CrossBoundary
Director of People, Advisory Function CrossBoundaryGroup is a mission driven investment and advisory firm that unlocks the power of capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. CrossBoundaryAdvisory provides transaction and investment advisory services, having developed a specialized expertise in unleashing investment across all sectors in these markets. CrossBoundaryAdvisory has advised on over US$8bn worth of transactions across 75 countries globally, serving our clients from 20 offices spread across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Our advisory clients include governments, development finance institutions, private equity firms, Fortune 100 companies, and research institutions. Our investment platforms, CrossBoundaryEnergy, CrossBoundaryEnergy Access, and CrossBoundaryEducational Infrastructure, directly finance projects to bring cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable electricity, as well as education infrastructure, to developing countries. Anchoring the Group's work in the renewable energy sector, CrossBoundaryEnergy is currently active in more than 10 African countries and has a portfolio of over US$100 million of renewable energy projects for commercial and industrial clients across the continent. CrossBoundaryEnergy Access uses blended finance and an innovative project financing structure to unlock capital for mini grids with a mission to bring electricity for the first time to more than 170,000 people. Job Description CrossBoundary Advisory is hiring a Director of People for its Advisory business. The role is broad by design: talent strategy, recruiting, performance, culture, organisational development, with real proximity to senior leadership and genuine room to shape how the people function operates. It suits someone who thinks carefully about systems and people, can move between strategic work and the detail without losing pace, and who finds that kind of challenge genuinely exciting. Who you are A strategic partner to business leaders with a strong voice and technical expertise to influence how the People function impacts firm level goals. An executor who can work backwards from a business need, translating it into a clearly defined goal and working with colleagues across all levels to turn plans into reality. An agile player as comfortable with ambiguous ideas as they are with rolling up their sleeves to execute on tasks where necessary. An operational system builder who is comfortable in the 'messy middle' between perfect systems and imperfect human users and can deliver efficient, simple, user friendly processes with minimal bureaucracy. A custodian of our culture and values. Responsibilities you'll own Strategy and goals for People domain Serve as the strategic People partner to the executive team of CrossBoundary Advisory, with a deep, real time understanding of the business, its strategic goals, and evolving priorities. Shape and implement clear, impactful goals (OKRs) for the People domain that directly support Advisory's strategic objectives. Bring People expertise and perspective to leadership discussions, influencing decisions to ensure we achieve our ambitions for performance, culture, and values. Design recruiting systems and provide direct support for senior hires Shape the recruiting strategy for Advisory, ensuring we attract exceptional talent aligned with our mission, values, and performance standards. Refine, redesign, or create systems to identify the highest caliber talent to join the Advisory team and enhance our employer brand, including global internship program and strengthening our pipelines. Refine our screening processes to ensure we safeguard and enhance our talent density, reducing the internal load and delays for placing hires. Directly support or own recruiting processes for senior talent, high priority, or complex roles. Be responsible for the systems, processes and supervision of staffing operations Iterate on staffing process as necessary. Supervise a junior resource to reliably execute on this. Maintain a view on the outcomes of the staffing function on efficiency. Talent Development and Performance Onboarding. Work with the Group People team to design and deliver Advisory specific onboarding journeys that set our new joiners up for success from day one, including: Continuously improving onboarding workflows to reduce friction in systems access and operational setup. Creating and delivering onboarding content (reading lists, book clubs, ways of working sessions) that helps new team members quickly integrate and contribute. Performance Management. Work with business leaders and the Performance team to constantly refine our performance review process, including: Identify and manage changes to our performance management approach. Facilitate our calibration process and maintain an accurate pulse on our talent density, health, and individual strengths. Reinforce how team members understand and apply our competency frameworks and refine them as necessary, in partnership with Advisory leaders and the Performance team. Build and implement approaches to ensure performance feedback is delivered at a high quality and at the right times, including after every project/engagement. Talent Development. Partner with the Group Performance team to deliver content and