Manager, Advisory
Climate Lead · San Francisco · United States · On-site
Pay: USD 144,000 – 160,000 a year
Posted Sep 21, 2026
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About Us
Climate Lead empowers philanthropic leaders everywhere to take immediate and far-reaching climate action. Climate Lead equips new climate philanthropists with the information and insights they need to drive transformative solutions by serving as an impartial guide. We cut through the complexity by curating roadmaps in partnership with a diverse network of experts to help philanthropists make a bold impact on climate from day one.
Summary
The Manager, Advisory serves as a strategic partner, proxy, and force multiplier for the advisory-related work of Climate Lead’s President, Jennifer Kitt.
The focus of this role is on the President’s impact across advising and donor engagement by coordinating cross-functional workflows, establishing clear tracking systems, and ensuring high-priority donor engagements, ambassador relationships, and organizational initiatives move with speed, rigor, and clarity. On a day-to-day basis, this position prepares presidential briefings, tracks follow-through across teams, synthesizes post-meeting insights, handles data entry, and builds scalable processes.
Reporting directly to the Associate Director, Advisory, this role serves as the critical operational bridge linking the President’s priorities with the broader Advisory Team. Sitting at the intersection of strategy and execution, the ideal candidate combines high-signal coordination, startup-style operational agility, executive presence, exceptional writing, and the ability to influence without authority. This role has no direct reports or managerial responsibilities.
Core Responsibilities
Coordination & Stakeholder Partnership
Information Synthesis: Gather inputs from across the organization and distill the information into clear, prioritized context and actionable next steps for Presidential initiatives.
Advisory Team Collaborative Workflow: Partner collaboratively with the Advisory team so the President enters high-stakes engagements equipped with context, while ensuring post-meeting insights and agreed-upon action items are synthesized and seamlessly routed to leaders for ongoing stewardship.
Coordination & Execution: Serve as an operational bridge across teams by coordinating deliverables, driving follow-through on cross-functional commitments, and resolving workflow bottlenecks before they reach the President.
President’s Office Team Orchestration: Serve as a key connector across the President’s support ecosystem, partnering seamlessly with the Associate Director, Executive Operations (Board & executive operations) and the Executive Assistant (logistics/calendar), to drive unified information flow, alignment, and execution.
Strategic Project Management
Drive Strategic Velocity: Turn ambiguous executive ideas and high-level strategic conversations into structured, trackable workstreams with clear owners, deliverables, and deadlines.
Process Design & Streamlining: Maintain and improve processes and leverage Salesforce,…