Implementation Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• A master’s degree in business, public policy, international development, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• At least 10 years of experience in strategy, planning, portfolio management, or operations within philanthropy, resource mobilization, or international development.
• Substantial experience working in or with markets outside the United States, including one or more priority markets: India, China, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, or Europe.
• Direct experience supporting fundraising or partnership efforts involving ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional funders such as corporate and private foundations. Examples include pipeline management, prospect and partnership strategy, co-funding structures, and donor engagement planning.
• Strong financial and operational skills, including budget planning, forecasting, and performance tracking.
• Ability to create structures and frameworks that increase clarity and transparency around decisions, trade-offs, and impacts on financial and organizational resources.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into implementation through project management, content mastery, business operations, monitoring and evaluation, and change management.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex ideas and data into clear insights and practical recommendations.
• Exceptional relationship management skills and a record of building trust and alignment across diverse teams, functions, and partners in a matrixed, global organization.
• Demonstrated people-management skills, including leading teams through change and developing teams through collaboration, professional growth, and accountability.
• Deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and ability to integrate those values into strategy, operations, and culture.
• Unrestricted work authorization in the country where the position is located; the Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship or other immigration support.

Responsibilities

• Drive the team’s operational rhythm, including annual governance moments, goal setting, budgeting and resource allocation, work updates, performance tracking, and measurement, evaluation, and learning.
• Partner with the Deputy Director, Strategy, Planning & Management, and the Philanthropic Partnerships Leadership Team on strategic planning, including research and analysis that inform portfolio changes.
• Translate strategic goals into annual implementation plans for each sub-team and market.
• Prepare the team for governance moments, learning sessions, and briefings with the chair and Foundation leadership; compile, analyze, and write strategy documents and progress narratives; and project-manage required submissions.
• Oversee portfolio management, including investment pipeline planning, budget forecasting, and performance tracking.
• Monitor progress against budget and key resourcing decisions, and work with Finance, Contracts, Legal, and other internal collaborators.
• Prepare quantitative analysis and recommendations to support data-driven trade-offs and effective resource stewardship.
• Accelerate adoption of division-wide decision-making and execution tools, including dashboards, performance management and MLE tools, portfolio artifacts, and knowledge-management practices.
• Use AI and digital tools thoughtfully to improve efficiency, quality, and collaboration.
• Identify, design, and manage a network and portfolio of external strategy resources and consultants to meet planned and surge needs and strengthen team strategies.
• Lead business improvement projects that connect division and team processes and systems, such as Salesforce and Power BI, into more coordinated ways of working.
• Manage special projects by setting objectives, workplans, and accountabilities and maintaining momentum amid ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Represent the team in cross-Foundation forums and support alignment, coordination, and timely information flow between the Foundation, division, and team.
• Connect PPT’s work to division priorities and program, regional, and country office strategies, and represent the team’s needs and contributions in planning and decision-making.
• Supervise, guide, and mentor four program assistants, oversee their operational work, and foster a collaborative, high-performing environment.
• Design and implement team engagements, including all-staff meetings, Foundation week programming, team building, and learning opportunities.
• Coordinate thoughtful onboarding for new team members.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums for employees and their families.
• Generous paid time off.
• Paid family leave.
• Foundation-paid retirement contribution.
• Regional holidays.
• Opportunities to engage in employee communities.
• Relocation assistance may be provided to a hired candidate who does not live within commuting distance of the offices.