Senior Manager, Global Research & Data Science (Internal Only) at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Requisition ID: 1747

Position Summary

• The (Senior) Manager is an essential member of IPA’s Global Research and Data Science (GRDS) team, playing a leadership role in three primary areas: 
  • Overseeing the GRDS research training portfolio, which includes a diverse range of onboarding and training programs for IPA staff and external partners; 
  • Providing technical support to IPA country offices and project teams to ensure adherence to research quality standards; and 
  • Contributing to the development and enhancement of research tools and resources. 
• In addition, the (Senior) Manager will supervise and mentor teams of Data Associates, Data Specialists, and other IPA staff involved in research, data management, and training initiatives.

Responsibilities
10% - Research and Data Knowledge Portfolio:

• Lead GRDS’ research training portfolio, consisting of multiple staff training programs (in-person, remote, online) and capacity-building workshops for internal audiences and external partners.
• Write and negotiate multi-country training proposals, draft training workplans and budgets based on deliverables and productivity assumptions.
• Liaise with other functional teams at IPA to plan and design online training materials.
• Represent IPA in global events and strategic meetings with government agencies, academics, partner organizations,
• donors, and other key stakeholders.
• Hire, onboard, and mentor new GRDS members on GRDS’ training programs and best practices to ensure effective staff training.
• Manage training budgets, fee schedules, invoicing, and all financial oversight of GRDS’ training portfolio.

45% - Global Technical support:

• Support the management of global research support and troubleshooting requests.
• Provide direct technical support to global requests for coding services
• Build Scopes of Work for direct technical support and delegating tasks to other coding specialists.
• Liaise with country offices, particularly to provide technical mentorship to coding specialists.
• Manage and mentor team of analysts and specialists working on data and research technical support

25% - IPA Research Resources:

• Create, review, and disseminate research resources and technical materials. 
• Support the design of IPA’s Research Resources repository that centralizes materials for IPA staff, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

20% - GRDS Business Development:

• Work closely with the Senior Director and CRMO to develop and implement a strategy for fundraising to support IPA’s development of a Data Science and Engineering line of work
• Lead development and submission of grant proposals and budgets
• Management and upkeep of tracking and reporting on business development

Qualifications
Required:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or equivalent.
• At least five years of work experience.
• Experience in successful development of grant proposals in policy-relevant research.
• Excellent collaboration skills, with both internal and external collaborators. 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to plan resources and actions to ensure timely and efficient service delivery.
• Ability to lead and to maintain effective working relationships in a multicultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or equivalent.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, particularly in Excel. 
• Advanced proficiency in SurveyCTO and Stata.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, particularly in Excel. 

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or equivalent.
• Experience managing a randomized control trial.
• Ability to work in one (or more) of the following software programs or languages: Python, R, Twilio, PowerBI, Java, SQL, VBA, GIS, and GitHub.
• Ability to work in one (or more) of the following languages: Spanish, French, Swahili.

Language:

• English required; French, Spanish, and/or Swahili are a bonus.

Travel Requirements:

• Ability to travel internationally 1-2 times per year