General Manager - München, Deutschland - Social Impact

Beschreibung

Deputy Director, Business Development, Social Impact, Arlington, VA
~ Full-time Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm. SI's mission is to improve the effectiveness of international development programs in improving people's lives. We provide a full range of management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations, and policies. We provide services globally in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, project and program design, organizational capacity building, and gender and social analysis. SI services cross-cut all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. SI's clients include US government agencies such as USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the US Department of State, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and non-profits. Deputy Director, Business Development, Social Impact, Arlington, VA Social Impact is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness. We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.


Position Description :

SI is seeking aDeputy Director to serve on the Business Development Leadership team; provide supervision and support to an assigned sub-set of SI staff; perform critical management, business and strategy development functions; andparticipate in all phases of the established business development process, including bid/no bid, proposal management, and staffing decisions.

The Deputy Director has experience tracking, designing and managing complex proposals for US Government development agencies, including USAID, DoS, MCC, and other bilateral and multilateral development agencies, foundations and non-government entities.

He/she is also a skilled team leader, has an established track record in personnel management and is able to support a variety of organizational management functions such as planning, budgeting and resource planning.

The Deputy Director reports to the Vice President of Business Development.


Responsibilities :

Strategic Leadership and Personnel Management : Play a lead role in strategic planning for the business development team, helping to define strategy, budget and resource allocation for thedepartment.

Serve as a resource for executive leadership for developing practice areas and strategy, relationship management, analysis of SOPs, staff capacity building, and client diversification.

Lead the development of a BD manual and training program, in conjunction with the BD VP.

Play a key role in BD team management by overseeing an assigned set of approximately 3-5 BD staff, including Managers, Associates, Assistants, and Interns.

Provide advice, training, and support on general capture and proposal management; relationship management; Provide oversight to assigned staff's capture and proposal management responsibilities.

Recommend realignment of workload as necessary to optimize high quality service delivery, staff professional development and work life balance. Participate in the recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of new BD team staff. Provide guidance and mentoring to BD staff regarding their Capture Management responsibilities. Lead and support efforts to identify and lock international and local partners. Assist the recruitment team in efforts to identify, interview and vet potential Key Personnel. Work with the BD VP to develop and refine Capture Management procedures and practices.


Proposal Management :
Provide guidance and mentoring to BD staff regarding their Proposal Management responsibilities.

Lead the proposal development process for select, strategically important bids, transitioning from the Capture Manager role to include proposal management responsibilities.

Assist the BD Managers, Associates and Assistants in the proposal development process for other bids. Serve as pink, red, and/or gold team reviewer on select proposals. Work with the BD VP to develop and refine Proposal Management procedures and practices.

Attend BD networking opportunities, including think tank events, international development policy events, career fairs, workshops, and seminars, SID Gala, etc.

Information Management :

Liaise with Program units, with respective Deputy Directors and the Senior Management Team, to coordinate internal initiatives, staff assignments, and other responsibilities.

Manage knowledge management process and components for the BD unit. Master's degree in international development or other related field, or equivalent work experience. Minimum 5 years of experience in business development and proposal management. Demonstrated ability to oversee and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously and provide advice and guidance in a timely fashion. Strong leadership, interpersonal, entrepreneurial, management, and writing skills are required.

Come join our energetic and innovative team We offer you the opportunity to play a leading role in the growth of our company, work as part of a creative and committed team, and make a difference in the well-being of our world.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.