Executive Director, ICF Climate Center

ICF is a $2 billion global advisory and digital services provider, but we are not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge engagement capabilities to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future. 

With more than 9,000 staff in 70 global offices representing 80 nationalities and more than 75 languages, ICF is comprised of business analysts, physical scientists, and policy specialists working alongside digital strategists, data scientists, and creatives, united by a culture that values diversity and opportunity. We combine deep domain expertise with technology and an understanding of human behavior to support decisionmakers and inform effective policies, investments, and program interventions.

ICF is committed to a more resilient and prosperous world for all. The work we do across sectors, geographies and client types provides our teams an opportunity to fulfill that commitment. 

About the ICF Climate Center 

With 40+ years as one of the world’s leading science-based climate consultancies, ICF works with business, government, and nonprofit organizations to design and implement programs and policies that drive low-carbon transitions and build resilience against the effects of climate change.  

ICF has the world’s best combination of science and technical expertise across the most important climate topics in the industry. ICF works across an incredibly diverse range of sectors and geographies. ICF has over 2,000 climate, environment and energy experts and has supported climate projects in over 100 countries worldwide. Our insights are driven by science. No matter the client, we provide objective perspectives and actionable solutions rooted in expertise across dozens of disciplines and drawing on five decades of experience.   

The ICF Climate Center offers compelling research and unique insights that combine climate science and predictive analytics to help organizations establish clear, practical pathways forward. ​  The Center has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, ABC News, Axios, Politico and more.

Position Summary: 

This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the discourse and action surrounding the climate change challenge.  The Executive Director will help shape and drive priorities and outcomes for the ICF Climate Center, which works to build brand awareness and growth for ICF’s climate business. As a senior executive at ICF, the Executive Director will be a core expert and spokesperson for the Center, and will engage with leaders across ICF, clients, partners, and the media to amplify ICF’s deep subject matter expertise and perspectives across all facets of climate change.   

• The Executive Director will work to shape the strategy for the Climate Center and serve as a key contributor to program workstreams including thought leadership, events, client engagement, partnerships, internships, and more. 

• A highly visible role, the Executive Director will serve as a lead speaker and author on climate and energy topics, working with a cohort of over 25 subject-matter experts who make up the Climate Center fellows and representing ICF’s specialized expertise in topics central to the Climate Center: climate policy and planning, decarbonization, resilience and the energy transition.

• The Executive Director will be an advisor to ICF’s clients, helping them advance climate plans and strategies and, where possible, convening clients and prospects in dialogue and engagement on key climate and energy topics.

• The Executive Director will work closely with the senior leaders of ICF’s climate and energy businesses and the company’s Chief Marketing Officer, as well as other members of ICF’s executive leadership team in supporting the Climate Center’s goals to build brand awareness and business growth.  

• The Executive Director will work in partnership with 1-2 Deputy Directors, a dedicated marketing and PR team, and a growing portfolio of subject matter experts who serve as senior fellows in the Climate Center.

Key Responsibilities:

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