Program Development Manager

The Program Development Manager contributes to the strategic growth of the organization. The Program Development Manager assembles and leads teams of varying sizes in order to complete proposals for government, foundation, and corporate donors. S/he manages the strategic development and compilation of proposal documents, including writing and editing.  The position conducts research related to potential funding opportunities and organizational growth areas. S/he successfully manages numerous initiatives simultaneously. The position is responsible for the high quality submission of all donor-related requirements by internally or externally-imposed deadlines. The position researches and writes documents for communication of technical areas of expertise to donor audiences. S/he contributes to the larger strategic development of the Program Development unit and serves in various roles as needed to support the unit and other units within the organization. The position develops and maintains specialized knowledge of specific regions, countries, and technical areas of interest to the organization. S/he represents the organization externally with partners and donors, and liaises internally with the various organizational units and project and country offices. This position is part of the Program Development Team and reports to the Program Development Team Leader.  The Program Development Manager may supervise Program Development Officers, Specialists, and Associates.

Essential functions include contributing to the decision-making process regarding which opportunities to pursue and how to maintain and grow IntraHealth’s global portfolio; managing workflow to achieve high quality results; preparing organization to pursue funding opportunities, including pre-solicitation research, identification of consultants, staff recruitment, identification of potential partners and competition, on-the-ground reconnaissance, etc.; building relationships with local and international organizations; negotiating with partners prior to and during bid preparation; managing donor funding requests, maintaining accountability for final product, which includes leading proposal teams within given timeframe, setting and monitoring of internal deadlines, ensuring high quality of proposal components, and completion of components in compliance with donor requirements; leading preparation of concept papers to proactively seek donor support for organization initiatives, including researching, assembling team, managing program design process, and completing documents to donor specification and organizational quality standards; ensuring budget and contractual components of proposal are accurate and complete in collaboration with program, finance, and contracts teams; identifying and recruiting personnel, creating job descriptions, and designing a staffing plan for proposals and other fund-seeking activities; writing, reviewing, and/or editing proposal and other funding-related documents, particularly corporate capability statements, staffing and management plans, budget narratives, cost share plans, past performance references, key personnel bios, and graphics; representing IntraHealth to an array of external clients and stakeholders, such as partner agencies and technical consultants; liaising with project managers, program staff, and field staff to a) collect and manage organizational information and knowledge; b) seek strategic opportunities for technical growth, synergy, cost share; c) obtain forecasting and contact information for strategic business development processes; researching funding opportunities and preparing analyses to identify and pursue support for programs; building organizational knowledge and ability to procure government funds, including providing assistance and training in proposal development to the staff; and, serving as formal liaison between on-going funded project(s) and Program Development team in role as Country Point Person.

Education and skills requirements include a Masters Degree preferred plus 5 years experience; or Bachelors degree plus 7 years experience; knowledge of international health field/funding, funding applications, and/or general fundraising experience; direct experience with US Government procurements, especially USAID, a plus; five years project management experience; exceptionally organized and detail oriented; ability to handle stress and long hours and enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced environment; ability to direct multiple projects, setting deadlines and monitoring activities of self and others diplomatically to timely completion; excellent writing and editing skills and computer literacy in Word, Excel, Power Point, Adobe; fluency in English required; proficiency in a second language preferably French a plus; and, ability to travel occasionally.

This position is with IntraHealth International in Chapel Hill, NC.  For immediate consideration, please forward CV and salary requirements to jobs@intrahealth.org.  IntraHealth International, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.