Role Summary: Our client is seeking a Chief Impact Officer to lead their impact operations globally across Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. This is a strategic, entrepreneurial, and multinational leadership role that will guide both internal funded programs and externally funded initiatives. The CIO will play a critical role in scaling the impact while ensuring financial sustainability, operational excellence, and brand credibility. Responsibilities: 1. Impact Strategy & Oversight: Lead the design, management, and evaluation of the organization's impact campaigns across multiple continents - both internal initiatives and external partner-funded programs. Align regional programs with global strategy to ensure scalable, sustainable impact. 2. Business Development & Fundraising: Identify and build relationships with donors, foundations, multilaterals, relevant corporates, and CSR funders. Lead the development of funding proposals, impact models, and partnership frameworks. Ensure long-term funding pipelines to sustain and grow Impact operations. 3. Strategic Projects and Initiatives:
Support a range of digital and insight implementations to build and expand these foundations. Source and work with relevant third-party innovators and embed within impact operations when required. 4. Team Leadership & Cross-Regional Management: Manage regional teams in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. Foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and operational consistency across markets. Build high-performing, impact-driven teams. 5. Financial Management & Sustainability: Own the P&L; for all impact programs. Ensure financial accountability and productive use of resources. Drive performance and outcomes-based funding models. 6. Operational Management: Handle hiring, people management, KPI and OKR setting and tracking, etc. 7. Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning: Implement robust impact measurement frameworks. Use data to guide strategic decisions and continuous improvement. 8. External Communi