Impact & Learning Manager, Investments

Stanford Impact Labs; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Impact Labs seeks an Impact & Learning Manager to join its Investments team. The role focuses on using data and evidence to shape SIL’s investment strategy and to develop a nimble impact measurement approach.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience in monitoring and evaluation or related fields, with a rigorous, practical mindset and a commitment to advancing social impact across diverse teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience at the intersection of monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience with advanced research methods.
• Commitment to impact with a rigorous and practical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Drive SIL’s investment strategy using data and evidence.
• Build out and execute an approach to impact measurement.
• Collaborate with researchers, practitioners, and partners across Stanford Impact Labs.

Skills

Monitoring & evaluation

Advanced research methods

Data-driven decision making

Job description

The world’s biggest social problems are complex, multi-faceted, and pervasive. No academic center, company, or organization can solve systemic issues – such as economic inequality, inequitable access to health care and education, and racial discrimination – alone. We need leaders with different skills and experiences to come together to generate fresh insights, evidence, and action to make progress.

Stanford Impact Labs (SIL) – a major initiative at Stanford University – invests in mission-driven teams of researchers and practitioners from government, business, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropy. These teams – or impact labs – work together on social problems they choose and where practical progress is possible. With our support, they rapidly develop, test, and scale new solutions to social problems that affect millions of people worldwide.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Stanford Impact Labs is looking for an Impact & Learning Manager to join its Investments team as we work to put social science to work for society. The Impact & Learning Manager will use data and evidence to drive SIL’s investment strategy, while building out and executing on a nimble approach to impact measurement. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years’ experience at the intersection of monitoring and evaluation, advanced research methods, or related fields and bring a commitment to impact with a rigorous and practical mindset. Apply by October 13, 2023.