Manager, Project Delivery, Digital Transformation
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
Palladium has three portfolios that strengthen and harness digital and data ecosystems to accelerate development investments and outcomes: 1- Information Systems (IS) 2- Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Analytics (MELA) and 3- Digital Solutions and Transformation (DST).
We are proactively building a talent pool for future Manager, Project Delivery positions within our organization. As a Manager, Project Delivery, you will be responsible for supporting projects within our IS, MELA and DST portfolios. The Manager, Project Delivery plays a key role in leading day-to-day management activities of the project team. Through this experience and working closely with their PMU and other teams, Managers, Project Delivery are expected to gain the competencies and skills needed to progress to Director level roles in project delivery or functional areas. This role also typically supervises one or more Associate(s), Project Delivery, ensuring their training in project management duties and best practices, while also promoting their development and growth into future Managers or functional roles.
Location:
The position is based in Palladium's Washington D.C. office. Per company guidance, we are aiming to keep hiring closer to our main U.S. offices. If we are unable to find successful candidates who are willing to work from the D.C., NY, or NC office, then as a last resort we may discuss the possibility of considering exceptional candidates to work permanently remotely (from other U.S. states where Palladium is registered).
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in digital health project implementation, project management, financial management, technical writing, and digital system design, we are interested in hearing from you. We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Reporting and Supervision:
- This role will report to a Sr. Manager or Director, Measurement and Learning, Information Systems or Digital Solutions and Transformation, depending on project assignment.
- Managers typically supervise or dotted line manage one or more Associates or Sr. Associates.
- The position is based in Palladium's Washington, D.C. office with an expectation to be physically present 3 days per week. The position may entail overseas travel, at approximately 10% time and for periods averaging 2 weeks.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Project Management
- Plan and manage project start-up and closeout, supporting in-country corporate registration as needed.
- Serve as the project's primary liaison with corporate services, Managers, Project Delivery, and Compliance and Project Excellence Hub.
Contract and Client Relationship Management
- Monitor and maintain compliance with head/prime contracts including agreement action requests (i.e., travel, personnel changes, grant approvals, budget realignments, etc.).
- Liaise with C&C to communicate with contracting and agreement officers or other client representatives on any matters that make legal or financial commitments for Palladium.
Financial Management
- Ensure company policies for financial management are implemented and are compliant with the client's rules and regulations.
- Ensure that project levels of delegated authority issued are in accordance with Palladium's Expenditure Approval and Signature Authority Policy and Guidelines and manage the process for higher-level approvals as required.
Human Resource Management and Recruitment
- Oversee project human resource planning, recruitment, contracting, with field teams and coordinate inputs from Compliance, HR, and Talent Acquisition teams (i.e., benefits, local labor law, etc.).
- Lead the mobilisation and demobilisation of all international staff (short-term and long-term) including contracting (in coordination with HR) and travel management.
Business Development / Other
- Contribute to company growth by ensuring assigned projects are managed well, ensuring Palladium is seen positively by clients for consideration in future business development.
- Participate in capture planning, providing inputs on implementation requirements.
Key Competencies Required:
- Demonstrated ability to learn from prior experiences and adapt/improve processes, work, communications accordingly.
- Proven ability to work on multiple activities/projects simultaneously and adapt to new work priorities as they change.
Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
- Experience working within an international organization or business.
- Experience supporting work implementing USAID- or other donor-funded projects.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice.
Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse.
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