Manager, New Program Development

About Evidence Action 

At Evidence Action, we deliver data-driven interventions that transform lives at an unprecedented scale. We identify neglected global health issues and deploy proven solutions, forging healthier futures for generations.

Our model operationalizes leading academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists). We measure progress and outcomes at every stage to ensure we’re making a real impact for people living in poverty and suffering from preventable or treatable health issues. Operating across 9 countries, our team of 800+ has reached over 500 million people, working closely with governments to scale these interventions.

• Our Deworm the World program has delivered over 2 billion treatments, significantly reducing worm prevalence and generating more than $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains. 
• Through Safe Water Now, we’ve saved the lives of over 15,000 children. 
• Our Accelerator explores untapped opportunities in global health, testing low-cost interventions with the greatest potential to save and improve lives. 

At Evidence Action, your colleagues are your greatest asset. You'll partner with high-caliber colleagues in an environment blending innovation, autonomy, and teamwork. Our team excels in disruptive thinking and believes in rolling up our sleeves to get things done. If you're looking to work flexibly and with purpose, join a team that delivers measurable change for millions.

About the Accelerator Team
Evidence Action’s Accelerator is our engine for growth. The Accelerator is a unique model in global development, designed to select and massively scale only those programs which meet exceptional standards for cost-effectiveness  and scalability. Focusing on health, nutrition, and WASH, we evaluate scores of interventions and employ a venture capital-type ‘funnel’ model to exit those which do not meet our criteria. The result is a select set of programs for which we develop delivery models and scale to deliver outsized value for millions of people across Africa and Asia.

Core to the Accelerator process is our New Program Development (NPD) team. NPD’s primary responsibility is to conduct early-stage research of potential new programs, including literature reviews and cost-effectiveness modeling. NPD’s work adapts as programs progress through the Accelerator pipeline: we shift from evaluating evidence, to designing and piloting new programs, and eventually to launching at-scale. Additionally, NPD serves as a “center of excellence” for the Accelerator, working across teams to facilitate and standardize a rigorous approach to building new programs.

You will thoroughly evaluate the evidence supporting a series of interventions that Evidence Action may launch at scale. You will make evidence-based recommendations for which interventions we should continue developing, and which we should deprioritize according to our criteria. Pending your research and recommendations, you will perform in-country scoping to assess the ‘real world’ feasibility of your intervention, then move to design and implement a pilot before launching at-scale. 

You will report to the Associate Director of New Program Development.

Responsibilities

Desk research to evaluate potential new programs

• Conduct desk-based research to assess the potential of new programs by estimating the total addressable market, cost-effectiveness, evidence-base, strategic fit, and funding opportunities of promising interventions.
• Develop written research deliverables to guide decision-making, which may include evidence reviews, slide decks, data visualizations, or scenario analyses. 
• Work with cost-effectiveness and monitoring staff to design and continuously refine cost-effectiveness models, monitoring frameworks, theories of change, and program evaluations.

Evidence-based program scoping and design

• Use bodies of rigorous evidence to design different components of an intervention.
• Design and conduct in-country scoping trips to assess indicators of feasibility such as policy landscape, government support, and last mile delivery.
• Design and manage field activities, including scoping, pilots, and data collection.

Manage program piloting, scale-up, and evaluation

• Lead the development of pilot design and program testing in collaboration with our monitoring team and external research partners.
• Lead and coordinate operational and logistical efforts for program implementation.

Relationship management

• Laterally manage Evidence Action personnel throughout the Accelerator process, including cost-effectiveness, monitoring, pillar, regional, and country teams.
• Conduct stakeholder outreach to solicit feedback on new programs.

Requirements

• 5+ years work experience with a background in public health, research, or management consulting

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as public health, international development, public policy, economics, statistics, or business
• You can analyze research and have had experience reviewing academic literature, performing cost-effectiveness analyses, and summarizing large quantities of data for decision-making in program design and implementation
• You have experience developing high-quality deliverables for external audiences such as policy reviews, policy documents, training materials, and toolkits
• You have experience working collaboratively across time zones in a matrixed, multicultural professional environment.
• You’ve demonstrated experience working directly with government and non-governmental partners
• You are able to represent Evidence Action in high-stakes meetings with external partners and major donors

Location

There is some flexibility on location, the preference is for this role to be based in Washington D.C.

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.

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 expected pay range for this full-time role is $66,100 - $74,000 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!

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