training that amplifies performance: Analyst training Individualized learning journeys Mentorship program Bespoke content for Advisory, both ad hoc and standardised/scaled. Project managing CB Curriculum delivery across CBA. Culture and Employee Relations Culture and engagement. Pulse check - Run and refine our pulse check approach, regularly gauging morale, soliciting feedback, and identifying and driving change initiatives to keep our culture thriving. Trusted advisor - Become the trusted advisor for team members needing support for individual issues. Leadership support for culture - Detect culture risks and opportunities and support leaders to strengthen culture within teams. Data - Monitor data from exit interviews and retention numbers to detect and address risks for losing talent. Culture institutionalisation - Interpret CBA's culture and values and translate them into practical policies, processes, and ways of working. Sensitive HR issues - Support with highly complex and sensitive people matters (performance issues, disciplinary issues, conflict). Internal communications - Partner with Advisory leadership to manage any high stakes team communications and change management. Organisational Development and Health Team structure - Provide thought partnership to leaders seeking input on team structure. Role and career architecture Promotion process - Partner with Advisory leadership to maintain high standards for promotion readiness and ensure consistency in promotion decisions. Transition support - Design and implement a scalable approach to supporting team members during key transition moments (e.g., individual contributor to people manager, execution oriented to strategy focused). Support managing partners with senior level progressions. Compensation strategy - Support/partner with Advisory and Group leaders to: Shape compensation philosophies and incentive frameworks. Ensure compensation outcomes align with promotion decisions, performance differentiation, and retention priorities. Your Background At least 8 years of leading people functions at a senior level. Background in professional services or consulting strongly preferred. Proven ability to advise and influence at the executive level. Has built and refined people systems in lean, high growth environments. Comfortable holding strategic leadership and hands on execution simultaneously. Has led or developed others, and is invested in doing so. Nontraditional backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Locations You are based either in Nairobi, Johannesburg, or London. Equal Opportunity Employer CrossBoundary is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to .
Director of People, Advisory Function CrossBoundaryGroup is a mission driven investment and advisory firm that unlocks the power of capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. CrossBoundaryAdvisory provides transaction and investment advisory services, having developed a specialized expertise in unleashing investment across all sectors in these markets. CrossBoundaryAdvisory has advised on over US$8bn worth of transactions across 75 countries globally, serving our clients from 20 offices spread across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Our advisory clients include governments, development finance institutions, private equity firms, Fortune 100 companies, and research institutions. Our investment platforms, CrossBoundaryEnergy, CrossBoundaryEnergy Access, and CrossBoundaryEducational Infrastructure, directly finance projects to bring cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable electricity, as well as education infrastructure, to developing countries. Anchoring the Group's work in the renewable energy sector, CrossBoundaryEnergy is currently active in more than 10 African countries and has a portfolio of over US$100 million of renewable energy projects for commercial and industrial clients across the continent. CrossBoundaryEnergy Access uses blended finance and an innovative project financing structure to unlock capital for mini grids with a mission to bring electricity for the first time to more than 170,000 people. Job Description CrossBoundary Advisory is hiring a Director of People for its Advisory business. The role is broad by design: talent strategy, recruiting, performance, culture, organisational development, with real proximity to senior leadership and genuine room to shape how the people function operates. It suits someone who thinks carefully about systems and people, can move between strategic work and the detail without losing pace, and who finds that kind of challenge genuinely exciting. Who you are A strategic partner to business leaders with a strong voice and technical expertise to influence how the People function impacts firm level goals. An executor who can work backwards from a business need, translating it into a clearly defined goal and working with colleagues across all levels to turn plans into reality. An agile player as comfortable with ambiguous ideas as they are with rolling up their sleeves to execute on tasks where necessary. An operational system builder who is comfortable in the 'messy middle' between perfect systems and imperfect human users and can deliver efficient, simple, user friendly processes with minimal bureaucracy. A custodian of our