Program Manager, Syphilis Free Start

Evidence Action • Washington, DC

8d • $83,900 - $940,000 • Remote

About The Position

Evidence Action is hiring a Program Manager for its Syphilis-Free Start (SFS) program. The program aims to close maternal syphilis screening gaps through HIV/syphilis dual testing and address treatment barriers for women who test positive. The Program Manager will lead work to assess how the SFS model could deliver additional health outcomes, use new service-delivery platforms, and fit new geographies and health-system contexts. Reporting to the Associate Director, SFS, the role combines program design and management with monitoring, learning, evaluation, and data analysis. It is accountable for evidence-based recommendations on whether and how tested approaches should be taken to scale.

The role includes designing and testing theories of change and pilot models; overseeing pilot implementation, partners, and contractors; assessing emerging antenatal diagnostic technologies; and synthesizing findings into practical recommendations. The Program Manager will work with the global MLE team, the Data & Learning Manager, Ministry counterparts, and other stakeholders, and will serve as Evidence Action’s primary contact with Ministries of Health and other stakeholders in pilot geographies.

The position is remote within the United States, with the option to work from Evidence Action’s Washington, DC office. It requires regular international travel, approximately 30%, including to Indonesia, Madagascar, and other new geographies. Meetings may be scheduled across US, Africa, and Asia time zones. Applicants for this US-based role must already be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is unavailable. The expected salary range is $83,900–$94,000 per year, with pay and benefits subject to role specifications, local statutory requirements, and market labor costs.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics, public policy, or a related field.
• At least 5–7 years of experience in global health programs, including program management and monitoring, learning, and evaluation experience in low- and middle-income country contexts.
• Experience designing program models for new interventions or pilots and defining measurement indicators, data collection, and evaluation approaches.
• Experience using evidence to recommend whether to continue, adapt, or stop a program.
• Experience managing routine data collection and analysis.
• Strong quantitative and data-analysis skills; proficiency in Stata, R, or equivalent is preferred.
• Ability to operate as both a program lead and an MLE lead, shaping a program model and rigorously testing it.
• Ability to adapt communication style for teams with different skill levels and across cultural contexts, and experience producing clear, decision-oriented reports for program and donor audiences.
• Ability to manage complex, interdependent projects and build structured but flexible processes.
• Ability to build processes amid ambiguity and adapt approaches to low-resource contexts and available infrastructure and systems.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States for this US-based role; Evidence Action cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of a US employment visa.
• Ability to travel internationally regularly, approximately 30%.

Nice To Haves

• French language skills, spoken and written; preferred but not required.
• Proficiency in Stata, R, or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design testable program models addressing open questions about outcomes, delivery platforms, and technology, including criteria for determining whether approaches merit scale-up.
• Develop and pressure-test theories of change for expanding program outcomes beyond syphilis, including potential HIV and hepatitis B impacts and the assumptions behind each pathway.
• Assess alternative service-delivery platforms, including private and faith-based facilities, community outreach, and other entry points.
• Work with the global MLE team and Data & Learning Manager to define formative research questions, measurement frameworks, and evaluation approaches for pilots.
• Oversee day-to-day pilot implementation, including partner and contract management, rollout, training, and troubleshooting.
• Adapt management approaches for different delivery models, including pilots run by local implementing partners or contracted firms.
• Contribute to program planning, workplans, and reporting, and raise issues, timeline risks, or scope changes early with the Associate Director, SFS.
• Provide program input into baseline and endline design and support integration of indicators into HMIS and DHIS2 where feasible.
• Track the antenatal diagnostic landscape and assess emerging products, including triplex HIV/syphilis/hepatitis B tests and treponemal/non-treponemal test combinations, for potential program assessment.
• Assess candidate technologies against operational realities, including cost and procurement, regulatory and national guideline requirements, provider workflow and training burden, testing algorithm complexity, and resulting referral and treatment pathways.
• Design and lead introduction pilots for selected technologies with the global MLE team and Ministry counterparts, subject to secured funding, and recommend whether and how to proceed.
• Synthesize pilot findings into decision-oriented assessments of feasibility, effectiveness, and scale-up potential, with recommendations on each tested theory of change.
• Support quantitative and qualitative data analysis with the MLE team using tools such as Stata, R, or Excel.
• Develop recommendations for program adaptation, including policy, service delivery, testing algorithms, and implementation models.
• Share learnings across pilot geographies and the SFS portfolio and translate them for external technical audiences.
• Serve as Evidence Action’s primary point of contact with Ministries of Health and other stakeholders in pilot geographies.
• Oversee and manage local implementing partners and contractors supporting in-country pilot implementation.
• Share findings and recommendations with Ministries so that scale-up decisions reflect government priorities.
• Travel regularly internationally, approximately 30%, to pilot and other new geographies, particularly during pilot start-up and data collection periods.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for US-based roles include international health care, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement plans with a matching component, generous and flexible leave options, and other employee perks on a reimbursement basis.
• Expected salary range for this full-time role is $83,900–$94,000 per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager