Maternity Cover – January to June 2025

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.

The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

Why we are recruiting:

The global business environment has radically shifted, and with it the capabilities needed within organizations for developing and realizing successful long-term strategies. The World Economic Forum is scaling up its engagement with next-generation enterprises that aspire to be at the leading edge of industry and business model transformations.

These “new champion” companies harness data and new technologies to refine product offerings, improve customer service and change mindsets to make better and faster decisions. They are also championing new approaches to sustainability and talent management.

This position is offered as a maternity cover for the period January to June 2025.

Reporting lines and interactions:

The Community Lead, New Champions Lead is reporting to the global Head of New Champions. The Lead will be responsible for ensuring excellence in managing his/her portfolio of New Champions member companies from his/her territory and further developing their engagement across the Forum’s value proposition. The New Champions Lead is expected to work independently and provide specific advises to develop further the community engagement, processes and business development.

Internally, this person will work with colleagues in the Strategic Intelligence team, as well as across relevant Platform teams, and externally with a broad range of stakeholders in member companies.

Main responsibilities:

Membership engagement: 

• Build and develop trusted, long-term relationships with New Champion member companies Pacific, engaging their C-suite executives

• Understand companies’ strategic interests, drive the implementation of tailored engagement plans based on topics of interest to the members

• Act as a trusted adviser for member companies, guiding them on the Forum’s work and ensuring that they derive the highest value from their engagement.

• Provide logistical support and guidance to help members navigate key Forum events; and identify and pursue up/cross-registration opportunities across the Forum’s wide spectrum of offerings

Business development:

• Build a pipeline of potential future New Champions, aligned with the profile of companies we are looking for and sharing Forum’s values.

• Meet with and present value proposition to enrol new members for the program.

• Increase the community in his/her region

Operational excellence and internal collaboration: 

• Manage the community information and secure data integrity of the community members.

• Follow on unpaid bills and other administrative tasks required for the membership.

• Work proactively and collaboratively across relevant teams at the Forum to orchestrate and deliver the engagement plans for the member companies.

• Regularly review the status of membership internally. Be on top of the latest developments of the Forum’s value proposition and present opportunities to members.

• Contribute to the team efforts to improve efficiency and excellence of operation through improvement projects, taskforces etc.

The successful candidate will be assessed on:

• Ability to identify and develop strategic relationships with key executives and consequently deepening account penetration, including through new value streams

• Membership recruitment and retention rates

• Fruitful coordination with internal teams to ensure the delivery of value

Preferred Requirements and Experience:

• Broad intellectual background with a Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant subject (Business, Economics, Public Policies etc.)

• 10 years’ professional work experience in relevant field (Account Management, Market Research or Consulting, B2B Sales)

• Excellent communication skills and command of English; proficiency in mandarin would be an asset

• Prior experience in account management and business relationship development, including proven ability to engage with business leaders at senior executive and C-suite level

• Ability to connect the dots in a complex matrix environment, with a strong service and entrepreneurial attitude

• Agile team player and self-starter who enjoys working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment

Why work at the Forum:

The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!