Manager, Foresight & Influence Integration

CFA Institute•Charlottesville, VA

8d•$95,000 - $125,000•Remote

About The Position

This role is within the Research & Policy Center (RPC) Chief of Staff and operations function, reporting to the Chief of Staff. It plays a key part in turning strategy into coordinated, cross-functional execution. The primary focus is on operating and improving RPC's Foresight-to-Influence model, which connects long-term foresight, research, and evidence with downstream translation, adoption, influence measurement, and learning. This is an individual contributor role that involves defining, prioritizing, and managing work across teams, running transparent prioritization and review processes, coordinating handoffs, and tracking progress from framing to activation and learning. The role also involves measuring the impact of RPC's work and creating narratives for leadership.

Requirements

A demonstrated track record of delivering results in project, programme, change management or operations roles.
Experience coordinating complex cross-functional initiatives in matrixed environments without relying on direct authority.
Strategic thinking and problem solving: the ability to look beyond your own team, understand the broader context and turn it into a handful of coherent, deliverable actions.
A hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves approach to defining, prioritising and managing work, and leading others through execution.
Strong facilitation and stakeholder management, with the ability to synthesise perspectives, surface trade-offs and help groups reach clear decisions.
Sound judgement in prioritisation, sequencing and knowing when to escalate.
Comfort working with imperfect quantitative and qualitative evidence and building practical dashboards and tools without creating unnecessary process.
Rigour and attention to detail in how you present your work and others'.
Excellent communication and executive storytelling skills, explaining complex systems simply.

Nice To Haves

An MBA or project management certification (such as PMP or PRINCE2) is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

Help operate and continuously improve RPC's Foresight-to-Influence operating model.
Design and administer transparent prioritisation, review and sequencing processes, documenting decisions, trade-offs and next steps.
Translate agreed priorities into clear workstreams with owners, dependencies, decision points and handoffs.
Facilitate cross-functional planning, workshops and reviews that move work from agreement into execution.
Spot risks, stalled handoffs and emerging issues, and escalate them to the right decision-makers.
Make sure major initiatives consider intended audiences, outcomes and pathways to influence from the start.
Maintain portfolio visibility so leadership can see what's moving, where work connects and where decisions are needed.
Develop practical measures of adoption, engagement and influence, and build feedback loops into future prioritization.
Help translate foresight scenarios and hypotheses into practical inputs for planning, prioritisation and stress-testing.
Create clear strategic narratives and executive-ready materials that connect individual initiatives into a coherent story.