Arthan is partnering with a leading development organization expanding its Womens Economic Empowerment (WEE) portfolio . We are looking for a Senior Program Manager to lead projects while contributing to portfolio-wide strategy, innovation, and delivery.
This is a senior leadership role ideal for someone with strong program management experience, deep understanding of entrepreneurship and gender, and the ability to engage effectively with corporates, donors, and government institutions.
Key Responsibilities :
Program Management & Delivery
- Lead implementation of assigned WEE projects, ensuring high-quality
- delivery, compliance, and reporting.
- Develop work plans, budgets, and risk management strategies.
- Coordinate with other team members to ensure cross-project
- alignment.
- Oversee field operations and partner coordination.
Strategic Innovation & Ecosystem Building
Co-design and scale tools, processes, and prototypes to strengthenwomen-led entrepreneurship.Build convergence with local institutions, ecosystem stakeholders, andfinance systems.Support scaling of proven models across geographies.Monitoring, Tracking & Feedback Loop
Design and implement robust MEL frameworks, ensuring timelyachievement of project goals.Facilitate two-way feedback between field teams and projectmanagement for adaptive decision-making.Document processes, knowledge, and learning through manuals, toolkits, and reports.Stakeholder Engagement & Representation
Build and sustain relationships with government officials, financialinstitutions, and ecosystem partners.Represent the organization in external forums and knowledge platforms.Support a culture of innovation, accountability, and shared ownershipwithin the team.Qualifications & Experience
Postgraduate degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, BusinessManagement, Economics, or related fields.5-8 years of experience in program management with expertise in WEE,entrepreneurship, or livelihoods.Experience managing CSR-funded or international donor-fundedprojects.Strong understanding of gender and entrepreneurship ecosystems.Experience collaborating with government institutions and multistakeholder platforms.Solid experience in MEL systems (qualitative and quantitative).Excellent communication, negotiation, and representation skills.