Manager/Senior Manager, Incubation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Manage a portfolio of AI-driven program due diligence from initial long listing through rapid screening and in-depth analysis.

• Formulate decision-relevant inquiries, pinpoint critical uncertainties, and ascertain what evidence could alter the conclusions.

• Execute evidence reviews, conduct quick calculations and comprehensive cost-effectiveness evaluations, perform risk assessments, carry out landscape scans, conduct expert interviews, and initiate early operational and technical scoping.

• Produce clear, well-considered recommendations for 2AI leadership regarding whether concepts should progress to pilot, be paused, or be discarded.

• Collaboratively design pilots, outlining the scope, sample, measurement, cost tracking, timeline, and criteria for success and cessation.

• Travel to potential pilot sites to evaluate partners and delivery channels.

• Negotiate project scopes with implementers and establish necessary pilot infrastructure in the host country.

• Develop reusable data pipelines, monitoring dashboards, evaluation templates, and partner Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs).

• Enhance Incubator screening criteria, processes, sequencing, team roles, and supporting tools.

• Create, test, and document AI workflows utilizing tools such as Claude Code, agentic pipelines, and LLM-assisted literature synthesis.

• Assist in the recruitment, evaluation, and onboarding of future Incubator team members.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3-4+ years of experience in management consulting, a demanding startup environment, or a prestigious NGO.

• Proven experience in leading a workstream from an open inquiry to actionable recommendations.

• Extensive hands-on experience in modeling and quantitative analysis.

• Expertise in building models from the ground up, including quick estimates under uncertainty.

• Proficient in pressure-testing assumptions.

• Experience with cost-effectiveness analysis is highly advantageous.

• Ability to critically assess research methods and evidence, distinguishing robust RCTs from weaker observational studies.

• Experience collaborating with technical experts.

• Proven ability to thrive in fast-paced, project-driven environments with tight deliverable timelines, sprints, and frequent stakeholder interactions.

• Skill in identifying the core of an argument in unfamiliar domains.

• Comfort in communicating confidence levels in written form.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, high throughput, and the pace of early-stage organizations.

• Willingness to travel internationally up to 25% of the time.

• Significant daily use of cutting-edge AI tools such as Claude or Claude Code, or similar technologies.

• Demonstrated history of promoting the use of AI tools in analytical tasks.

• Exceptional written communication skills, particularly in crafting concise decision memos.

• Applicants must possess legal authorization to work in the U.S. for positions based in the U.S.

• Preferred: experience with digital product adoption and integration, AI products, LMIC contexts, international development, research or monitoring & evaluation (M&E), NGO programs, or depth of knowledge in education, financial inclusion, WASH, or climate adaptation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Health insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Retirement plans.

• Generous and flexible leave options.

• Additional employee perks.

• International travel up to 25% of the time.