Technical Program Manager at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Do you enjoy driving results via data science and research projects? We seek an effective, energetic, and organized individual to spearhead IPA’s global research and data science project management. You will play a vital role in driving technical innovation and delivering on IPA’s commitment to high-quality data standards. You will lead project management within the Global Research and Data Science team, coordinate planning and communications with internal stakeholders at IPA, and support proposal preparation and reporting requirements to external stakeholders. The Technical Program Manager collaborates with colleagues worldwide to support high-quality research and data science that impacts millions of lives. We value unique perspectives and offer a supportive environment where team members can grow professionally while contributing to meaningful research and data science solutions.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage agile methodologies for global research and data coding projects.
• Manage and coordinate responses to global research and data coding requests.
• Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives with GRDS team and cross-functional teams.
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to strategy development.
• Identify and implement process improvements and agile best practices.
• Support and maintain IPA's research quality standards through partnerships with country programs and research teams.
• Liaise with IPA country offices, sector programs, policy teams, and Right-fit Evidence unit to ensure timely project completion.
• Lead the preparation of updates on GDRS activities to internal IPA stakeholders.
• Contribute to proposal preparation for GRDS funding and reporting to donors and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required

• 3+ years’ experience in managing complex, international, multi-stakeholder data-related projects.
• Experience in agile project management principles.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Project management certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master, or Six Sigma) or equivalent experience.