Project Manager for Bioeconomy Activator Program

Indonesian Business Council (IBC) is an association of business and industry leaders in Indonesia. It provides a collaborative platform for private sector professionals to share insights, foster corporate governance, and exchange best practices. IBC undertakes research and data analysis to develop policy recommendations aimed at enhancing Indonesia’s economic competitiveness and societal welfare. The Council actively engages with government officials, policymakers, business leaders, and civil society to promote transparency and create a favorable public policy environment.

Project Background Despite being one of the world’s mega biodiversity countries, Indonesia continues to rely on extractive models that generate diminishing long‑term value. Economic gains remain concentrated in low‑margin raw material supply rather than science‑driven, high‑value downstream industries. Meanwhile, global demand for bio‑based sectors is accelerating, with cosmetics projected to exceed USD 580 billion by 2030 and functional foods surpassing USD 165 billion and growing. Competitive advantages in these industries depend on control over R&D, bioactive ingredients, formulation, and intellectual property. Yet Indonesia remains positioned primarily as a supplier of biological inputs, with fragmented and underdeveloped NTFP and botanical value chains.

Project Objective The Project Objective is to build an industry‑led partnership to produce high quality ( bio ) prospectuses in the beauty/democosmetics and food/functional nutrition/superfood to be used as benchmark for further research, commercialization and investment. It is also aimed to capture best practices in building industry‑university collaboration to improve innovation ecosystems for R&D.

Scope of Work The Project Manager will lead the overall implementation of the Bioeconomy Accelerator Program over a 12‑month period. The role requires strong product development experience, commercial acumen, stakeholder management capability, and the ability to translate research and biodiversity assets into viable, high‑value industry opportunities.

The Project Manager will coordinate cross‑sector stakeholders including private sector partners, universities, government agencies, and development partners.

The Project Manager’s scope of work will include the following areas:

Deliver high quality, industrial standard

(bio)

prospectus representing beauty and F&B industry in collaboration with credible research institutions, private sector, universities, Ministries/Agencies

Co‑author industry‑led coalition R&D collaboration guidelines

Identify, map, initiate and engage key stakeholders to the project’s success

Project team management including team coordination, quality assurance, troubleshooting

Provide comprehensive monthly, quarterly and final activity and financial reports to IBC Core team before submitting to donor and partners

Key Responsibilities The Project Manager is responsible for:

Lead robust project workplan in coordination with IBC core team (e.g: Director for Policy and Program, Director of Strategy and Administration and Principal for Policy and Program) and private sector partners

Plan, lead and manage schedules related to Focus Group Discussions (FGDs, workshops, stakeholder meetings aligning with the workplan and project strategies

Lead the Terms of Reference formulation of all of the key project deliverables (bio prospectuses and guidelines) in coordination with IBC team, project partners, donors, etc.

Oversee, monitor and report project’s budgeting including submission of payment requirements by the donor, disbursement schedules and procurement to the IBC Core team

Lead project stakeholders mapping and engagement in coordination with IBC Core team and project partners

Coordinate with donors on progress, monitoring and evaluation of project with prior approval from IBC Core Team

Manage the project team which consists of a Project Associate and an Admin and Finance Officer daily which includes regular cadences, provide direction and troubleshooting of project bottlenecks

Ensure the project is implemented on schedule and milestones are met in a timely manner and high‑quality deliverables

Oversee, monitor and provide quality assurance to the consultants’ works ensuring the production of high‑quality deliverables

Lead project strategy in engaging, maintaining and coordinate private sector partners in the project

Ensure methodological rigor and data integrity.

The Project Manager is responsible to ensure the following deliverables are met with robustness, of high quality and accountability:

Inception Report (methodology, pilot design, detailed workplan)

(Bio) prospectus of selected plants, commodities, ingredients in the beauty industry

(Bio) prospectus of selected plants, commodities, ingredients in the food/functional food/superfood industry

Industry‑led R&D collaboration guidelines

Project workplan and budget to be approved by IBC Core Team

Project monthly, quarterly and final activity report and financial report

Project stakeholder mapping based on value chain approach as agreed by IBC Core team

Duration for Assignment The Project Manager will be hired for 12 (twelve) months as of the date of the contract signing.

Reporting Arrangement The Project Manager will be reporting to IBC’s Director for Policy and Program for the delivery of project activities and deliverables.

Required Qualification The Project Manager is required to have the following qualifications:

Master’s degree in business, industrial engineering, environmental science, or STEM related field

Minimum 10 years of experience in product development, innovation management, commercialization, or industry strategy

Proven experience conducting market feasibility studies and commercial assessments

Strong business acumen and understanding of value chain economics

Demonstrated experience managing teams and multi‑stakeholder projects

Experience engaging private sector, government, and/or international donors

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia

Experience in bioeconomy, beauty or F&B sector is preferred

Experience in donor‑funded or government projects is preferred.

The Project Manager is required to have the following competencies:

Experience in beauty/F&B/bio‑based industries/agribusiness or FMCG is preferred

Strategic thinking with strong execution capability

Commercially driven and innovation‑oriented

Strong stakeholder management and coalition‑building skills

Analytical, structured, and outcome‑focused

High integrity and ability to operate in complex multi‑sector environments

Application Documents Applicants shall submit:

Curriculum Vitae highlighting relevant experience

At least two references from similar assignments

Applicants shall submit the required documents to rifki@business-council.id before Friday, 6th of March 2026

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