Managing Director Job Vacancy In U.S

Job Specifications

The goal of Panagora Group, a social enterprise, is to offer top-notch, highly effective global health, development, and education services. We are a vibrant small firm owned by women and staff that focuses on learning, communications, and technology solutions to heighten and expedite effect, as well as market-based and integrated solutions that enhance national capacity. In order to mobilize community, civil society, and government commitment in creating and owning solutions and to promote inclusive development that benefits all groups, we adopt creative and innovative ways employing highly participatory methodologies. At the moment, Panagora has a mixed work arrangement where time is divided between the office and telework.

For a full-time role in our main office in Silver Spring, Maryland, we are looking for an experienced Managing Director for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning, and Adaptation (MERLA). This senior leadership role is in charge of supervising, inspiring, and advising staff members to guarantee that several contracts are completed on schedule, at the best possible quality, and within the allotted budget. The ideal candidate will have prior experience managing activities and programming for USAID. They will also be a strategist with the ability to develop and carry out our business plan at or above annual targets, find new business opportunities, cultivate new clientele, lead or write winning proposals, advance an internal and external technical practice, and collaborate with a variety of subject matter experts to offer creative solutions to challenging issues. In close collaboration with our Executive Team, the Managing Director offers strategic guidance based on a current understanding of the market and our future, advances our ownership culture, inspires employees and fosters cooperation, and advances our successful management, operation, and reputation.

Working Hard

closely collaborates with the leadership and executive team to develop our purpose, vision, and values with an emphasis on the triple bottom line of impact, profit, and people

Creates and implements economical business plans to fulfill yearly targets for income, clients, and personnel while giving teams guidance and inspiration to produce excellent work.
Ensures that success indicators are satisfied by defining and conveying precise expectations for performance standards. This aligns Panagora’s corporate strategy objectives with the monitoring, evaluation, research learning, and adaptation (MERLA) practice portfolio.
helps with the annual corporate budget development, keeps track of and reports on budget tracking, and coordinates teams to meet corporate predictions.

Builds cooperative and productive working relationships with partners, clients, and stakeholders; consistently advances exceptional customer service and technical proficiency
utilizes management and leadership concepts to develop our employee ownership culture and promote our diversity, equity, and inclusion program by establishing trust, generating opportunities, and encouraging employee-led innovation.

Overseeing Our Work

makes certain that the organization’s policies, practices, and quality standards are understood and applied uniformly throughout the organization.
oversees directors as delegated. Maintains financial performance and billability targets, oversees the creation and effective execution of work plans and budgets, and encourages ongoing enhancements to guarantee that top-notch programs are managed to Panagora standards.
Clearly states expectations for performance and makes sure that employees are given opportunities to grow in critical skill areas, frequent performance reviews, and fast problem-solving assistance.

encourages employee growth and guarantees high standards of drive, capacity, dedication, and cooperation; maintains a courteous, effective, and inspiring work environment
assembles and sustains cross-departmental alliances and keeps up with management, leadership, and team-building techniques

Expanding Our Work

acts as proposal teams’ czar, writer, and other main roles, offering direction, helping to create programs, hiring top talent, and other areas.
creates successful tactics that result in winning offers
looks for new commercial ventures to increase Panagora’s influence and power

keeps a network of possible partners and hires; develops partnership plans to optimize Panagora’s influence and leverage
oversees the after-action reviews (AARs) of proposals to enhance the processes and win rate of proposals.

Exchange and Progress in Our Work

Oversees the capturing and sharing of activity approaches, innovations, tales, and regular updates both inside the organization and on external platforms, hence leading knowledge sharing.
acts as a representative of the company and participates in conferences, working groups, industry forums, learning events, etc.
oversees the creation of technical summaries, articles, tools, and abstracts for Panagora’s methods of teaching, learning, and sharing of knowledge.
Plans, organizes, executes, and oversees technical document research and writing; facilitates productive meetings and presentations.
actively embodies our ideals and mission

A bachelor’s degree is necessary; a graduate degree in a related discipline is recommended.

demonstrated ability to lead with at least 15 years of hands-on experience managing technical teams
Successful management of USAID projects in the real world, producing deliverables of the highest caliber, and examining and assessing budgets that include costs, variances, accruals, and pipelines
a track record of creating and carrying out business and strategic plans

Experience leading technical projects in the fields of global health, MEL, KMC/CLA, OD, and PSE; additional experience creating materials for external thought leadership
comprehensive knowledge of USAID’s systems, procedures, and market, especially with regard to health programming
inspired by doing numerous things under pressure in a fast-paced setting

Proficient in both written and oral communication; exceptional in analysis and problem-solving
shown expertise managing multicultural teams in low-resource environments, especially abroad

proficiency in one or more main national languages (such as French, Portuguese, or another language)

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