Evidence Action
Manager / Senior Manager, Incubation, The AI Access Initiative
United States · Senior
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About the role
- The Manager / Senior Manager, Incubation does the core analytical and field work behind 2AI's next Big Bets.
- This is a builder role in a start-up organization.
- The screening process, the deep-dive template, and the pilot playbook do not exist yet.
Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Incubation Director, you will own a portfolio of potential programs and pieces of the pipeline from first screen to pilot handoff.
- For each program you own, you will run the assessment end to end and make the recommendation on what advances, what pauses, and what is set aside.
- Drive the thinking, not just the research: frame the decision-relevant question for each program, find the crux quickly, and decide what evidence would change the answer.
- Build the analysis that underpins each decision: evidence reviews, back-of-the-envelope (BOTEC) and full cost-effectiveness estimates, risk assessments, landscape scans, expert interviews, and early operational and technical scoping.
- Build the repeatable stack: data pipelines, monitoring dashboards, evaluation templates, and partner MOUs, so the second and third pilot designs are more efficient than the first.
- Build, test, and document the AI workflows behind each key step in the Incubator process.
- Support recruitment: help source, assess, and onboard future Incubator team members as the team grows.
- The role sits at the nexus of research, analytics, strategy and operations: it is for someone who wants to own the question "what should 2AI do next, and how do we know," and who enjoys being accountable for the answer.
- Our process is designed to explore both our shared culture and how we'd actually work together day-to-day.
Nice to have
- Experience working in LMIC contexts and/or working in the international development sector.
- This role requires the ability to travel internationally up to 25% of the time.
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. for roles based in the U.S. Evidence Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity.
- The expected role range for this position is listed below.
Skills
- Two one-hour sessions with the people you'll work with most directly, including a short verbal case
- Final interview:
- Reference checks Use of AI in our hiring process:
- AI does not make hiring decisions or reject candidates.
Compensation
- $100,000-135,000 USD.
Benefits
- We will offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health, vision, and dental, retirement plans, generous and flexible leave options, as well as other employee perks.
Company info
- Incubated at Evidence Action, we're rapidly scaling The AI Access Initiative, an organization focused on scaling AI-enabled 'big bets' to benefit tens or hundreds of millions of people in poverty in LMICs.
- We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U.S. employment visa at this time.
- While we are currently incubated at Evidence Action, 2AI plans to spin out on November 1, 2026 as an independent organization.
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- We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U
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