Managing Director, Discovery and Insight

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Managing Director, Discovery and InsightFull-timeDepartment: Audacious ProjectScreening Question Set: US Candidate Screening Questions Cover Letter Required Compensation: USD 280000 - USD 300000 - yearlyCompany DescriptionABOUT TED TED is on a mission to discover and spread ideas that spark imagination, embrace possibility, and catalyze impact. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder, and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community. ABOUT THE AUDACIOUS PROJECT The Audacious Project is a collaborative funding platform that invites visionary changemakers to imagine their boldest ideas to solve the world’s most urgent challenges. Housed at TED, the nonprofit dedicated to the belief that ideas change everything, Audacious works to surface ideas that are breathtakingly ambitious yet achievable and brings together a community of philanthropists to unlock the funding needed to make them real. Each year, Audacious selects a cohort of extraordinary leaders from around the world — visionaries with proximity to the problems they're solving, and bold plans to shift systems, lift up communities, and contribute to a healthier planet. Since its launch in 2018, Audacious has helped to catalyze more than $8B for over 70 projects across a range of issue areas. Rooted in TED's belief that ideas can come from anywhere, Audacious focuses on the strength of the idea and the team behind it, not a fixed issue area. Funded projects span science, climate, technology, health, social safety net and justice. Job DescriptionRole Description The Managing Director, Discovery and Insight leads Audacious's global search for ambitious ideas and changemakers — finding, testing, and building the case for the ideas and leaders most worth backing each funding cycle. This role owns end-to-end curation, application, and diligence activities, ultimately leading to recommendations for the cohort of finalists selected annually. The Managing Director's work is centered on: a strategy informed by continuous learning about systems-level impact and Audacious' unique role within it; deep collaboration with applicants, donors, and partners nurtured over time; and leadership of a strong team to sustain the work. Each year, the Discovery and Insight team conducts a global search to identify nonprofit ideas that are: ● Innovative and offer a unique approach to a significant problem with the potential to shift the status quo or the system they operate within ● Proximate & Community-Oriented in leadership and decision-making structure (i.e., led by those who intimately understand the problem/opportunity, incorporating impacted communities in decision-making, led by someone who has direct experience in/with the community served) ● Approaching an inflection point or needing a significant capital inflow to catalyze a differentiated level of impact that they haven’t received support for yet (rather than support for ongoing operations) ● Thoughtfully ambitious ideas that both inspire and convince — have an exciting, breakthrough vision (‘inspire’), clear outcomes, and evidence that the idea will have a significant and concrete impact (‘convince’)  Key Responsibilities 1. Set and evolve the sourcing and curation strategy. ● Advance sourcing and curation strategy for each cycle, forming a clear point of view on where Audacious should be learning, looking, collaborating, and why, ultimately carrying that strategy forward across cycles ● Develop a “future-oriented” approach by monitoring and anticipating emerging trends and innovations that Audacious actively engages with or responds to ● Actively capture insights and lessons learned to refine and improve Audacious's sourcing and curation...