Senior Program Manager, Maximum Impact Incubator

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

📋 Description

• Ensure alignment among MII, program and country teams, as well as donors prior to project graduation.

• Facilitate understanding of BOTEC cost-effectiveness models and supporting evidence among implementing teams.

• Assist in transitioning graduated projects from investigation to implementation phases.

• Co-lead internal project kickoffs that cover roles, responsibilities, work plans, budgets, and M&E plans.

• Align BOTEC, budgets, and work plans while identifying key risks and dependencies with government.

• Create and test MII SOPs, tools, and templates.

• Support monitoring and evaluation processes, impact evaluations, and other evaluation methods required by donors.

• Coordinate requests from donors and manage internal workstreams for graduated programs.

• Review deliverables, prepare for meetings, follow up, manage contract materials, and oversee project documentation.

• Act as the main point of contact between donors and implementing teams.

• Maintain institutional knowledge of grant concepts, BOTEC assumptions, commitments, and decisions.

• Organize coordination forums across MII, global program, and country teams.

• Monitor work plans, budgets, milestones, implementation progress, dependencies, discrepancies, delays, and design modifications.

• Proactively inform donors when key assumptions undergo changes.

• Provide advice on impact evaluations and research and learning processes alongside the Analytics and Implementation Research team.

• Travel approximately 20% of the time, both internationally and domestically.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Master's degree or higher in economics, public health, epidemiology, nursing, or a related discipline.

• At least eight years of work experience in global health or related fields.

• Extensive experience managing complex programs or donor portfolios involving multiple stakeholders.

• Experience in overseeing or coordinating the implementation of multi-stakeholder projects in resource-constrained settings.

• Familiarity with work plans, budgets, and milestone tracking.

• Knowledge and experience with quantitative research methodologies.

• Experience in working with and analyzing large surveys and administrative datasets.

• Proficient in designing and executing impact evaluations, including randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental approaches.

• Strong communication abilities and the capacity to convey complex quantitative findings to varied audiences.

• Experience collaborating on diverse programs and/or working with government or non-profit partners in at least one CHAI program country.

• Proven capability to manage relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders and influence leadership without direct authority.

• Willingness and ability to travel internationally and domestically.

• Proficiency in one or more languages spoken in CHAI countries is a plus.

• Experience in conducting cost-effectiveness research is advantageous.

• Direct experience in collaborating with donors is a benefit.

• Training in project management or experience establishing project management tools and processes is a plus.

• Familiarity with cost-effectiveness analysis and evidence standards is advantageous.

• Experience supporting program implementation alongside government or country teams is a definite plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Commitment to equal employment opportunities and fairness, mutual respect, diversity, and inclusion.

• Chance to contribute to global health initiatives and influence resource allocation on a large scale.

• Opportunity to work across CHAI’s diverse health programs and engage with policymakers.