Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) works at the intersection of impact investing, sustainable finance, and inclusive development. The organization mobilizes capital toward gender-responsive enterprises, climate-resilient projects, and businesses serving underserved communities, while providing sustainable investment options and advisory services. IIX also advances the field through education, research, and initiatives such as the Orange Movement, which supports women’s empowerment and climate action. Its work spans consulting and impact-focused programs designed to help build more inclusive and resilient economies.
Director of Policy and Market Research – India (Remote)
Lead IIX’s policy and market research function across sustainable finance, capital markets, and emerging markets. Deliver research for governments, multilaterals, investors, and corporates while building the team, operating model, and funding base.
Description
- Move research projects, staff, and active commitments from Government Relations into the new department
- Establish the department’s operating model, research intake process, priorities, and internal collaboration model
- Manage the department budget and develop a sustainable funding model
- Set the policy research agenda covering sustainable finance, capital markets development, climate and blended finance, gender-lens investing, and financial inclusion
- Develop policy papers, regulatory analyses, briefings, country diagnostics, policy options analyses, and public consultation submissions
- Monitor policy and regulatory developments across IIX markets and relevant global and regional forums, explaining their implications for IIX and its partners
- Direct market sizing, landscape assessments, and opportunity analyses for capital markets, sustainable and thematic bonds, MSME finance, and impact investment
- Deliver market studies that support product development, bond issuance, fundraising, and entry into new markets
- Define and execute commissioned market research for corporates, multilaterals, and investors
- Collaborate with the Data Platform team to source, organize, and validate impact and financial data
- Maintain standards for methodological quality, data integrity, peer review, sourcing, and disclosure
- Manage the publication calendar and co-lead flagship publications with Communications
- Develop partnerships with universities, think tanks, multilateral research teams, and local research institutions
- Recruit and manage Analysts, Associates, and external research partners
- Set performance expectations, career paths, and PREM-aligned development plans
- Represent IIX research with governments, regulators, multilaterals, corporates, and media
- Present findings at policy forums, conferences, and technical working groups
- Prepare research briefings for senior public officials and corporate executives
- Work with Government Relations, Business Development, and Fundraising on stakeholder engagements
Requirements
- Bring at least 15 years of experience in policy research, market research, economic analysis, or strategy within sustainable finance, capital markets, development finance, or ESG
- Have substantial professional experience focused on emerging markets
- Show a record of research informing the work of governments, regulators, or multilateral organizations
- Demonstrate hands-on market research experience, including market sizing, landscape assessment, and demand analysis for financial markets or investment products
- Understand capital markets and sustainable finance instruments, including green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds and blended finance structures
- Understand relevant regulatory environments
- Bring strong quantitative and analytical capabilities
- Be fluent in primary and secondary research methods, including interviews and surveys in low-data settings
- Have experience building or leading a research team and managing a research budget
- Be able to write for and brief senior government officials, multilateral staff, and corporate executives
- Be able to work across several emerging markets at the same time
- Be able to establish research capabilities in markets where IIX does not yet have an established presence
- Experience at a multilateral development bank, UN agency, central bank, securities regulator, finance ministry, or policy think tank is preferred
- An established network among governments, multilaterals, DFIs, and corporates in Asia-Pacific and/or Africa is preferred
- Familiarity with gender-lens investing, blended finance, or the Orange Bond/Orange Movement ecosystem is preferred
- Experience securing research funding or delivering commissioned research is preferred
- An advanced degree in economics, public policy, finance, or a related discipline is preferred
- Experience working in a small, cross-functional team in the Asia-Pacific region is preferred
- Demonstrate commitment to gender equality and climate action
- Show resilience when working in frontier markets and under pressure or ambiguity
- Demonstrate commitment to fairness, inclusion, and measurable social and financial outcomes
- Bring bold, entrepreneurial thinking
Benefits
- Help advance a global movement focused on gender equality and climate action
- Contribute to a long-term platform aiming to reach 100 million lives by 2030
- Work at the intersection of finance, development, and advocacy
- Collaborate with leading institutions, including DFIs, governments, UN agencies, and Fortune 500 companies
- Join an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive team
- Have applications handled with strict confidentiality