Strategic Growth Manager

We are hiring an entrepreneurial Strategic Growth Manager to help drive a step-change increase in Evidence Action’s impact - generating years of health for hundreds of millions of people globally.

In this capacity, you will play a crucial role increasing Evidence Action’s reach through scaling funding opportunities - working closely with executive leadership, defining and executing on donor engagement strategies, managing cross-functional projects with programs and operations teams, supporting on developing new funding models, and running analyses to maximize effectiveness. You’re a creative and high ownership team member who is comfortable with ambiguity, with a track record of strong writing and analytical skills that can help transform ambition into action. 

This role will be crucial to securing funding for first-of-their-kind projects - ranging from delivering safe water at scale across India, to scaling life-saving maternal syphilis treatment across Africa- in turn, transforming outcomes for entire generations. 

Reports to: Chief Engagement Officer

Responsibilities:

• Drive and/or support on projects to maximize funding for highest-priority program areas, raising tens of millions of dollars
• Manage 0 to 1 of projects, including:     
  
  • Test tactics to identify new aligned donors
  • Experiment with new methods for conveying impact to existing donors (e.g., video content, workshops with the team)
  • Draft materials (proposals; decks; one pagers) for communicating vision behind priority programs 
  • Build analytics structures to unlock insight in highest opportunity focus areas
• Partner with program & External Relations teams in defining and driving vision for scale on program focus areas
• Support executive team in preparing for donor conversations
  Own high priority cross-team systems, including analytics dashboards, developing processes for goal tracking and reporting, and strategic/special projects

• You have 2+ years of experience; preference for candidates with backgrounds in management consulting, banking, special project, or chief of staff roles.

• You can manage complex projects through their life cycles, and multiple projects simultaneously, taking into account moving priorities across a matrixed environment with  senior stakeholders and mitigate downstream risks.

• You have advanced executive-level writing skills and excel at developing presentations using PowerPoint/Google Slides with a clear ability to define and communicate both technical and emotive narratives. 

• You’re analytical (advanced in working in complex spreadsheets Excel; bonus if you know SQL, R, cohort analysis), with ability to translate insights to tangible recommendations 

• You enjoy being creative, with “outside the box” thinking and a passion for testing new approaches.

• You approach problems with curiosity, comfortable operating in ambiguity and shifting priorities. 

• You can develop strategic recommendations based on qualitative and quantitative analysis.

• You are able to accomplish tasks while demonstrating a thorough concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small.

• You are inquisitive, motivated to succeed both individually and as a group.

• You strive for efficiency and embody a process mindset, with an ability to translate complexity into simple, lightweight systems.

• You believe that honesty and feedback improve processes and projects as you iterate and improve your work.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U.S. employment visa at this time. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. for roles based in the U.S.

Evidence Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.

In order to be considered, please apply directly on Evidence Action's careers page. Thank you!