Managing Director, Americas

POSITION: Managing Director Americas

LOCATION: We will only consider candidates legally authorized to work in Mexico Colombia Guatemala or Peru.
WORKPLACE TYPE: Flexible hybrid working environment
CLOSING DATE: 17 July 2026

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Managing Director Americas is a senior market-facing leadership role accountable for enterprise-wide growth of the Rainforest Alliance across South America and Meso America and for delivering the organizations 2030 strategy in region.

Reporting to the Rainforest Alliances senior executive leadership the Managing Director leads a team of Country Directors and manages a matrix structure to bring maximum impact at regional and country levels. Country Directors are accountable for operational execution and for identifying growth opportunities aligned with the global strategy. The Managing Director retains ownership of the regional P&L program implementation and the support departments required to deliver the 2030 strategy in the region.

The Managing Director drives impact and revenue growth by using the Rainforest Alliances standardized products and programs to build impact both with and beyond certification. This includes leading in-region business partnerships and cultivating potential donors. Additionally it involves pursuing focused growth across various areas including regenerative agriculture climate bio-economies and the expansion of new crops where supply and demand align profitably.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Drive the 2030 Strategy in the Region

• Manage a team of Country Directors to deliver the 2030 strategy adapted to each respective country.

• Identify and develop opportunities aligned with our value propositions making an impact with producers and the environment while meeting partner and donor goals.

Drive Impact & Revenue Growth

• Create opportunities that use our products and programs to build impact both with and beyond certification.

• Facilitate and support the transition to regenerative agriculture.

• Advance climate initiatives including measurement nature-based solutions insetting restoration of degraded landscapes and sustainable forest management.

• Pursue the expansion of new crops where supply and demand align and are profitable for the Rainforest Alliance.

Certification Enablement

• Support adoption remove local barriers and act as a bridge between global product teams and local ecosystems.

• Provide representation and advocacy with senior-level government stakeholders.

Regional Strategic Coordination with Global Functions

• Ensure effective execution across our all internal departments.

• Ensure alignment between global strategy and regional execution realities.

Program Delivery & Donor Management

• Manage donor-funded program implementation and relationships ensuring program delivery remain tightly aligned with the broader regional strategy rather than operating as a parallel track.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Be Rainforest Alliances ambassador building and managing relationships with government authorities and regulatory bodies industry associations and sector leaders private sector partners across the supply chain and donors and multilateral organizations.

• Strengthen institutional positioning advance market relevance and anticipate political regulatory and reputational risks before they become issues.

Strategic Measures of Success

• Impact and revenue growth: drive significant revenue growth across the Rainforest Alliances unified value propositions resulting in quantifiable impact.

• Stakeholder relationships: quality and depth of engagement with government industry donors and supply-chain actors.

• Market adoption: product and program uptake and positioning in the regional market.

• Globallocal alignment: consistency between global strategy and local delivery outcomes.

• Program performance: impact delivery and outcome achievement for donor-funded programs.

• Sectoral influence: active participation and influence in regulatory and industry agendas.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in international development sustainability business administration public policy or a related field.

• 1215 years of progressively responsible experience in regional or country leadership business development or sustainable development including P&L ownership and the leadership of senior teams.

• Drive impact and revenue growth in the region operating with a general manager mindset.

• Experience managing a matrix structure and leading distributed multi-country teams.

• High-level stakeholder management across government industry donors and supply-chain actors.

• Strong political and regulatory awareness across multiple actor types and markets.

• Experience operating through influence without formal direct ownership of execution.

• Experience managing donor-funded program delivery and managing donor relationships.

• Experience with sustainability ESG systems change and global development market trends; knowledge of conservation community development forestry or agriculture.

• Experience working within global matrixed organizations.

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally on occasion.

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE:

• Be a part of a global organization with an impactful mission and a collaborative respectful and accountable culture.

• Enjoy opportunities for professional growth and career development.

• Benefit from remote working flexibility and flexible hybrid working environment.

• A favourable timeâoff policy.

• Prioritize your wellbeing. We have numerous ways to promote work-life balance.

Apply now and lets grow together. We look forward to hearing from you and exploring how your skills can help us advance our mission.

If you have any questions about the job vacancy please contact the HR department: The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender race color ethnicity religion sexual orientation gender identity ages disability and any other protected group.

Required Experience:

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