About the Role
Evidence Action is seeking a Senior Manager for New Program Development to lead our Accelerator—a venture-style pipeline that identifies and scales proven, sustainable health interventions to benefit millions of people. This is a unique opportunity to drive the development of our next generation of health programs from research insights to funded, scalable solutions.
As Senior Manager, you will own a portfolio of early-stage health interventions and shepherd them through our stage-gated development process. You will combine analytical rigor with entrepreneurial drive to transform promising ideas into evidence-backed programs ready for scale, or make well-reasoned decisions to exit unsuccessful initiatives.
Key Responsibilities- Own end-to-end portfolio management of pipeline interventions, advancing promising candidates through the Accelerator's stage-gate process
- Critically evaluate evidence bases, assessing effect sizes, external validity, and gaps with intellectual honesty
- Partner with the Cost-Effectiveness team to build and pressure-test models, translating findings into actionable decisions
- Design and execute lean, rigorous field activities including scoping studies, formative research, and pilots to unblock key decisions
- Develop compelling investment cases and align researchers, implementers, government officials, and donors toward shared objectives
- Collaborate across Evidence Action teams to secure funding, leverage implementation expertise, and cultivate government partnerships
- Independently lead stakeholder conversations to source new ideas and strengthen strategic partnerships
- Strengthen the Accelerator's methodologies and mentor junior team members
- Bachelor's degree with 6–10 years of experience in quantitative social science, program management, international development, or global health
- Demonstrated ability to critically read primary research and synthesize conflicting evidence bases
- Proficiency building or rigorously interpreting cost-effectiveness, epidemiological, or statistical models
- Track record designing lean learning activities and delivering results under tight timelines
- Proven stakeholder alignment skills across cultures, sectors, and organizational boundaries
- Ability to communicate complex technical findings clearly to non-technical audiences
- Strong multi-workstream management and prioritization capabilities
- International development experience and comfort working with diverse teams