Evidence Action’s Organization Updates:
Evidence Action named Danielle Bayer as CEO. She succeeds Kanika Bahl after nine years of transformational leadership reaching 530M+ people across 11 countries. Danielle takes the helm at a moment when the need for proven, scalable health interventions has never been greater.
Evidence Action is hiring for the following positions:
(Senior) Director, Impact Strategy & Innovation will lead the continued evolution of our MLE function, ensuring our systems, structures, and external presence reflect the scale of what we are building. US-based pay range: $155,000 – $185,000.
Manager, AI Strategy & Adoption (1-year time-bound) will be Evidence Action’s go-to on AI strategy. Pay range: $83,900 − 94,000.
Manager, Nutrition (1-year time-bound) will play a key role in helping to strengthen our existing footprint and support the expansion of our nutrition programs. Pay range: $71,400 − 80,000.
Project Manager, MLE Strategy (1-year time-bound) will play a key role in supporting Evidence Action’s Syphilis-Free Start (SFS) program. Pay range: $71,400 − 80,000.
Senior Associate, MLE Strategy will provide end-to-end MLE execution support for 1-2 Francophone country programs within the Syphilis-Free Start portfolio. This role is remote within the US, or hybrid in our Washington, DC office. Pay range: $60,000 − 68,400.
We are hiring two Program Leads for The AI Access Initiative, which is being incubated at Evidence Action. These roles will lead the design and execution of high-quality programs that harness frontier AI for large-scale impact in LMICs. This role is remote, within the US. Please note this role requires significant travel (~20-40%) to partner countries. Pay range: $150,000 - $155,000.
Program Managers for The AI Access Initiative will support the design, research, and execution of high-impact AI programs in LMICs. This role is remote, within the US and may require travel (~10-30%) to partner countries. Pay range: $75,000 - $95,000.
People Operations Lead, AI Access Initiative will have the opportunity to define and scale people operations for our team. This includes building lean systems to hire, onboard, and retain top talent to unlock meaningful upside for people in poverty globally. Pay range: $110,000 - $155,000.
Evidence Action’s Organization Updates:
We shared this piece about the progress we made in preventing childhood anemia in India, where we reach 26 million children with weekly supplements.
Following the United Nations’ warning about Nigeria’s 2026 lean season, we published this piece about our maternal and childhood nutrition work in the country.
Hiring:
(Senior) Director, Global Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning will drive and deliver organizational direction on data-led decision-making, and actively balance the rigor, cost and speed trade-offs across the portfolio. Pay range: $155,000 – $185,000.
(Senior) Director, Impact Strategy & Innovation will lead the continued evolution of our MLE function, ensuring our systems, structures, and external presence reflect the scale of what we are building. US-based pay range: $155,000 – $185,000.
Manager, AI Strategy & Adoption (1-year time-bound) will be Evidence Action’s go-to on AI strategy. Pay range: $83,900 − 94,000.
Manager, Nutrition (1-year time-bound) will play a key role in helping to strengthen our existing footprint and support the expansion of our nutrition programs. Pay range: $71,400 − 80,000.
Senior Manager, MLE Strategy will contribute MLE leadership at the strategic level for our maternal and childhood nutrition programs — shaping how evidence informs scale-up, where the program model adapts, and how learning gets generated and used. Pay range: $98,700 - $110,000.
Agriculture Program Lead, The AI Access Initiative to lead the design and execution of our Agriculture portfolio: starting with AI-enabled weather forecasting and advisory services for smallholder farmers, with potential to expand into adjacent agriculture interventions over time. Pay range: $155,000-$170,000.
Director, Finance and Operations, The AI Access Initiative will help architect the institutional backbone of a rapidly scaling AI-focused global development organization. Pay range: $155,000-$170,000.
People Operations Lead, The AI Access Initiative define and scale people operations for The AI Access Initiative. Pay range: $110,000 - $155,000.