Senior Manager, Project Delivery, Digital Transformation

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities. 

This Opportunity:

Palladium has three portfolios that strengthen and harness digital and data ecosystems to accelerate development investments and outcomes: 1- Information Systems (IS) 2- Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Analytics (MELA) and 3- Digital Solutions and Transformation (DST).

We are proactively building a talent pool for future Senior Manager, Project Delivery positions within our organization. As a Senior Manager, Project Delivery, you will be responsible for supporting projects within our IS, MELA and DST portfolios. The Senior Manager, Project Delivery plays a key role in leading day-to-day management activities of the project team. Through this experience and working closely with their PMU and other teams, Senior Managers, Project Delivery are expected to gain the competencies and skills needed to progress to Director level roles in project delivery or functional areas.

Experienced Senior Managers will have opportunities to support other units within the firm in our collaborative and agile environment, as well as to travel for project oversight or business development pursuits. Typically, Senior Managers serve as thought leaders, proposal champions, and Project Directors; they also may have opportunities to fill short- and long-term assignments overseas.

Location and Compensation:

The position is based in Palladium’s Washington D.C. office.

Per company guidance, we are aiming to keep hiring closer to our main U.S. office. If we are unable to find successful candidates who are willing to work from the D.C. office, then as a last resort we may discuss the possibility of considering exceptional candidates to work permanently remotely (from other U.S. states where Palladium is registered).

Please be advised that a final salary offer will be based on various factors, including but not limited to your qualifications, education, experience, skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium’s business or organizational needs. 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the compensation for this position, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We value your interest in our company and appreciate the opportunity to discuss this opportunity with you. 

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in digital health project implementation, project management, financial management, technical writing, and digital system design, we are interested in hearing from you. 

We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start.  We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting Lines:

This role will report to a Director, Measurement and Learning, Information Systems or Digital Solutions and Transformation, depending on project assignment.
Senior Managers typically supervise one or more Associates, Sr. Associates, or Managers
The position may entail overseas travel, at approximately 10% time and for periods averaging 2 weeks.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities: 

Leads technical work in topic area including: research, analysis and publication of technical reports, case studies, policy and program approaches, and technical tools on topics related to expand existing lines of business
Manages relationship with partner organizations on compliant delivery of inputs and the achievement of agreed upon outputs and outcomes
Builds team cohesiveness, leads, mentors, trains, and motivates staff to ensure cooperation, project efficiency, and boost morale
Manages project changes including project scope, schedule, and costs to keep the project plan accurate and updated
Writes technical proposals for USAID and other donor funded opportunities based on best practices applied to specific country/regional contexts
Collaborates with peers to identify new research approaches and potential markets for those services
Leads teams to implement new work including assignment and management of staff to new activities, initiatives or projects
Identifies new markets and sales opportunities, direct sales and proposal efforts to expand Palladium’s technical expertise on existing lines of business
Maintains an industry presence as a thought leader by publishing regularly in peer reviewed journals and/or by presenting at annual conferences and meetings
Directs and manages complex components of large projects, or series of smaller projects, with responsibility for work planning, budget management, project deliverables, client relations, and staff supervision
Oversees and ensures quality of the development of reports, budgets, workplans, proposals and other outputs for internal and external stakeholders
Identifies, builds, and maintains relationships with partners and consultants that provide technical expertise to both proposals and/or projects
Acts as main point of contact for regular communication to all stakeholders
Performs other duties as assigned

Essential Criteria:

Excellent communication and negotiation skills
Excellent leadership, representation and organizational skills
Extensive experience implementing USAID and/or other donor funded projects
Successful track record in delivery of complex programs
Strong management skills to mentor, coach, lead, develop and evaluate employees
Leads problem solving initiative and implements new ways of working and processes.
Experience networking across the development community, including donors, implementing partners, and cooperating country organizations and governmental institutions
Excellent team management skills in a complex and fast-paced environment
Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff, clients, and consultants
Extensive experience with conceptualizing and making presentations to small and large groups (over 30 individuals), both in-person and virtually
Demonstrated strong financial skills for generating, interpreting, and analyzing financial reports and forecasts
Ability to travel and work in developing countries for extended periods of time (20-30%)

Desirable Criteria:

Experience working within an international organization or business
Experience supporting work implementing USAID- or other donor-funded projects
Experience working in a developing country or in a project-based environment
Experience with conceptualizing and making presentations, both in-person and virtually
Experience networking across the development community, including with donors, implementing partners, and developing country organizations and governmental institutions
Experience in visualization or business intelligence tools such as Tableau or Microsoft Power BI, or open-source platforms like Metabase or Apache Superset
Excellent English language communication skills and fluency in international language

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status. 

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse.  All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.