culture and values. Responsibilities you'll own Strategy and goals for People domain Serve as the strategic People partner to the executive team of CrossBoundary Advisory, with a deep, real time understanding of the business, its strategic goals, and evolving priorities. Shape and implement clear, impactful goals (OKRs) for the People domain that directly support Advisory's strategic objectives. Bring People expertise and perspective to leadership discussions, influencing decisions to ensure we achieve our ambitions for performance, culture, and values. Design recruiting systems and provide direct support for senior hires Shape the recruiting strategy for Advisory, ensuring we attract exceptional talent aligned with our mission, values, and performance standards. Refine, redesign, or create systems to identify the highest caliber talent to join the Advisory team and enhance our employer brand, including global internship program and strengthening our pipelines. Refine our screening processes to ensure we safeguard and enhance our talent density, reducing the internal load and delays for placing hires. Directly support or own recruiting processes for senior talent, high priority, or complex roles. Be responsible for the systems, processes and supervision of staffing operations Iterate on staffing process as necessary. Supervise a junior resource to reliably execute on this. Maintain a view on the outcomes of the staffing function on efficiency. Talent Development and Performance Onboarding. Work with the Group People team to design and deliver Advisory specific onboarding journeys that set our new joiners up for success from day one, including: Continuously improving onboarding workflows to reduce friction in systems access and operational setup. Creating and delivering onboarding content (reading lists, book clubs, ways of working sessions) that helps new team members quickly integrate and contribute. Performance Management. Work with business leaders and the Performance team to constantly refine our performance review process, including: Identify and manage changes to our performance management approach. Facilitate our calibration process and maintain an accurate pulse on our talent density, health, and individual strengths. Reinforce how team members understand and apply our competency frameworks and refine them as necessary, in partnership with Advisory leaders and the Performance team. Build and implement approaches to ensure performance feedback is delivered at a high quality and at the right times, including after every project/engagement. Talent Development. Partner with the Group Performance team to deliver content and training that amplifies performance: Analyst training Individualized learning journeys Mentorship program Bespoke content for Advisory, both ad hoc and standardised/scaled. Project managing CB Curriculum delivery across CBA. Culture and Employee Relations Culture and engagement. Pulse check - Run and refine our pulse check approach, regularly gauging morale, soliciting feedback, and identifying and driving change initiatives to keep our culture thriving. Trusted advisor - Become the trusted advisor for team members needing support for individual issues. Leadership support for culture - Detect culture risks and opportunities and support leaders to strengthen culture within teams. Data - Monitor data from exit interviews and retention numbers to detect and address risks for losing talent. Culture institutionalisation - Interpret CBA's culture and values and translate them into practical policies, processes, and ways of working. Sensitive HR issues - Support with highly complex and sensitive people matters (performance issues, disciplinary issues, conflict). Internal communications - Partner with Advisory leadership to manage any high stakes team communications and change management. Organisational Development and Health Team structure - Provide thought partnership to leaders seeking input on team structure. Role and career architecture Promotion process - Partner with Advisory leadership to maintain high standards for promotion readiness and ensure consistency in promotion decisions. Transition support - Design and implement a scalable approach to supporting team members during key transition moments (e.g., individual contributor to people manager, execution oriented to strategy focused). Support managing partners with senior level progressions. Compensation strategy - Support/partner with Advisory and Group leaders to: Shape compensation philosophies and incentive frameworks. Ensure compensation outcomes align with promotion decisions, performance differentiation, and retention priorities. Your Background At least 8 years of leading people functions at a senior level. Background in professional services or consulting strongly preferred. Proven ability to advise and influence at the executive level. Has built and refined people systems in lean, high growth environments. Comfortable holding strategic leadership and hands on execution simultaneously. Has led or developed others, and is invested in doing so. Nontraditional backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Locations You are based either in Nairobi, Johannesburg, or London. Equal Opportunity Employer CrossBoundary is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to .
