Strategic Growth Manager, External Relations

About Evidence Action

Evidence Action specializes in bringing cost-effective interventions to massive scale. We identify neglected global health issues and operationalize proven solutions - adding years of healthy life for entire generations. Deworm the World, our foundational program, has delivered over 2B deworming treatments, driving dramatic reductions in worm prevalence and generating over $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains. 

Our model operationalizes top academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists) and uses experts across global health, supply chain, and infrastructure to develop and implement health interventions at national scale. Our team of 700+ has reached over 500M people, working hand-in-hand with national governments to scale our approach across nine countries. Measurement and evaluation are embedded in every stage of our work - from idea validation in our Accelerator; to coverage validation upon rollout (quantifying uptake of interventions). 

The Evidence Action Accelerator, founded in 2019, researches and identifies the next unicorns of development - to date we have found five programs with potential to transform the health outcomes of millions, including: 

Preventing stillbirths and neonatal deaths through testing and treating maternal syphilis - which today causes more deaths than pediatric HIV, and is treatable for just $0.50 a dose Reducing under-five child mortality by ~25% through scaling safe water access to hundreds of millions, which can add a year of healthy life for just $40 Fighting leading causes of childhood disability through delivering iron and folic acid supplements to prevent anemia, applying our innovative school-based delivery model. With these untapped opportunities identified, we are positioned to unlock our next phase of sector-wide impact - and improve health outcomes for hundreds of millions of people globally.

The Role

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. You will work with the External Relations team to build on our existing strong growth trajectory, while driving further transformative growth and impact. Since 2017 we’ve raised $230M+ from GiveWell alone, and in parallel have roughly doubled our other sources of funding.

Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, 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. 

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

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

The expected role range for this US position is listed below. We consider multiple factors when determining the base salary for a role, including but not limited to: role scope, program budgets, internal equity, and a candidate’s qualifications and/or prior experience.

Note: Pay and benefits will be commensurate with the role specifications, local statutory requirements, and the cost of labor in the markets where we operate. 

The pay range for this role: $70,000- $90,000 per year

For US based roles, Evidence Action provides comprehensive benefits including international health care, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement plans with a matching component, generous and flexible leave options, as well as other employee perks on a reimbursement basis. For more information visit our careers page or ask our recruiting team!

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