Uganda Data and Systems Lead (Fixed-Term)

Job Description

Requirements

• This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Uganda.

Responsibilities

• You'll develop and implement a data strategy that supports decision-making across different organizational departments.
• You'll design and standardize data collection tools and processes, and manage field implementation of the same across teams and regions.
• You'll develop and maintain single-source-of-truth program performance dashboards across teams and regions.
• In collaboration with country leadership, you will monitor and effectively communicate cross-program performance and provide insights as well as corrective actions and recommendations to ensure organizational objectives are met.
• You'll manage and analyze program performance data from multiple applications or sources, including field research; using this to prepare materials to support management meetings and decisions, such as summary performance highlights and deep-dive longitudinal trends to identify opportunities for execution improvement.
• You'll develop performance management tools that look at teams' efficiency and effectiveness.
• You will work with our Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) team to integrate our in-season farmer data with our end-of-season MEL data across all regions to build a year-round narrative and understanding of our farmers and customers with respect to MEL's annual program impact evaluations and assessments.
• You'll collaborate with program stakeholders and internal and external data teams to ensure and improve data availability, integrity, accuracy, and reliability.
• You will work closely with the Global Data Team to develop and validate predictive models, forecasts or other program performance tools.
• You'll manage Innovations data collection and analysis across ideation, R&D, field and farmer trials, and product scale and rollout; organizing, collaborating, and coordinating closely with various program teams and stakeholders on trial delivery and implementation.
• You will manage and mentor a team of Regional Data Analysts and lead the recruitment of new analysts.
• You will oversee the work of a small Business Operations & Logistics team and line manage its Team Lead. You will work with the Team Lead on ensuring technical platforms and processes support effective inventory management, efficient field team operations, and a positive client experience.
• You will train and improve data management and analytical capabilities across regional teams and functions, developing survey design skills, data collection tool fluency, and data handling and analysis skills for the stakeholders across our teams that interface with data on a regular basis.
• Run the annual goal setting and planning process for Data & Systems in line with the Uganda program vision and targets. Measure and report on progress against SMART OKRs.
• You'll conduct regular field visits to regional operations to build field fluency, and to understand the operational and implementation context around incoming data, longitudinal trends, and emerging challenges.

Benefits

• Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits