Panorama Group is looking for a Program Officer. Starting salary range is $85,000 and $97,500.

About Panorama

Panorama is a platform for social change committed to solving the world’s most intractable problems. Our mission is to maximize social impact by partnering with visionary leaders, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector to co-develop solutions with audacious thinking, radical collaboration, and bold action.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Program Officer (“PO”) who has a demonstrated passion for social impact across key issue areas (e.g., global health, gender equity, philanthropic giving, climate change) with an ability to actively listen, build trusting relationships with key partners, and provide creative, strategic recommendations to optimize project outcomes. The PO will support a portfolio of client-facing projects, drive and manage project deliverables and timelines, monitor developments in key issues areas, and synthesize a high volume of complex information to make connections and strategic recommendations for our clients.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Client/Project Management (85%)

• Support a portfolio of two or more client-facing projects, which includes the responsibility to:
  • Manage day-to-day relationships with clients and partners, including facilitation of calls and meetings.
  • Shape, plan, and execute major project deliverables. For example, donor and ecosystem maps, strategic planning documents, and technical issue area reports.
  • Propose ideas and recommendations on approaches related to strategy development, stakeholder engagement, coalition building, and/or policy advocacy based on an understanding of clients’ goals and the issue area landscape.
  • Design and manage strategic project plans, adapting regularly to incorporate new learnings and evolving client needs while keeping the project team on track to deliver high-quality outputs within budget that achieve overarching project goals.
  • Facilitate group decision-making and ongoing conversations to drive towards alignment across internal and external stakeholders (managing up, outwards, and down).
  • Anticipate emerging crises and opportunities, effectively communicating implications for clients and offering recommendations for a path forward.
  • Synthesize large quantities of input from both a micro- and macro-level to make connections and strategic recommendations.

Internal Organizational Support (15%)

• Monitor developments in key social impact issue areas and flag opportunities for further engagement.
• Participate in an organizational culture of continuous learning and improvement by proactively sharing information and lessons learned from projects, incorporating those learnings into action, and holding yourself and your colleagues accountable for results.
• Play an active role in business growth by attending events/conferences, supporting prospective client and partnership cultivation, drafting materials for project proposals, and investigating new issue areas where our team can fill a gap.
• Participate in various internal and ad-hoc initiatives to support the health and culture of the broader organization.

Typical Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of relevant professional experience or equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training.
• Demonstrated ability to strategize on, conceptualize, structure, and lead projects.
• Experience developing strategies related to partnerships, policy, advocacy, communications, and/or philanthropy.
• Strong communications and analytical skills with the ability to synthesize and translate complex ideas and strategies into accessible formats (e.g., slide decks, written narratives, presentations) under tight deadlines.
• Experience in stakeholder or client management that could include experience working with corporations, foundations, multilateral agencies, and NGOs.
• Proactively works to improve processes, takes initiative, and displays a growth mindset.

Required Qualifications

• A quick study able to dive deep and jump across multiple topic areas.
• Highly reliable and able to manage multiple projects and priorities adeptly.
• Comfortable working independently, with some guidance.
• Ready to provide strategic project management, articulate and address problems, and provide direction.
• Able and excited to work in unstructured/ambiguous situations, creatively solve problems, and make recommendations.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Desired Qualifications

• Previous client management or consulting experience.
• Experience with diverse stakeholder engagement and advocacy.
• Experience in strategic planning for nonprofits and foundations.
• Experience working on health systems and policy.
• Experience in impact measurement and/or evaluation.
• Experience living and working in different communities in the US and abroad.

Compensation & Benefits

The starting salary for this role is between $85,000 and $97,500, which represents the minimum to the mid-point of the salary band for this position. When determining an initial offer, we carefully consider these factors: candidate skill and experience; room for growth within the band; and internal equity across the team.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a resume and optional cover letter on our Careers Page portal.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Panorama is committed to creating a diverse team and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We know that representation matters in the workplace and with our partners; to that end we

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