Team: Ecosystem & Investments
Reports To: CEO & Co-Founder
Department Head: TBA
Direct Reports: Business Analysts
Location: Dhaka
Mode of Work: Hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 remote) – however need to be flexible based on work engagements
Salary: Confidential
Joining Date: January 2026
Application Deadline: 8th December 2025
Core Job Functions
This role balances analytics, leadership, and mission execution, ensuring the ship runs smoothly while supporting strategic command decisions.
- End-to-end event & mission coordination
- Research, insight generation, and market intelligence
- Data structuring and repository management
- Strategic communication and compelling presentation development
- Project delivery support and milestone tracking
- Analytics, visualization, and business intelligence translation
- Stakeholder engagement, internal and external
Primary Responsibilities
Project & Client Management
- Lead multi-stakeholder projects with precision, timelines, and quality assurance.
- Maintain and deepen relationships with clients, donors, and strategic actors.
- Produce strategic outputs: reports, decks, case studies, briefs.
- Guide and mentor junior officers (Analysts) for skill growth and delivery strength.
- Monitor budgets, KPIs, and implementation efficiency — like maintaining ship systems before warp.
Research & Knowledge Leadership
- Conduct deep-dive research across exports, digital public infrastructure, entrepreneurship.
- Contribute to flagship publications — sector reports, DPI landscape studies.
- Design research methodologies (KIIs, FGDs, surveys) to generate actionable intelligence.
- Convert findings into dashboards, frameworks, and policy recommendations.
Ecosystem Engagement: The Federation Interface
- Build diplomatic channels with policymakers, private sector leaders, DFIs, academia.
- Represent LightCastle at national & global platforms — conference halls to command decks.
- Drive partnerships (SheSTEM, ExportBangladesh.org, DPI pilots) and structured alliances.
- Convene ecosystem roundtables, dialogues, and strategic forums.
Advisory, Training & Capacity Building
- Advise SMEs/corporates on growth, blended finance, and investment readiness.
- Design and run training modules and ToTs — knowledge transmission like Starfleet Academy.
- Provide one-on-one advisory on business planning, market entry, and financing pathways.
- Lead accelerators and structured capacity-building programs with measurable outcomes.
Digital Transformation & Tech Stack Navigation
- Champion MS365 adoption and collaborative digital systems across the organization.
- Build dashboards and automation pipelines (SQL, Tableau/Looker Studio, Excel).
- Lead development of LightCastle’s Project Management Application.
- Ensure operational warp-efficiency through process automation.
Auxiliary Responsibilities
- Support Finance with budgets, invoices, and cost governance.
- Collaborate with Comms on publications, newsletters, and thought leadership.
- Contribute to business development — proposals, pipeline tracking, opportunity mapping.
- Improve workflow, processes, and operational smoothness.
- Work cross-functionally with design, digital, and data teams for integrated mission success.
Role Mindset & Competency: What Makes a Strong Second Officer
- Strong consulting and project leadership foundations.
- Market research and export-digital economy knowledge.
- Fluency in MS Office + SQL + BI tools.
- Experience in digital transformation and workflow orchestration.
- Executive presence — communication, narrative clarity, presentation command.
- Comfortable managing analysts, timelines, and multi-partner complexity.
- Calm under pressure — like holding the bridge during a red alert
About LightCastle Partners
At LightCastle, we take a data-driven approach to creating opportunities for growth and impact. We create systemic and data-driven opportunities for growth and impact in emerging markets. By collaborating with development partners and leveraging the power of the private sector, we strive to boost economies, inspire businesses, and change lives at scale.
Our services include Management & Development Consulting, Entrepreneurship Ecosystem & Investments, Market Entry Advisory, and Digital Transformation. Till date, we have served 300+ projects in 20+ countries for 150+ clients — mobilizing U$ 150 million+ capital, accelerating 1500+ enterprises, and directly supporting the transformation of 500,000+ lives and livelihoods in frontier markets. LightCastle also hosts the largest market and industry datasets in Bangladesh across 30+ industries.
LightCastle Partners is an equal-opportunity employer. It believes in fostering diversity in the workplace and does not discriminate based on gender, color, or race.