CrossBoundary
Drive investment strategy and execute transactions in nature-based projects across emerging markets. Locations The chosen candidate will join our team in Nairobi, London, or another CrossBoundary office (with frequent travel). About CrossBoundary CrossBoundary Group is a mission-driven investment and advisory firm that unlocks the power of capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. CrossBoundary Advisory provides transaction and investment advisory services having advised on over US$11bn worth of transactions across 75 countries globally, serving our clients from 20+ offices spread across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Our advisory clients include development finance institutions, private equity firms, Fortune 100 companies, governments, and research institutions. CrossBoundary's Natural Capital Advisory practice focuses on unlocking private capital for nature-based solutions that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and address biodiversity loss. Our investment platforms, CrossBoundary Energy, CrossBoundary Access, CrossBoundary Real Estate, and Dhow Ventures, directly finance projects to bring cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable electricity, as well as education infrastructure, to developing countries. The Fund for Nature strategy is focused on high-quality nature-based projects in emerging markets, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Why join us? CrossBoundary's people are genuinely excited by the opportunity to make a difference in some of the most challenging yet exciting markets in the world. Team members come from diverse backgrounds but share several qualities: curiosity, humility, integrity, a drive for excellence, and a bias for action. The chosen candidate will play an important role in a unique team with the opportunity to create impact on the nature-based solutions landscape in emerging markets. What you'll do The Investment Director will be a cornerstone of our investment team, taking primary ownership of deal origination, structuring, and portfolio management across our target markets. Reporting directly to the Head of Fund, the Investment Director will bring seasoned judgement to complex, often first-of-kind transactions, and will play a central role in fund strategy and the development of our junior team members. This role is suited to an investor who thrives in ambiguity, is energized by working at the frontier of sustainable finance and natural capital, and brings both rigorous analytical discipline and the relational skills to close deals and add value in challenging market environments. Primary Responsibilities Dealsourcing & pipeline development: Proactively identify, originate, and qualify investment opportunities across reforestation, blue carbon, and sustainable agriculture and land use in emerging markets. Build and maintain a high-quality proprietary pipeline through a network of on-the-ground relationships with project developers, government bodies, and ecosystem intermediaries. Develop and apply a rigorous screening framework to assess opportunities against the fund's financial and impact criteria. Investment execution & due diligence: Lead end-to-end investment assessment for corporate and project-level opportunities, including financial modelling, carbon methodology review, legal and regulatory analysis, community and environmental safeguards, and country/political risk. Structure and negotiate investment terms, and prepare investment committee materials with a clear and well-reasoned recommendation. Ensure all investments align with portfolio return requirements, impact objectives, and risk appetite. Portfolio management & value creation: Take active ownership of portfolio investments post-close, including performance monitoring against KPIs, identifying risks early, and providing hands on support to investees where needed. Work with project teams to strengthen operational resilience, improve carbon credit issuance outcomes, and unlock follow on value creation opportunities. Strategic partnerships: Lead the identification and cultivation of key strategic partnerships - including carbon credit off-takers, co investors, and technical or research partners - that strengthen the fund's investment proposition and de risk individual transactions. Serve as a senior relationship manager with partners across the deal lifecycle. Investor relations (supporting): Contribute to investor reporting and engagement by providing accurate, timely, and insight rich updates on deal progress and portfolio performance. Support fundraising conversations with credible deal level evidence of the fund's thesis in action. Who you are Experience 10+ years of experience in investment roles, with a meaningful portion in emerging markets; prior experience in infrastructure, project finance, and/or private equity preferred. Demonstrated track record of independently leading investments end-to-end, from origination through execution and post investment management. Hands on experience working in or with emerging market contexts, with an understanding of the political, regulatory, and operational complexities involved. Preferred: Graduate degree in business, finance, environmental science, or a related field; CFA or equivalent is a plus but not required. Technical Skills Strong financial modelling skills, including project finance. Ability to assess environmental and social safeguards, including community engagement and land tenure considerations relevant to nature-based projects. Preferred: Familiarity with voluntary carbon markets, including carbon methodology frameworks, MRV processes, additionality and permanence considerations, and credit issuance risk is a strong advantage. Relationships & Networks Established network across relevant emerging market geographies. Preferred: Existing or developing relationships with carbon credit off-takers, project developers, and co investors in the nature-based solutions space is a strong advantage. Communication & Judgment Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to synthesize complex, ambiguous situations into clear investment recommendations for senior stakeholders and investment committees. Sound commercial judgment, with the ability to balance financial return requirements alongside genuine impact objectives. Preferred: Language skills relevant to target geographies (particularly French, Spanish, and Portuguese) are a strong advantage. Equal Opportunity Employer CrossBoundary is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to our People team at .
