Senior Manager, Program Implementation

About the Role

Responsible for end-to-end delivery of all program activities across field locations, ensuring commitments to communities, donors, and partners are delivered on time and at quality. This role supervises Area Managers & Grant Project Managers and coordinates with the Program Quality team on geography, sequencing, and priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• •Assume end-to-end responsibility for execution of approved programs and projects, including all externally funded grants, across geographies
• •Translate program commitments into clear delivery plans, timelines, and execution metrics
• •Ensure timely delivery of all committed outputs and outcomes to internal and external stakeholders
• •Lead and manage Area Managers, Grants Managers and the broad field delivery structure
• •Provide coaching, mentoring, and developmental support to build leadership capability
• •Support program planning anchored in the Hunger Free Village (HFV) framework
• •Ensure program and project documentation is maintained systematically
• •Ensure timely submission of monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports
• •Contribute to strengthening organizational management practices as a member of the country management team

Qualifications & Experience

• •Post-graduate degree in development studies, social sciences, public policy, or related discipline
• •12–15 years of progressive experience in program implementation and large-scale project delivery
• •Demonstrated experience managing multi-geography and donor-funded programs with complex compliance and reporting
• •Proven ability to lead managers of managers and large field-based teams
• •Practical experience in community-based rural programs, preferably in food security, nutrition, or livelihoods

Core Competencies

• •Strong execution leadership with a track record of delivering commitments on time and at quality
• •High situational judgement in balancing competing priorities under pressure
• •Ability to translate plans and donor commitments into clear, actionable delivery workflows
• •People leadership including coaching, mentoring, and performance management
• •Collaborative mindset across Program Quality, Resource Mobilization, and Meal Packaging functions