Position Summary

As the Senior Program Manager, you are responsible for supporting the strategic and operational aspects of the IDev team across the 4 domains, including strategic planning processes, annual planning and budgeting, ongoing pipeline and portfolio management, business analysis and the coordination of business strategies across the Foundation. You will collaborate with the Deputy Director of Strategy, Planning, & Management (DDSPM) to lead activities related to strategic portfolio advisory, portfolio management and execution, and key business operations. You will play a pivotal role in connecting the operational and financial processes to strategy decisions, providing recommendations and support to leadership on effective coordination of these processes and alignment to strategic goals.

What You’ll Do

You will partner closely with the Integrated Development leadership team to provide program management, strategy planning, communications, and implementation support for the overall strategy and key initiatives.

• Strategy development and execution: Support DDSPM in the execution of the strategy review and annual planning processes; and lead the development of specific deliverables (e.g. investment scoring, execution plans); lead key projects related to strategy, change management, product development, and/or partner management; and provide secondary support for executing and managing large investments as needed.

• Portfolio management: Coordinate reporting of progress against strategic goals, milestones and decision points for portfolio review meetings; provide analytic and research support to support decision making; generate portfolio and payment reports to track financial payout of investments funded by the team; implement and monitor action plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and gender integration.

• Business operations: Facilitate the team’s rhythm of the business to support management decision-making and resource allocation; coordinate team onboarding with respective hiring managers; identify areas for process optimization and develop solutions to improve team efficiency and productivity; implement foundation and team processes and tools; support Program Coordinators in grant execution and management on an as needed basis; and enable opportunities for continuous learning and knowledge management.

• Stakeholder and meeting management: Provide strategy planning and project management support (agenda, materials, facilitation, minutes, follow-up items) to leadership team as needed for team meetings (Program Strategy Team, Staff), domain meetings, convenings, team retreats, and conferences.

• Communications: Develop and maintain strategy dissemination materials; support coordination and preparation of materials for external talks, annual planning, and foundation leadership meetings; and serve as a central point of contact for team operations within the foundation.

• Management and internal partners: Manage a team of four Program Coordinators, run monthly business team meetings and investment team meetings. Facilitate interactions with internal partners from finance, legal and grants and contracts services on key issues and programs.

• Continuous Improvement: Promote efficiency and productivity on the team by providing leadership and support in process development and improvement, implementation and improvement of tools, analysis, reporting, and change management

Your Experience

We are looking for people who enjoy the challenge of working on problems to create solutions that have the potential for groundbreaking change. We seek a self-starter with proven project management skills who can provide both strategy and operational capacity for the IDev strategy and selected initiatives.

• A Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience or equivalent demonstrated experience, preferably in public health, business administration, or other relevant area. Master’s degree in public health or business preferred.

• 5+ years of managerial experience.

• Experience in program management of complex strategy development, execution planning, and business process redesign projects with ability to lead or run multiple projects simultaneously.

• Learns new content quickly, including proven understanding of technical areas, external partners, and key drivers within the scope of the program supported.

• Proven ability to build relationships and collaborate with internal and external partners to get things done with efficiency, flexibility, and diplomacy.

• Proven ability to create structures and develop frameworks to address problems and increase clarity and visibility of decisions, trade-offs, and impact on organizational resources.

• Excellence in written and oral communication skills, and experience advocating and communicating with a broad and diverse audience.

• Familiarity and/or experience in global health, product development, and/or management consulting.

• Financial savvy plus budget development, financial analysis, and operational leadership skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team effort.

• Experience in working on teams with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.

• Proven facilitation skills with ability to identify, organize, and frame issues clearly for discussion or decision making.

• Demonstrated passion for the Foundation’s values with a commitment to deliver results against our mission.

• This role will require the ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally to grantee meetings, conferences, and convenings.