Drive investment strategy and execute transactions in nature-based projects across emerging markets. Locations The chosen candidate will join our team in Nairobi, London, or another CrossBoundary office (with frequent travel). About CrossBoundary CrossBoundary Group is a mission-driven investment and advisory firm that unlocks the power of capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. CrossBoundary Advisory provides transaction and investment advisory services having advised on over US$11bn worth of transactions across 75 countries globally, serving our clients from 20+ offices spread across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Our advisory clients include development finance institutions, private equity firms, Fortune 100 companies, governments, and research institutions. CrossBoundary's Natural Capital Advisory practice focuses on unlocking private capital for nature-based solutions that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and address biodiversity loss. Our investment platforms, CrossBoundary Energy, CrossBoundary Access, CrossBoundary Real Estate, and Dhow Ventures, directly finance projects to bring cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable electricity, as well as education infrastructure, to developing countries. The Fund for Nature strategy is focused on high-quality nature-based projects in emerging markets, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Why join us? CrossBoundary's people are genuinely excited by the opportunity to make a difference in some of the most challenging yet exciting markets in the world. Team members come from diverse backgrounds but share several qualities: curiosity, humility, integrity, a drive for excellence, and a bias for action. The chosen candidate will play an important role in a unique team with the opportunity to create impact on the nature-based solutions landscape in emerging markets. What you'll do The Investment Director will be a cornerstone of our investment team, taking primary ownership of deal origination, structuring, and portfolio management across our target markets. Reporting directly to the Head of Fund, the Investment Director will bring seasoned judgement to complex, often first-of-kind transactions, and will play a central role in fund strategy and the development of our junior team members. This role is suited to an investor who thrives in ambiguity, is energized by working at the frontier of sustainable finance and natural capital, and brings both rigorous analytical discipline and the relational skills to close deals and add value in challenging market environments. Primary Responsibilities Dealsourcing & pipeline development: Proactively identify, originate, and qualify investment opportunities across reforestation, blue carbon, and sustainable agriculture and land use in emerging markets. Build and maintain a high-quality proprietary pipeline through a network of on-the-ground relationships with project developers, government bodies, and ecosystem intermediaries. Develop and apply a rigorous screening framework to assess opportunities against the fund's financial and impact criteria. Investment execution & due diligence: Lead end-to-end investment assessment for corporate and project-level opportunities, including financial modelling, carbon methodology review, legal and regulatory analysis, community and environmental safeguards, and country/political risk. Structure and negotiate investment terms, and prepare investment committee materials with a clear and well-reasoned recommendation. Ensure all investments align with portfolio return requirements, impact objectives, and risk appetite. Portfolio management & value creation: Take active ownership of portfolio investments post-close, including performance monitoring against KPIs, identifying risks early, and providing hands on support to investees where needed. Work with project teams to strengthen operational resilience, improve carbon credit issuance outcomes, and unlock follow on value creation opportunities. Strategic partnerships: Lead the identification and cultivation of key strategic partnerships - including carbon credit off-takers, co investors, and technical or research partners - that strengthen the fund's investment proposition and de risk individual transactions. Serve as a senior relationship manager with partners across the deal lifecycle. Investor relations (supporting): Contribute to investor reporting and engagement by providing accurate, timely, and insight rich updates on deal progress and portfolio performance. Support fundraising conversations with credible deal level evidence of the fund's thesis in action. Who you are Experience 10+ years of experience in investment roles, with a meaningful portion in emerging markets; prior experience in infrastructure, project finance, and/or private equity preferred. Demonstrated track record of independently leading investments end-to-end, from origination through execution and post investment management. Hands on experience working in or with emerging market contexts, with an understanding of the political, regulatory, and operational complexities involved. Preferred: Graduate degree in business, finance, environmental science, or a related field; CFA or equivalent is a plus but not required. Technical Skills Strong financial modelling skills, including project finance. Ability to assess environmental and social safeguards, including community engagement and land tenure considerations relevant to nature-based projects. Preferred: Familiarity with voluntary carbon markets, including carbon methodology frameworks, MRV processes, additionality and permanence considerations, and credit issuance risk is a strong advantage. Relationships & Networks Established network across relevant emerging market geographies. Preferred: Existing or developing relationships with carbon credit off-takers, project developers, and co investors in the nature-based solutions space is a strong advantage. Communication & Judgment Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to synthesize complex, ambiguous situations into clear investment recommendations for senior stakeholders and investment committees. Sound commercial judgment, with the ability to balance financial return requirements alongside genuine impact objectives. Preferred: Language skills relevant to target geographies (particularly French, Spanish, and Portuguese) are a strong advantage. Equal Opportunity Employer CrossBoundary is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to our People team at .