Early Career Program, Tech & Innovation, Centre for Financial & Monetary Systems

Please Note: This role requires the ability to work on site 3 days per week per company policy.

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, engages the foremost political, business, and other leaders of society to build coalitions and initiatives – digitally and physically – to address industry, regional and systemic issues.

As part of our global team of over 1’000+ employees across six offices representing more than 100 nationalities, you will have the opportunity to influence systems level change, build communities of action, and broaden your perspective.

Programme Overview

We believe that early career talents are an essential and vibrant part of our community. The Early Careers Programme provides an exciting opportunity for participants to get a feel for working at the Forum, bringing in fresh ideas and gaining valuable real-world experience.

The positions we offer are best suited to bachelor’s and master’s program graduates, with 1-2 years of previous professional experience.

Conditions and benefits of the Early Careers Programme

Hybrid (3 days per week) onsite employment contract of 6 months at a World Economic Forum office in New York

• Program start dates between March 15 and April 15
• Monthly gross compensation of USD $4250

The Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems provides an independent and impartial platform to design and develop a more sustainable, resilient, trusted, and accessible financial system that reinforces long-term value creation and economic growth. The Centre has several ongoing projects and communities that aim to build financial systems leadership and resilient financial systems. 

Reporting Lines & Interactions 

The ECP will work with the Blockchain and Digital Assets team members and the broader Tech Enabled Innovation and Financial and Monetary Systems team, to help drive project delivery and community building in the development of new initiatives on Tokenization in Financial Markets and the Global Future Council (GFC) on Decentralized Finance. This role will place you on the front line of engaging with global leaders driving the trajectory of these innovations. The position is based in San Francisco and will work closely with teams in New York and Geneva. 

Breakdown of main responsibilities  

• 50% Project management 

• 20% Initiative content research 

• 20% Events/workshop planning and logistics 

The ECP will play a key role facilitating engagement across the Forum's key senior stakeholders, including, business executives, government officials, academics, our start-up community, and civil society organizations. 

• Support the team with project scoping and delivery for the Tokenization in Financial Markets and GFC on Decentralized Finance initiatives in addition to other Tech Enabled Innovation initiatives 

• Collaborate to create and maintain project plans and timelines that support the team determine tasks, due dates, and milestones in concert with the team’s objectives  

• Research and content curation on particular topic areas related to the project scope for inclusion in the initiative deliverable 

• Craft and execute strategies for effective community engagement within each initiative