Responsibilities

Oversee the multi-year grant lifecycle for a portfolio of global implementation partners, including soliciting and reviewing grant proposals, approving progress reports, monitoring implementation milestones, and managing project timelines.
Manage program performance against a defined framework by setting expectations, tracking progress against agreed objectives and indicators, reviewing progress reports, and conducting field visits to inform grant and program decisions.
Optimize partner program implementation by incorporating monitoring and evaluation findings and sharing effective water, sanitation, and hygiene strategies and innovations with partners as relevant.
Regularly identify opportunities to strengthen technical and operational areas related to program implementation, which may include managing external technical consultants as needed.
Build and maintain strong partner relationships characterized by trust, candor, mutual accountability, and a shared commitment to quality, navigating difficult conversations across cultures and languages when necessary.
Support the execution of portfolio or department goals and special initiatives as needed.
Drive ongoing improvements internally (systems, processes, and ways of working) and externally (quality, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness of partners' work) to strengthen systems that increase efficiency, transparency, and impact over time.
Support the team's transition to artificial intelligence by piloting and adopting AI tools that increase efficiency, consistency, and quality of partnerships with appropriate human judgment and oversight.
Support the identification, vetting, and onboarding of new global water, sanitation, and hygiene partnerships as needed.
Collaborate across the organization with each department to maximize and streamline their involvement in water programs.
Work closely with the Associate Director of Program Partnerships and other leadership team members to establish long-term partnership plans that incorporate lessons from monitoring efforts and monitoring and evaluation data for managed partnerships.
Manage a Water Programs Associate or coordinate closely with other Associates on the team, guiding them to succeed in their administrative roles and mentoring their growth.
Manage various consultants hired for programmatic evaluations or technical initiatives and support the interpretation and integration of findings into partnership strategies.
Manage requests for information and impact stories from across the organization to share with the organization and the broader community.
Provide program-specific content for customized donor reports and presentations and engage with donor audiences as needed.
Spend up to 20% of time traveling to the field.

Benefits

Unlimited paid time off
Summer Fridays
6-week paid sabbatical leave after 5 years of employment
Annual bonus potential through The Pool
401k plan with employer match
Medical coverage at 85% plus dental and vision contributions
Flexible spending account and dependent day care flexible spending account
Employer-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability
16-week paid maternity and paternity leave for new parents
Stipends for home office, professional development, and a You-do-You Perk
TSA Pre-check reimbursement
Flexible working hours with core online hours from 10am to 4pm Eastern Time, plus three hours per day asynchronously including one hour for lunch
2-4 annual travel requirements for team alignment, connection, and in-person collaboration

Compensation

Annual bonus potential through The Pool

Work Arrangement

Remote with flexible working hours; core online hours 10am-4pm Eastern Time plus three hours asynchronously daily

Team

Collaborate across all departments and with leadership to manage partnerships and drive program improvements

Other

Language requirements: Fluency in French is a plus.
Travel: Spending up to 20% of your time traveling to the field.
Hours: Flexible working hours; team members are expected to be online 10am - 4pm ET regardless of location, plus three hours per day asynchronously, which factors in an hour for lunch.
Eligibility: At this time, we are only considering candidates who are eligible to work in the United States without the need of company sponsorship now or in the future.
Hiring timeline: This role was posted on July 9, 2026 and will remain open for approximately 90 days.

At this time, only candidates eligible to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future will be considered