Program Manager, Syphilis Free Start

Evidence Action•Washington, DC

7d•Remote

About The Position

The Program Manager will lead Evidence Action’s work to test and assess new directions for its Syphilis-Free Start (SFS) program. The role will shape program design and rigorous assessment of new theories of change, exploring additional health outcomes, new platforms for maternal syphilis testing and treatment, emerging diagnostic technologies, and new geographies and health-system contexts. The position combines program design leadership with monitoring, learning, and evaluation (MLE) and data analysis, and is accountable for clear, evidence-based recommendations on whether and how each new direction should be pursued at scale. The role oversees pilot implementation, partner and contract management, technology assessment, and collaboration with the global MLE team, the Data & Learning Manager, Ministries of Health, and other stakeholders. It synthesizes pilot findings into recommendations on feasibility, effectiveness, program adaptation, and scale-up. The role reports to the Associate Director, SFS. This role is remote within the United States. Working from Evidence Action’s Washington, DC office is optional. Regular international travel of approximately 30% is required, particularly to Indonesia, Madagascar, and other new geographies during pilot start-up and data collection. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

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 how to measure them, including 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.
Experience operating as both a program lead and an MLE lead, with the ability to shape a program model and rigorously test it.
Ability to adapt communication style for teams with different skill levels and across cultural contexts, internally and externally.
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 program contexts and available infrastructure and systems.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; Evidence Action is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U.S. employment visa.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in Stata, R, or an equivalent data-analysis tool.
French language skills, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

Design testable program models addressing open questions about outcomes, delivery platforms, and technology, and specify evidence that would justify scale-up.
Develop and pressure-test theories of change for expanding program outcomes beyond syphilis, including potential HIV and hepatitis B impact and the assumptions underlying those pathways.
Assess alternative service delivery platforms, including private and faith-based facilities, community-based 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 each pilot.
Oversee day-to-day pilot implementation, including partner and contract management, rollout, training, and troubleshooting.
Adapt management approaches to different delivery models, including pilots run by local implementing partners or contracted firms.
Contribute to program planning, workplans, and reporting, and flag issues, timeline risks, and scope changes early to 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 introduction.
Assess candidate technologies against operational considerations, including costs and procurement, regulations and national guidelines, provider workflows and training, testing algorithms, and resulting referral and treatment pathways.
Design and lead introduction pilots for selected technologies with the global MLE team and Ministry counterparts, if funding is secured.
Synthesize pilot findings into decision-oriented assessments of feasibility, effectiveness, and scale-up potential, with explicit recommendations for each theory of change tested.
Support quantitative and qualitative data analysis with the MLE team using tools such as Stata, R, or Excel.
Develop recommendations for program adaptation, including changes to policy, service delivery, testing algorithms, and implementation models.
Share learnings across pilot geographies and the SFS portfolio, and translate findings 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 scale-up decisions reflect government priorities.