Senior Manager

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 strengthen

  women-led entrepreneurship.

• Build convergence with local institutions, ecosystem stakeholders, and

  finance systems.

• Support scaling of proven models across geographies.

Monitoring, Tracking & Feedback Loop

• Design and implement robust MEL frameworks, ensuring timely

  achievement of project goals.

• Facilitate two-way feedback between field teams and project

  management for adaptive decision-making.
• Document processes, knowledge, and learning through manuals, toolkits, and reports.

Stakeholder Engagement & Representation

• Build and sustain relationships with government officials, financial

  institutions, and ecosystem partners.

• Represent the organization in external forums and knowledge platforms.

• Support a culture of innovation, accountability, and shared ownership

  within the team.

Qualifications & Experience

• Postgraduate degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Business

  Management, 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-funded

  projects.

• Strong understanding of gender and entrepreneurship ecosystems.

• Experience collaborating with government institutions and multi

  stakeholder platforms.

• Solid experience in MEL systems (qualitative and quantitative).

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and representation skills.

Core Competencies

• Strategic and analytical thinking

• Strong stakeholder management and partnership skills

• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities

• Leadership and team management

• Commitment to sustainability and inclusion