Director, Strategic Portfolio

Ipas is a global reproductive justice organization working to ensure that all people can exercise their right to bodily autonomy and access quality abortion and contraception services. We work hand in hand with governments civil society health systems and communities. Ipas advances sustainable abortion ecosystems that expand access reduce stigma improve quality of care and strengthen supportive policy and financing environments to make care possible permanently.

This is a remote position. Compensation for this position will be determined by the prevailing market rate in the employees country in addition to Ipass own pay philosophy and other factors such as the employees experience level and expertise. Candidates can expect traveling up to 30% time.

Candidates based in the following countries are eligible to apply: Bangladesh Bolivia Democratic Republic of the Congo Cote dIvoire Ethiopia Indonesia Kenya/Alliance locations Malawi Mexico Mozambique Nepal Nigeria Pakistan South Africa Zambia United Kingdom and Europe.

This role is grounded in and informs the Ipas strategy and evidence/measurement of impact. The Director will provide strategic technical leadership coordination and relationship management for Ipass engagement with high investment donor(s) and other key partnerships as needed.

This is a leadership role for someone who can hold the strategic vision build trust and partnership with funders partners governments and movements mobilise country teams and translate complex implementation into insight and narrative that drives organizational learning and continued investment. You will work closely with Ipass most senior leaders and be a visible external presence for the organisation.

This role requires a highly strategic leader with strong political acumen partnership management skills methodological rigor systems thinking capability and experience navigating complex multi-stakeholder reproductive health and development initiatives.

• Own the strategic coordination and technical excellence ofalarge and complex portfolioensuring alignment and integrating learning with the organizational strategy
• Support the design of integrated approaches that expand abortion and contraception access through healthsystemsstrengthening policy engagement financing community support and stigma reduction.
• Drive alignment between organizational strategy donor prioritieskeypartnershipsand country implementationidentifyingopportunities for scale learning and innovation financing and systems change.
• Contribute to country and regional project design ensure coherence across the Ipas global portfolio

Lead the Ipas relationshipwithSelected Donors/Partners

• Serve as a primary relationship manager forkey donorportfoliosin collaboration with senior Ipas leadership
• Leadingdonor communications updates learning engagements and strategic discussionsto ensure that Ipasisalways responsivecredibleand forward looking
• Ensure internal communication and understanding of emerging shifts andprioritydecisions
• Ensure high-qualitydonorand partnershipstewardship responsiveness and confidence.
• Produce high-quality evidence-driven strategic briefs presentations reports and donor-facing materials that reflect both ambition and rigorous delivery
• Coordinate donor visits learning exchanges and portfolio reviews.

Ensure Excellent Technical and Program Delivery

• Work closely with technical and country teams to ensure quality implementation and adaptive management across the portfolio.
• Facilitate cross-country learning and embed emerging evidence into programming in real time.
• Facilitate collaboration across clinical community policy financing evidence and advocacy workstreams.
• Support development of impact measurement implementation frameworks partnership models and systems-level approaches that strengthen sustainable abortion ecosystems.
• Ensure the needs of women and girls including adolescents remain central addressed through practical rights-based approaches.

Strengthen the Ecosystem Around the Work

• Cultivate strategic relationships with governments civil society organizations youth-led groups philanthropic actors multilateral agencies and research institutions.
• Position Ipas as a thought leader in abortion and contraception access reproductive justice and sustainable abortion ecosystem approaches.
• Support convenings external engagement opportunities and collaborative partnerships.
• Identify co-funding and partnership opportunities aligned with the portfolio.

• Support learning agendas portfolio reviews and evidence generation efforts working with MEL and technical teams to strengthen outcome tracking and systems-level measurement.
• Translate implementation learning into strategic insights for internal and external audiences.
• Champion adaptive management across country portfolios building a culture of continuous improvement.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Advanced degree in public health international development gender studies social sciences public policy or related field.
• 1015 years of progressively senior experience in international development SRHR gender equality adolescent health philanthropy or systems strengthening.
• Experienced with impact measurement evidence-driven adaptive programming and communicating results
• Deep understanding of abortion access contraception reproductive justice SRHR strengthening health systems policy advocacy and gender equality-including the political landscape that shapes this work
• Demonstrated experience managing complex multi country donor portfolios particularly with large philanthropic funders.
• Strong political acumen and the ability to navigate sensitive multi-stakeholder environments with confidence and care.
• Excellent communication facilitation and presentation skills- you can distill complex evidence into a compelling narrative for any audience.
• Experience supporting ecosystem or systems-change approaches particularly in low- and middle-income countries
• A collaborative adaptive leadership style you bring people together across functions and geographies and build trust quickly.

Youre a senior leader with deep SRHR or global health experience who thrives at the intersection of strategy evidence relationships and delivery. Youre comfortable with ambiguity energised by complexity and genuinely committed to reproductive justice.

• Organizationallevel strategic thinking and results stewardship.
• Decisive valuesgrounded risk management.
• Feminist leadership and shared power practice.
• Complex stakeholder and donor relationship management.
• Systems integration learning and adaptive leadership.
• Clear credible communication in highambiguity environments.

Working environment:

• This position is fully remote subject to change based onbusinessneed.
• Flexibility to meetvirtually indifferent time zones required.

Ipas is strongly committed to providing a work environment that is free from all forms of harassment discrimination and inequity. We recruit employ train promote and compensate our personnel without regard to race age sex religion national origin color creed ancestry citizenship caste ethnicity regional identity tribal identity marital status veteran status disability genetic information gender identity transgender status sexual orientation or any other personal characteristic protected by law or outlined by Ipas policy. Ipas acknowledges that these personal characteristics may differ in different contexts.