Global Platform Lead and Product Owner

Job Title: Global Platform Lead and Product Owner

Location: Global & Remote

Contract: Full-time

About us:

One Family Foundation is an international social impact foundation working to tackle poverty, inequality, and exclusion through collaborative systems change.

We believe lasting transformation happens when governments, multilaterals, civil society, philanthropy, and communities align around shared purpose and coordinated action. Our role is to convene, align, and steward ecosystems that unlock collective impact across regions and sectors.

Guided by our principle of “Not I but We,” we design and steward platforms that bring together decision-makers, innovators, and communities to co-create structural solutions to complex global challenges.

Our initiatives span Africa, Asia, MENA, Latin America, and Europe, operating at the intersection of policy, innovation, community-led development, and systems change.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a senior leader to design, convene, and steward a major global platform that aligns governments, NGOs, multilaterals, philanthropy, and system actors around shared priorities and coordinated action.

This is a high-trust, high-responsibility leadership position for someone with deep experience bringing complex stakeholder ecosystems into alignment — and translating dialogue into concrete commitments, governance structures, and implementation pathways.

You will help architect the platform, build legitimacy with senior stakeholders, and ensure the initiative moves beyond convening into measurable action.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Architect and Steward a Global Platform

• Co-design the vision, structure, and governance of a multi-stakeholder global platform
• Develop clear value propositions for governments, multilaterals, NGOs, and philanthropic actors
• Define operating principles, participation models, and decision-making frameworks
• Ensure the platform drives alignment, not duplication

1. Convene and Align Senior Stakeholders

• Engage ministers, senior government officials, UN and multilateral representatives, foundation leaders, NGO executives and community leaders
• Facilitate high-level dialogues that lead to alignment and shared commitments
• Navigate political sensitivities and competing mandates
• Build trust across sectors and regions

1. Translate Dialogue into Action

• Develop clear roadmaps, working groups, and implementation structures
• Align funding, policy influence, and execution pathways
• Ensure accountability mechanisms and measurable progress
• Move stakeholders from conversation to coordinated delivery

1. Represent the Platform Globally

• Act as a senior representative of One Family Foundation
• Build institutional partnerships and strategic alliances
• Represent the platform at international forums and convenings

Qualifications & Experience (non-Negotiable):

• 10+ years of experience working at the intersection of governments, NGOs, and multilateral institutions or similar solid background in business
• Demonstrated track record of designing and convening multi-stakeholder initiatives at national, regional, or global level
• Experience aligning actors with different mandates, incentives, and political realities
• Proven ability to translate high-level strategy into governance structures and implementation pathways
• Experience working across multiple geographies

Candidates who have worked within or closely with multilateral institutions, development banks, government ministries, or large international NGOs are strongly encouraged to apply as well as those wishing to pivot from business to the non-profit sector.

Core Competencies

We are looking for someone who can work closely with developers to build our platform. You will be able to translate the vision into practical, workable technology solutions and guide dedicated developers in bringing it to life. The following competencies are second nature to you:

• Exceptional stakeholder alignment and coalition-building skills
• Political intelligence and diplomatic fluency
• Systems thinking and ecosystem design capability
• Ability to operate with ambiguity and complexity
• Strong facilitation skills at senior leadership level
• Clear, strategic communicator (written and verbal)
• High integrity and trust-building orientation

Personal Profile

• Deeply collaborative and mission-driven
• Comfortable engaging senior leaders and ministers
• Able to balance humility with authority
• Strategic thinker who can also operationalize
• Resilient, composed, and politically astute

What we offer:

• A fully remote, international role with global exposure
• Opportunity to architect and steward a major global platform
• Direct engagement with senior public and multilateral leaders
• A mission-driven, values-aligned team culture
• Compensation aligned with senior non-profit leadership benchmarks in country of residence

How to Apply

Please submit your application along with your CV & Cover Letter via:

https://forms.gle/KfReJEZL4vPPLSQF7

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For questions, write us here: recruitment@onefamilyfoundation.one

• A fully remote, international role with global exposure
• Opportunity to architect and steward a major global platform
• Direct engagement with senior public and multilateral leaders
• A mission-driven, values-aligned team culture
• Compensation aligned with senior non-profit leadership benchmarks in country of residence

English Proficiency (written & verbal)