.**Summary**:**Responsibilities**:- Manage a portfolio of projects, including quantitative and qualitative research and project implementation components.- Ensure project adherence to general research design, sample selection, data management and analysis, and overall project management.- Oversee project financial management, including creation and monitoring of project budgets, and ensure smooth integration of projects into IPA financial systems.- Work with field office staff to ensure sound human resource and operational management of projects.- Directly supervise project research staff, help with transitions, onboarding of new research staff, and maintain "institutional memory" of project activities.- Ensure that project deliverables, such as reports and financial statements, are submitted to donors and partners on time.- Lead training on data management and general project management for new/incoming project research staff.- Promote inter-project best practices and take a lead in sharing best practices with projects through formal and informal training opportunities.- Be the point of contact for data management and analysis support for project staff by serving as the link between projects and IPA headquarters.- Attend meetings with local government officials and partners to ensure success of both project specific and key IPA programmatic activities.- When requested, support the dissemination of results via presentations and reports to academic and non-academic audiences.- Support the Country Director in the development of new research studies in cooperation with principal investigators and partner organizations.**Qualifications**:- Master's degree in economics, development, international relations, public administration, public policy, or a closely related field strongly preferred.- Five or more years of related work experience with demonstrated ability to produce high quality written documents under tight deadlines (English and Spanish).- Ability to supervise staff and manage projects independently.- Knowledge of, and experience with, donors working in international development- Excellent verbal communication, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external individuals and organizations (English and Spanish)- Familiarity with randomized control trials- Experience developing and managing large budgets for field work in developing countries- Must be able to provide exemplary service to internal and external stakeholders- Ability to work independently and complete high-quality assignments- Must be extremely organized, detail oriented, and able to manage multiple competing deadlines- Ability and willingness to travel**Application Instructions**:**About IPA****IPA's Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI)*****Disclaimers**:**Please note that only qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring manager