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Senior Impact Manager
rePurpose Global. Own end-to-end execution and quality assurance of global plastic recovery, recycling, and waste management projects.
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects within the circular economy and waste management sectors, with a strong focus on impact delivery and sustainability operations. Proven ability to lead teams, develop strategic relationships, and optimize project outcomes through effective communication and technical expertise.
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Impact DeliveryCircular EconomyProject ControlsPeople LeadershipBudget Management
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Hard Skills
Project ManagementDocumentation SystemsTraceability SystemsMonitoring ComplianceDue DiligenceProposal WritingBudget DevelopmentImpact FinancingSustainability ProductsCircular Economy Solutions
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationInterpersonal DynamicsTeam MentoringStrategic Relationship BuildingComfort with Ambiguity
Industry Keywords
Waste ManagementRecyclingESGSocial EnterpriseEnvironmental CompliancePlastic Waste ManagementEPRPCR Value ChainsMRFsDevelopment Finance
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own end-to-end execution and quality assurance of global plastic recovery, recycling, and waste management projects.
- Direct multiple workstreams across geographies, ensuring partner performance, risk management, and timely delivery.
- Lead project reviews, field verifications, and corrective action plans.
- Develop SOPs, dashboards, controls, review systems, and portfolio rhythms.
- Ensure impact claims are credible, ethical, and defensible through documentation and evidence.
- Manage, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of 4–5 people.
- Establish priorities, accountability rhythms, and performance benchmarks.
- Navigate partner escalations and complex interpersonal dynamics.
- Identify market gaps and build circular economy products, project formats, traceability products, and operating models.
- Collaborate with BD, Product, and Tech on commercially viable impact offerings.
- Identify monetization opportunities and optimize unit economics.
- Build strategic relationships with recyclers, aggregators, implementation partners, clients, and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to proposals, project design, budgets, client narratives, impact models, funding conversations, and impact financing discussions.
- Communicate technical and operational realities clearly to clients, internal teams, and external stakeholders.
- In the first six months, create continuity across the impact portfolio, strengthen team rhythms, identify risks, improve partner and documentation systems, build stakeholder trust, and chart a path for new impact-led products.
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10-12+ years of experience in impact delivery, circular economy, waste management, recycling, sustainability operations, development-sector implementation, ESG, audit/assurance, supply chain, social enterprise, or allied sectors.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects with on-ground implementation.
- Experience managing international projects and stakeholders.
- Proven people leadership experience, ideally managing managers, senior associates, field-facing teams, or partner-facing teams.
- Strong technical understanding of project controls, documentation, traceability, audits, assurance, monitoring, compliance, due diligence, or verification systems.
- Experience managing budgets, partner contracts, vendor performance, grants, funder relationships, impact financing, or deployment of capital in the development/social impact sector.
- Strong commercial judgment, including ability to write proposals, develop SOWs, shape project budgets, build business cases, or support revenue-generating solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including client-facing presentations and senior stakeholder engagement.
- High comfort with ambiguity, fast growth, travel, field realities, and imperfect data.
- Experience in plastic waste management, recycling, EPR, PCR value chains, MRFs, informal waste systems, responsible sourcing, or environmental compliance is a strong plus.
- Experience building sustainability products, circular economy solutions, traceability systems, assurance models, project financing models, or market-based impact programs is a strong plus.
- Exposure to global clients, auditors, certification bodies, development finance, philanthropic funding, or multinational project portfolios is a strong plus.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Impact-Driven Work: Help businesses reduce their environmental footprint and take action on the packaging waste crisis.
- Collaborative Culture: Work alongside passionate experts dedicated to driving sustainable change.
- Growth Opportunities: Play a key role in shaping the company's vision and strategy.
- Medical coverage
- Accident coverage
- Wellness fund
- Learning opportunities
- WeWork partnerships
- Flexible salary range customized based on qualifications
- Competitive pay
- Generous leave
- Flexible work culture