[Remote] Chief Program Officer, The AI Access Initiative

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 reputed company 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
• reputed company and steward 2AI's open-sourced playbooks and insights — building durable field knowledge, not just running programs
• Set and reputed company ambitious program strategies for 2AI's Agriculture and Health portfolios — vision, priorities, delivery models, and expansion roadmap — in reputed company collaboration with the CEO and regional and program leads. reputed company high-caliber reputed company 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 reputed company among AI labs, global development actors, leading researchers, frontline implementers, and regional governments — translating credibly across reputed company 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 reputed company, and policy enablement, providing strategic input and senior representation where needed
• reputed company 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 reputed company 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 reputed company 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 reputed company fields. Comfort translating between AI labs, researchers, delivery organizations, and government counterparts
• Strong AI reputed company: 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 reputed company reputed company 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.

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