Audacious Project Director

Audacious Project Director The position is fully remote, subject to change based on business need. Flexibility to meet virtually in different time zones is required. Ability to travel internationally up to 30%. Primary Responsibilities Provide project leadership for the Audacious investment, ensuring the strategic and organization-wide value to Ipas is maximized. Design, implement, and maintain Audacious governance structures, including project charters, decision‑rights, escalation pathways, and shared‑leadership practices that balance global stewardship with strong country ownership. Maintain a clear focus on driving Audacious project delivery and results, as a major contributor to organizational performance against the Ipas strategic plan. Establish and steward Audacious project management systems; working closely with Ipas teams to adapt and apply efficient and effective processes and documentation for delivery, monitoring, reporting, compliance and risk management. Work closely with the Business Development team to leverage the Audacious investment to secure additional funding. Strong collaboration with CSTO, TEX and MERLA teams to maintain alignment and leverage cross‑learning for the network strategy and technical priorities. Lead and guide iterative redesign of projections, budgets, and implementation strategies as operational landscape, funding levels and donor requirements evolve. Build and positively manage excellent relationships across the Ipas Network and external sector. In consultation with the implementing countries, develop technically sound and operationally robust project workplan, develop scenario planning and trade‑offs for the project. Ensure coherence across country strategies, workplans, budgets, logic models, results frameworks, and multiple funding scenarios in line with Ipas’ strategic plan. Ensure each implementing country develops and maintains a contextualized Audacious logic model articulating intervention choices across all impact levers. Drive dynamic, results‑based management, integrating programmatic, financial, and evidence data to inform strategic decision‑making and adaptive course correction over time. Anticipate, mitigate and manage programmatic, financial, legal, political, and reputational risks and issues across country programs. Ensure timely access to high‑quality progress, performance and compliance information for internal stakeholders across the organization, to support decision‑making and accountability. Oversee preparation of donor‑facing narrative and financial reports, and compliance documentation; ensuring accuracy and consistency. Ensure on time and quality assured completion of donor‑specific deliverables tied to disbursement schedules. Champion safeguarding and ethical programming standards, including protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), and ensure consistent application across partners and implementing teams. Provide project‑level financial stewardship, including multi‑year budget alignment, variance analysis, to support resource reallocation decisions linked to results. Oversee results‑based financial analysis, cost‑per‑outcome tracking, and value‑for‑money reporting. Support MERLA team in ensuring Audacious reporting credibly demonstrates efficiency, cost‑effectiveness, and strategic use of resources across service delivery, policy engagement, and movement‑building investments. Collaborate with Program Evidence team to ensure alignment of the Audacious Results Framework with long‑term project outcomes and the organizational strategy; including abortion care quality measures, stigma measurement, CSO/CBO capacity assessments, feminist approaches and ecosystem evaluations. Collaborate with the TEX team to operationalize the results framework and achieve intended deliverables, including the learning agenda and systems‑level evaluation plans. Contribute to the development of learning and communication materials. Collaborate with the country and global (especially Development and Communications) teams to support fundraising and communication strategies related to the Audacious project. Build and steward relationships, leveraging and centering country leadership and expertise from across the network. Represent Ipas externally on Audacious‑related forums, as needed. Other duties as assigned. Minimum Requirements Deep commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights especially safe abortion and access to contraception, feminist leadership principles and understanding of principles, policies and best practices related to related intersectionality. Strong record of leading through shared power and influence without authority, particularly with senior country or regional leaders within Ipas. Demonstrated successes leading large‑scale, complex, adaptive projects spanning service delivery, policy change, civil society strengthening, and systems reform. Proven experience engaging major philanthropic or bilateral donors in high‑trust, iterative relationships, including negotiations, scenario planning, and refined results reporting. Demonstrated experience implementing results‑based management and managing through complexity. A master’s degree in public administration, international affairs, public health or a relevant field or a Bachelor’s degree with extensive experience in program, compliance, or grants management. 12‑15 years of progressive professional experience in the international nonprofit sector, with proven expertise in grant making, grants management, program management, compliance and legal frameworks, social justice organizations and movements, preferably in Asia and/or Africa. Fluency in English required. Proficiency in French and/or Spanish preferred. Competencies Organizational‑level strategic thinking and results stewardship. Decisive, values‑grounded risk management. Feminist leadership and shared power practice. Complex stakeholder and donor relationship management. Systems integration, learning, and adaptive leadership. Clear, credible communication in high‑ambiguity environments. 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