The Director employs strategic thinking and planning skills, contributes to developing and monitoring meaningful conservation metrics, cultivates high-leverage partnerships to enhance the capacity, visibility, and impact of our science in conservation work, conducts and publishes relevant scientific investigations, and empowers others to advance science in priority strategies. The Director fosters a collaborative science community within these Chapters and collaborates with other business units, including leadership and mentorship of a science team comprising both direct reports and other science staff.