Program Manager, Financial Advisory

The Financial Advisory (FA) Team within NatureVest provides market expertise to TNC teams, which includes identifying innovative sources of value for nature and delivering consulting, business model innovation, and finance project development services to TNC teams globally. Responsibilities & Scope: Contribute to building and maintaining a pipeline of sustainable finance projects, with particular emphasis on fisheries and aquaculture conservation priorities, including large-scale fisheries (tuna, albacore), aquaculture systems (shrimp, salmon, feeds), novel ingredients, and coastal/freshwater fisheries opportunities.

What We Can Achieve Together:
NatureVest is the impact investment unit of The Nature Conservancy, with a vision of a world where financial markets value and integrate natural capital into business and investment decisions as part of creating a sustainable, equitable, and more efficient economy. The Financial Advisory (FA) Team within NatureVest provides market expertise to TNC teams, which includes identifying innovative sources of value for nature and delivering consulting, business model innovation, and finance project development services to TNC teams globally. In addition to contributing to overall NatureVest priorities, this Program Manager position will focus primarily (~70%) on the fisheries and aquaculture portfolio, supporting conservation finance initiatives that will advance TNC's goals for healthy marine and freshwater ecosystems.

This will be a 2-year term role, with opportunity for extension based on budget and performance. This role is open to candidates based in locations where TNC can hire, and expectation is that candidate will be comfortable working some hours that overlap with Eastern U.S. business hours.

Essential Functions:
As a Program Manager for the Financial Advisory team, you will support global conservation objectives by identifying sources of value for fishing and aquaculture operations to create new markets and financing innovations that deliver outsized environmental impacts. You will serve as a subject matter expert on finance, market analysis, business model design, and financial innovation, providing internal consulting, advisory, and project management support to TNC conservation programs. As part of this mandate, you will (i) manage a pipeline of markets and finance projects, with particular emphasis on opportunities in fisheries & aquaculture, (ii) design business models or financial innovations, (iii) directly develop outputs including financial models and business cases, (iv) advise field programs on sustainable finance project design and delivery, and (v) manage consulting engagements and contractors to execute on this work. A regular day may include building a pro-forma for an emerging aquaculture enterprise, assisting a field team creating the business case for vessel-level underwriting, or presenting to private sector stakeholders about the value proposition for investing in traceability infrastructure.

This position will report to the Director, Market Analysis within TNC's Financial Advisory team. You will work closely with TNC's Provide Food & Water division, while being based in and collaborating with the Impact Finance & Markets Division.

Responsibilities & Scope:

• Contribute to building and maintaining a pipeline of sustainable finance projects, with particular emphasis on fisheries and aquaculture conservation priorities, including large-scale fisheries (tuna, albacore), aquaculture systems (shrimp, salmon, feeds), novel ingredients, and coastal/freshwater fisheries opportunities
• In collaboration with Thriving Fisheries & Aquaculture program and other conservation teams, support project management and implementation of sustainable finance projects
• Develop essential project documents, such as financial models, business cases, and strategy proposals
• Provide consulting and advisory support to conservation teams globally on business and financial matters including value creation, cost modeling, market analysis, business model design, and capital structuring
• Persuasively communicate complex finance and market concepts to internal and external stakeholders with diverse backgrounds, including TNC program staff, fishing industry representatives, aquaculture producers, seafood buyers and retailers, impact investors, and philanthropic partners
• Approach all work with a spirit of collaboration and respect for colleagues and partners across geographies, cultures, and subject matter expertise
• Travel and work flexible hours, as needed.
• May supervise one or more administrative or programmatic staff.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, impact investing, management consulting, investment banking, or a similar private sector finance environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Direct professional experience in fisheries, aquaculture, or seafood value chains, demonstrated through previous work in seafood value chain, aquaculture operations, fishing industry organizations, oceans- or seafood-focused investment funds, or seafood sector consulting.

• Experience developing and implementing complex projects and strategic initiatives in unstructured or rapidly e