Lead, Trade

vor 1 Woche


Genf, Genf, Schweiz World Economic Forum LLC Vollzeit
The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.


The Forum's trade and investment platform brings together leading global companies with economic policymakers and officials from around the world.

It fosters structured dialogue on challenges and opportunities for resilient, sustainable, and inclusive trade and investment and works through global, regional, and national initiatives to drive impactful reform in three pillars:

  • Ensuring open and resilient markets
  • Easing physical and digital flows of trade and investment
  • Supporting equitable and sustainable value chains
Main Responsibilities

As Lead, Trade and Geopolitics (Community and Communications) you will:

  • Drive CEO engagement in community activities including event participation, speaking, writing or other opportunities;
  • Produce innovative communications for a senior business audience linked to current events;
  • Support the Global Future Council on Trade and Investment, including curating, organizing and challenging the group;
  • Collaborate and coordinate across the Forum with regional, industry, thematic and communications teams.
Specific Deliverables- Build a senior business and multi-stakeholder community around the nexus of trade, investment, technology, development and geopolitics, delivering dialogues, publications and policy input;- Generate scenarios for the evolution of global trade and investment flows to provide quantitative commercial insight for executives and perspectives on national security and compliance requirements;- Catalyse a business leadership initiative to advance global growth, development and sustainability;


Qualifications and Skills- A minimum of 5-7 years of relevant professional experience in media, business, government or international organisations; experience with international negotiations and consensus-building an advantage.

- Strong understanding of trade, investment, supply chains, technology innovation and geopolitics;- Excellent communication skills, journalism experience is an advantage;- Community management and business development experience is an advantage;- University degree in economics, journalism or related field;

Why work at the Forum:


The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action.

Join us and become a driver for positive change

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