Senior Program Manager

Senior Program Manager

Vital Strategies is an organization committed to promoting equal opportunity and the inclusion of historically underrepresented groups in the workforce.
This is a CLT (Brazilian labor law) position based in our Brasília office. Vital Strategies offers a highly competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical and dental insurance, meal vouchers, home office allowance, Wellhub (formerly Gympass), among others.

**About Vital Strategies**

Vital Strategies is a global public health organization. Our programs strengthen public health systems and address the world’s leading causes of illness, injury and death. We currently work in more than 80 countries, supporting data-driven decision-making in government, advancing evidence-based public health policies, and mounting strategic communication campaigns. Vital Strategies’ priorities are driven by the greatest potential to improve and save lives. They include noncommunicable disease prevention, tobacco control, road safety, alcohol policy, food policy, overdose prevention, environmental health, and data for health. Our programs are primarily concentrated in low
- and middle-income countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific; the Overdose Prevention Program is our first initiative in the U.S.

The Vital Strategies office in Brazil supports municipal, state, and federal governments in addressing the main causes of preventable illness and death. We have worked with the cities of Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Natal, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Paulo, Recife, and Campinas; the states of Ceará, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Norte, and Rio Grande do Sul; the Ministry of Health; state and municipal health secretariat consortia (respectively Conass and Conasems); the National Front of Mayors; and civil society partners.

Vital Strategies is committed to promoting equal opportunity and the inclusion of groups historically underrepresented in the workforce.

**Applications must be submitted in English to be considered. This position will remain open until July 17.**

**Job Purpose**

The Senior Manager will lead the strategic, programmatic, and operational implementation of Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Program initiatives, ensuring excellence in project design, execution, monitoring, and reporting. This role will drive cross-functional efforts aligned with institutional goals, donor commitments, and national health priorities, with a strong emphasis on evidence-informed decision-making.

The Senior Manager will guide coordination among internal teams and external partners, cultivate relationships with government institutions and intersectoral stakeholders, and ensure compliance with internal policies and applicable regulations. A key function of this position is to promote the effective use of data and evidence to strengthen public health programs and inform policy dialogue, particularly through the development and oversight of monitoring frameworks, strategic analyses, and high-quality reporting.

Additionally, the Senior Manager will contribute to institutional capacity-building, oversee technical communications, and supervise administrative and financial aspects of project implementation. This includes managing risks, ensuring timely delivery of outputs, promoting innovation, and supporting the achievement of long-term programmatic impact.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

**Project Management**
- Monitor the implementation of NCD projects, ensuring alignment with institutional objectives, timelines, and deliverables agreed upon with national and international partners;
- Led the development and oversight of action plans and communication strategies, ensuring, strategic alignment, and coherence with public health goals; provide expert guidance for the design of outreach materials and policy-oriented products;
- Engage and coordinate with public sector stakeholders and intersectoral partners to present, monitor, and expand initiatives, fostering institutional dialogue;
- Organize and maintain project operational systems, including files, calendars, institutional accounts, and collaboration tools;
- Represent the organization in high-level program meetings, workshops, and strategic forums; guide the systematization of programmatic processes and lead the development of technical frameworks, protocols, and operational guidance materials;
- Collaborate with internal teams, global technical technical experts and external partners, ensuring consistent communication and alignment across projects and initiatives;
- Supervise the preparation of high-quality technical documentation, including process records, analytical reports, institutional publications, and contributions to peer-reviewed articles and knowledge dissemination products, ensuring technical accuracy and strategic relevance;
- Coordinate the development and technical validation of key program documents, including Terms of Reference (TORs), project propos