The Good Food Institute

Account Manager

• Supporting and coordinating key projects to advance thought leadership priorities for the organization.
• Collaborating with internal and external partners to plan virtual and in-person convenings and presentations on alternative proteins.
• Reviewing and synthesizing important external reports, articles, and studies to support internal GFI decision-making, strategy, and communications.
• Orchestrating and/or participating in stakeholder meetings with or at the direction of the President.
• Acting as a thought partner and analytical resource to the President.
• Consulting with internal experts to ensure the accuracy of information and messaging.
• Performing any other duties as assigned.

Thought Leadership and Partnerships Advisor – Temporary

Manager

• Engagement with investors, corporate venture arms, and financial institutions: Building and managing relationships with investors, corporate venture arms, and financial institutions, and growing GFI’s network of investor contacts.
• Crafting and executing an annual strategy to position alternative protein solutions for capital mobilization to achieve scale-up, by informing stakeholders about financial and economic factors relevant to industry growth and opportunities.
• Developing pathways for derisking investment in alternative proteins, including securing partnerships to explore novel capital solutions to support scale-up and commercialization and convening capital providers around specific bottlenecks.
• Regularly securing and giving presentations to educate audiences on investment trends and capital mobilization challenges and opportunities in the alternative protein industry.
• Collaborating across GFI and with external partners to analyze and expand the public investment landscape for alternative proteins.
• Analysis & resource development: Developing, disseminating, and presenting educational materials on R&D, commercialization, and infrastructure funding needs and opportunities for alternative proteins.
• Shaping the narrative around investment trends in APs through analyzing and sharing market and investment data.
• Making the case for alternative protein inclusion in thematic investment strategies, including AI themes, ESG strategies and sustainability goals, and other timely or long-term topics.
• Contributing to sharing information and building open-access resources regarding public investment opportunities in alternative proteins, production capacity, infrastructure opportunities and challenges, and alternative protein scale-up needs (e.g., techno-economic assessments, risk and opportunity assessments, and infrastructure analyses).
• Expanding and maintaining GFI’s publicly available library of investment-related educational resources and databases.
• Representing GFI at industry events and in the media to educate potential investors and the public about alternative proteins and the investment landscape in the sector.
• Supervision & leadership: Supervising the Startup Innovation Lead, providing strategic direction, performance management, and professional development support, and overseeing GFI’s initiatives for engaging with startups, including developing a strategy for engaging with distressed companies.
• Identifying opportunities and barriers to alternative protein investment that could be addressed through education and advocacy efforts, and developing and executing on related initiatives.
• Securing an understanding of innovation ecosystem health, trends, and needs around financing APs, and sharing insights to and from startups and investors on the AP financing landscape.
• Providing strategic insights to internal teams to inform corporate engagement, policy, and communications priorities related to capital mobilization.
• Coordinating with affiliates to identify global financing opportunities and challenges and lead or support cross-regional initiatives.
• Partnering with other NGOs or stakeholders to collaborate on joint initiatives on AP financing and capital mobilization.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Thought Leadership and Partnerships Advisor – Temporary

Capital Mobilization Manager