Innovation Senior Manager at Living Goods

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, data-driven, detail-oriented individual with experience managing several projects and timelines at once and can balance the detail with the strategic objectives and thinking of the projects. The role will require some travel within Kenya and to Uganda.

Responsibilities:

• Design projects – objectives, success factors, work plans, budgets, KPIs - and that can drive replicability, efficiency or greater health impact. 
• Project manage key innovation experiments - including coordination with field teams, partners, suppliers and other departments to ensure effective implementation.
• Provide ongoing support during implementation, with keen attention to insights gained, challenges and rapid adjustments needed to ensure success.
• Analyze data directly and review analytics on an ongoing basis, assessments and recommendations for ongoing improvement and/or roll out.
• Coordinate preparation and submission of timely and high quality project narrative reports.
• Develop insights and case studies on innovations to provide lessons learned from initiatives, which will inform future operations activities for Living Goods and partners.
• Research and develop innovative new products for Living Goods portfolios in Kenya and Uganda

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4-6 years of project management experience in emerging markets.
• Strong analytics skills.
• Strong communicator, able to work with multicultural teams.
• Private sector experience in one of the following fields: consumer package goods, health delivery, pharmaceuticals, retail or direct selling/franchising, management consulting would be ideal.
• Some understanding of M&E a bonus.
• University degree required. MBA preferred.
• Ability and comfort to be in the field 50% of time.

Compensation

A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance and bonus opportunity.  The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in need.