintain best practices for financial management, budgets, internal controls, and robust corporate governance
• Ensuring staff policies, procedures, and administrative processes are reviewed and regularly updated for operational efficiency
• Ensuring the organization fulfills all its legal, statutory, and regulatory responsibilities
• Ensuring GFI Japan is championing diversity, equity, and inclusion as a part of its organizational culture