Executive Vice President (EVP), Global Programs at Evidence Action

• Job Location District Of Columbia, United States
• Seniority Executive
• Type Full-time

Description

About Evidence Action Evidence Action is a non-profit dedicated to identifying neglected global health issues and scaling proven solutions - adding years of healthy life for entire generations.

Deworm the World, our foundational program, has delivered over 2B deworming treatments, driving dramatic reductions in worm prevalence and generating over $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains.

Our model operationalizes top academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists) and uses experts across global health, supply chain, and infrastructure to develop and implement health interventions at national scale.

Our team of 900+ has reached over 500M people, working hand-in-hand with national governments to scale our approach across 11 countries.

Measurement and evaluation are embedded in every stage of our work - from idea validation in our Accelerator; to coverage validation upon rollout (quantifying uptake of interventions).

The Evidence Action Accelerator, founded in 2019, researches and identifies the next unicorns of development - to date we have found five programs with potential to transform the health outcomes of millions, including: Preventing stillbirths and neonatal deaths through testing and treating maternal syphilis - which today causes more deaths than pediatric HIV, and is treatable for just $0.50 a dose Reducing under-five child mortality by :25% through scaling safe water access to hundreds of millions, which can add a year of healthy life for just $40 Fighting a leading cause of childhood disability through delivering iron and folic acid supplements to prevent anemia, applying our innovative school-based delivery model With these untapped opportunities now identified, we are at an inflection point in our capacity to create sector-wide impact - and improve health outcomes for hundreds of millions of people globally.

The Role Evidence Action is seeking an Executive Vice President (EVP), Global Programs to provide executive leadership for a dynamic portfolio of large-scale, evidence-based global health and development programs.

This is a hands-on, builder role for a senior leader who brings deep programmatic credibility, analytical rigor, and a track record of designing, scaling, and leading complex programs from strategy through execution.