Managing Director, Ground Up Investing

Corus International leads an ensemble of social impact organizations working together in the world’s most fragile settings to deliver the holistic, lasting solutions needed to overcome the interconnected challenges of poverty, health care access, and climate change. Corus is a new model in the international space, creating a consortium of specialized non-profit and for-profit entities for greater impact. Additional growth is expected.Ground Up Investing (GUI), a subsidiary of Corus International, is an impact investing company launched in 2017 that has primarily focused on transforming agrifood systems at the first mile of agricultural supply chains in frontier markets. GUI aims to generate economic impact in the form of higher income, better jobs, and more equitable trading relationships for smallholder farming -based communities, while building resilient landscapes through practices such as regenerative agriculture. GUI pursues these goals through investments in start-ups and small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises, which GUI sees as critical engines to innovation and disruption of the status quo that has historically offered little value capture at origin. GUI provides equity and debt through diverse financial instruments as an impact-first, patient capital partner.Unique to impact investing, GUI is an owner / operator, having launched Mountain Harvest, a specialty coffee processing company and exporter based in Uganda. Having scaled the company for over 8 years, GUI has valuable insights into operating, growing, and financing agriSMEs in emerging markets.The Managing Director of Ground Up Investing (GUI) oversees the strategic direction of the business, working with the GUI team to ensure growth and achievement of the company’s goals while engaging closely with Corus leadership to align objectives and realize business synergies. The core duties include development and execution of the strategic plan, collaborating with Corus’s leadership team and GUI’s Investment Advisory Committee, identification of new funding partner opportunities, and development and management of internal and external relationships.To be successful, the Managing Director should have a compelling commercial background and be an innovative and creative strategist with strong leadership, influence, and managerial skills, a good communicator, and a confident and goal-oriented executive.The preferred location for this role is Washington, DC, but other locations may be considered. The salary range is c.$200-230,000 USD; dependent upon experience.About Corus: Corus International is the parent of a family of world-class organizations working to deliver the holistic, lasting solutions needed to end extreme poverty once and for all. We are a global leader in international development, with 150 years of combined experience across our brands. Our nonprofit and for-profit subsidiaries include IMA World Health and its fundraising brand Corus World Health, Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies, Ground Up Investing, and Farmers Market Brands. Our more than 800 employees around the globe are experts in their fields and dedicated to helping the world's most vulnerable people break the cycle of poverty and lead healthy lives.At Corus we believe that good only grows stronger and we reflect that belief in our workplace culture. We value every employee's specialized area of expertise and nurture professional growth. We promote an engaging and supportive work environment, where employees feel enabled and driven to innovate, learn and collaborate. And because our subsidiaries often function as partners, our employees have the opportunity to work across our enterprise family.Corus is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our worldwide workplace, and we believe that social justice and respect for the human dignity of every person are fundamental to all we do as an organization. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-22