Manager, Advanced Manufacturing, Automotive and New

Please Note: This role requires the ability to work on site 3 days per week per company policy._

The World Economic Forum is an international organization that brings together leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to build industry, regional and global agendas, address systemic issues, and improve the state of the world.

Why we are recruiting

The World Economic Forum is an international organization that brings together leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to build industry, regional and global agendas, address systemic issues, and improve the state of the world.

The Global Industries Team is responsible for building and managing the Forum

20+ global Industry Communities

and for the strategic engagement of

Forum Partners

from North America and Europe across Industry Communities, the

10 Forum Centres

and

Forum events


We are seeking a Manager to drive both our

Advanced Manufacturing

and

Automotive (And New Mobility)
- Explore industry-specific issues and identify and define priorities for each industry community.
- Define and implement the industry agendas of each group and explore collaboration opportunities with other sectors and stakeholders, including the public sector.
- Develop a comprehensive portfolio of activities to deliver value to Forum Partner companies in the both the Advanced Manufacturing and Automotive (And New Mobility) industry sectors.

Reporting Lines & Interactions

The Manager, Advanced Manufacturing and Automotive Industries will report to the Head, Supply Chain and Transport Industry, who oversees the Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Transport Industries Cluster.

Internally, the Manager, Advanced Manufacturing and Automotive Industries will work closely with colleagues in the Global Industries Team, Business Strategy and Account Management, and business development teams, and with the colleagues and teams driving the work of relevant Forum Centres. Externally, she/he will work with Forum Partner and non-Partner companies and with a broad range of stakeholders in government, academia, and civil society.

Breakdown of main responsibilities
- Explore key issues, define strategic priorities, and develop and drive the agenda of each Industry Community.
- Manage and support high-level communities (CEOs, Strategy Officers) in the identification of key challenges and opportunities for their sectors, and the definition of potential collective action.
- Carry out deep-dives in specific areas of interest and help incubate new potential partnerships and initiatives with relevant Forum Centres.
- Develop and ensure the delivery of successful cross-industry and public-private exchanges through dialogue series.
- Identify opportunities for both the Industry Communities and individual Partners to take active roles in leading transformational initiatives across the Forum Centres and other activities.
- Partner with the Forum’s business development and regional business teams to manage and grow the global Industry Communities, delivering on both retention and growth targets.
- Engage public figures, civil society, academia, or others in the Forum’s multi-stakeholder network to advance issues relevant to each Industry Community.
- Lead planning and delivery of relevant global, regional and industry activities and events of the Forum.
- Ensure each Partner company in the Advanced Manufacturing and Automotive Industry Communities (from North America and Europe) has a clear engagement strategy and plan in place to deepen its engagement with the Forum.
- Contribute to the overall activities of the Global Industries Team, including Strategic input, support at key Industry-led events
- Successful design and delivery of a coherent strategy for the Industry Communities.
- Impact achieved by the overall Industry Communities and contribution towards the impact of collective efforts incubated, launched, and brought to scale through relevant Forum Centres.
- Performance against targets in terms of numbers/size of Industry Communities (retention and growth) and relevance of organizations actively engaged in each Industry Community.
- Ability to generate and disseminate new insights to position the Forum at the forefront of the transformation on the advanced manufacturing and automotive sectors.
- Feedback from constituents on the fit of engagement and activities of each Industry Community to their specific needs.
- Contributions to the broader Global Industries Team and the Forum beyond the industry program, primarily Centers’ content support and thought leadership and core Forum events.

Preferred Requirements and Experience
- 10+ years of professional experience in the private sector, with developed expertise in the advanced manufacturing and/or automotive industry.
- Understanding of key trends defining the future of the advanced manufacturing and automotive sectors, and of the key socioeconomic ecosystems where these industries play a centr