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Director of Research

3 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom GIST Impact Full time

Job Purpose:

nLead GIST Impact's 15-person Research and Innovation Lab ("RIL") to deliver timely product research that forms the core of our innovative, tech-enabled, scalable ESG and impact data products, adding value to an increasing number of investor and corporate clients.

Drive GIST Impact's unparalleled thought leadership in the evolving fields of impact economics and impact metrics. Hire, develop, and support staff to achieve exceptional quality and productivity for RIL, and work closely with engineering, product and customer teams to transform research into product components, and enable their delivery

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

nOrganise, task, and manage the RIL team to deliver optimally across its four key output areas:nNew product research & development aligned with overall product strategy, and enabling its product-development partnering with engineering and product team members.

nUpdating GIST Impact coefficients to enhance & refine our impact valuationnBespoke (funded) research


Thought leadership publications Ensure new product research & development is prioritised and delivered to quality and on time; maintain a balanced research portfolio of resource investments, roughly: core enhancements 70% (e.g., regulatory updates, updates to coefficients, etc.); adjacent growth 20% (new research into known domains, e.g.

, new biodiversity products); net new 10% (totally new innovations that push industry boundaries)nEnsure GIST Impact coefficients are updated annually in an efficient and timely manner


Ensure that a regular thought leadership calendar of high-quality, topical, client-focussed research is published on evolving regulations, market trends, impact/ ESG metrics, etc.

nManage and deliver one or two carefully selected, externally funded, profitable research projects in the domain of impact valuation/true cost accounting that add value to policy making or business practice and strengthen GIST Impact's thought leadershipnProvide strategic inputs for and act as a partner to the CEO's outreach to regulatory bodies and influencers worldwide in our key knowledge domainsnCollaborate with others across the executive bench, as a key senior thought leader at GIST Impact, to enable delivery against major business milestones and strategic objectivesnDevelop and lead RIL's publications calendar, collaborating with Marketing & Communications on media engagement, and social media presence to optimise RIL's output for thought leadership and marketing value generationnBuild and maintain strong working relationships with senior colleagues (in Corporate Services; Investor Services; Engineering; Data Delivery and Assurance) to optimise the business value of RIL's outputsnConstantly learn and stay abreast of developments in the sustainability landscape, gaining fluency rapidly in all subject matter through which GIST Impact has established its competitive advantagenRespond to both internal and external correspondence, working closely with the leadership team where appropriatenManage RIL talent pipeline through our key campus relationships (INSEAD, TISS, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur, etc), and external hires

Required Skills and Experience:
nFirst and second degrees in natural sciences and/or economics/social sciencesnDoctorate in a relevant field is desirable but not essentialnCore consulting and presentation skills achieved from working in a sustainability consulting contextnPeople management skills and experience in a "research & development" contextnProject management skills and experience in a "research" contextnExperience in navigating complex business organisationsnAn academic overachiever with an innate business sense and commercial orientationnExperience with communications/corporate writing whether through industry, thought leadership, or academia (published papers)

Desired professional traits:

nHighly organised and adaptable; able to context and project switch with ease whilst maintaining a strong focus on delivering against prioritiesnBest-in-class leadership skills; sets strong examples when it comes to research quality, timeliness, teamwork, and valuesnStrong influencing skills; able to build consensus early and drive results through collaborative engagement with diverse groupsnPragmatic and a problem-solvernExcellent storytelling ability: able to sketch out hypotheses and simplify complex issues using a variety of toolsnNumerate; fluent in Excel; scenario analysis and modelling experience a plusnGreat communication skills (written and verbal); previous experience producing material across a wide range of content, including opinion/blogs, marketing/PR, academic publications, corporate communications, etc.

nGreat presentation skills (PowerPoint guru and general design aficionado)nConversant in recent tech, trends, and data and willing to continuously research emerging technologiesnKnowledgeable about the sustainability domain, but above all passionate about the topic and a voracious learner