About the Role
ClimateWorks Foundation is seeking an Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) Analyst to serve as the technical owner of the AI and automation capability behind its work to understand the philanthropic ecosystem and foundation funding for climate action. ClimateWorks has built the most comprehensive view of climate philanthropy funding available, delivering timely information, analysis, and insights that equip climate funders to identify priorities and deploy funding more effectively. Those core data assets are now beginning to scale, and with them the capabilities and intelligence needed to support an ever-growing ecosystem. Meeting that demand requires a substantial expansion of the automation capacity behind this work, and this role leads those efforts.
Reporting to the Director, Advisory & Insights (Climate Philanthropy), the Applied AI Analyst works as part of the joint team between Advisory & Insights (A&I) and Information Systems & Technology (IS&T) that powers ClimateWorks' funding intelligence. The role sets the technical direction for how AI and automation are applied to ClimateWorks' philanthropic ecosystem and funding data work, and carries that direction through partnership with the functional and product teams who define what the work must deliver and the technology teams who build and maintain the underlying infrastructure. This person establishes the standards and practices that govern how AI is evaluated, deployed, and reviewed across this work.
This is a hands-on technical role. The successful candidate combines deep practical expertise in large language models, machine learning, and automation with the judgment to decide where these approaches belong, and the ability to build agreement on technical direction with colleagues who do not report to them.
Department Summary
Advisory & Insights Departmental Overview
In a complex and rapidly shifting world, timely insights are crucial. A&I provides data, analysis, and strategy support to identify catalytic opportunities, inform decisions, and promote rigorous, evidence-based strategies across the philanthropic ecosystem. Our offerings include global trend reports, sectoral modeling, horizon scanning, and custom briefings, designed in partnership with funders, partners, and implementing leaders. We strengthen the practice of philanthropy so funders, both new and experienced, can turn insight into action for people, economies, and the planet.
Information Systems & Technology Departmental Overview
IS&T is a key partner within ClimateWorks’ operations function, managing and optimizing the organization’s technology and information to support key business objectives. The department owns the long-term roadmap for ClimateWorks’ systems architecture, along with user support, risk management, cybersecurity, and infrastructure and network administration. Within IS&T, the Information Systems team works closely with A&I’s Climate Philanthropy team to maintain the systems and processes used to collect, store, analyze, and share climate and philanthropic insight data with staff and partners.
How you will contribute
Includes the following and other duties as assigned:
AI Strategy, Technical Ownership, & Adoption
Own the AI and automation agenda for ClimateWorks' philanthropic ecosystem and funding data work, setting priorities for what gets automated, in what sequence, and to what standard.
Establish the standards and practices that govern applied AI across this work, including how models and tools are evaluated, where human review is required, and how confidential data is safeguarded.
Evaluate emerging AI tools and platforms for organizational fit, and lead the support for adoption through documentation, training, and hands-on guidance.
Serve as the point of contact for applied AI across the joint A&I and IS&T team, advising colleagues on where AI can and cannot responsibly solve a problem.
Building & Scaling Automation
Design, build, and deploy AI-assisted workflows…