Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Evidence Action is launching The AI Access Initiative, focused on leveraging AI to benefit millions in low- and middle-income countries. As the Chief Program Officer, you will set programmatic strategy for AI-enabled interventions in Agriculture and Health, ensuring impactful delivery and scaling of programs to reach hundreds of millions.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a core member of the executive leadership team, shaping organizational strategy, culture, and enterprise-wide priorities
- Hire and mentor a high-performing leadership team and staff, creating a highly mission-driven culture focused on moving with the scale, thoughtfulness, and urgency required
- Ensure every program has a strong learning architecture: clear hypotheses, rigorous measurement, rapid iteration cycles, and honest reporting. Use cost-effectiveness evidence to guide resource allocation — scaling what earns it, cutting what doesn't
- Develop and steward 2AI's open-sourced playbooks and insights — building durable field knowledge, not just running programs
- Set and achieve ambitious program strategies for 2AI's Agriculture and Health portfolios — vision, priorities, delivery models, and expansion roadmap — in close collaboration with the CEO and regional and program leads. Achieve high-caliber reach and impact for hundreds of millions of people
- Design and run fast, rigorous pilots. This includes strong measurement and feedback loops from day one, rapid iteration on what isn't working, and clear-eyed calls on what deserves to scale
- Stay at the frontier of AI-enabled solutions for LMICs; actively tracking, testing, and integrating emerging tools and approaches. Bring intellectual curiosity and the ability to learn rapidly in a fast-moving space, translating what's technically possible into what's practically scalable for underserved populations
- Partner with technical and research teams to ensure AI-powered approaches are grounded in rigorous evidence, adapted to local realities, and designed for sustainable delivery
- Serve as 2AI's programmatic bridge among AI labs, global development actors, leading researchers, frontline implementers, and regional governments — translating credibly across all of these worlds
- Shape technical offerings in partnership with leading AI labs, including adapting AI tools for underrepresented languages, low-bandwidth environments, and last-mile contexts
- Support regional leaders — including our India Country Director — in navigating government relationships, adoption pathways, and policy enablement, providing strategic input and senior representation where needed
- Lead efforts on fundraising — contributing to compelling narratives for major funders, leading grant development, and making the case for ambitious investment in the portfolio
- Represent 2AI at senior levels in public and private forums, building 2AI's profile as the leading ecosystem coordinator for AI deployment in LMICs
Skills
- 15+ years of experience building and leading programs in global health, international development, or adjacent fields, with a demonstrated track record of scaling complex initiatives to national or regional scale in low and middle income countries
- A track record as a successful builder: you have built new programs and organizational functions in 3-5 countries, scaled programs nationwide across these countries, recruited and developed top talent, and cultivated a culture of rigor and urgency
- Experience in fundraising or major donor engagement — comfortable making the case to large HNW or institutional funders. You have raised $5M+ annually
- Familiarity with how African and/or Asian governments operate, with enough experience to support regional leaders in navigating institutional processes
- Experience bridging technical and programmatic worlds — global health delivery, market-shaping, technology for development, or related fields. Comfort translating between AI labs, researchers, delivery organizations, and government counterparts
- Strong AI fluency: strong working knowledge of frontier AI tools and LLMs, and their practical application in low-resource settings. Active curiosity about frontier development
- Position location is flexible anywhere within the United States for fully remote candidates. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. for roles based in the U.S
- Experience with AI clinical decision support, digital health, or AI in agriculture at the program design or deployment level is preferred
- Existing relationships with major global health or agriculture funders, including bilateral donors, large foundations, and tech sector philanthropists a plus
Benefits
- Evidence Action provides comprehensive benefits including international health care, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement plans with a matching component, generous and flexible leave options, as well as other employee perks on a reimbursement basis.
Company Overview
Evidence Action reducing poverty and spurring growth in developing countries. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.evidenceaction.org/.