Senior Manager Impact and Intelligence

Company Description

About SNV Proximate
What if you could combine the commercial rigour of consulting, investment, or corporate strategy with the opportunity to create meaningful development impact at scale? SNV’s newly established impact capital accelerator aims to do exactly that: develop commercially viable solutions that generate both business value and development impact. Combining expertise in impact-driven finance and inclusive commercial value chains, SNV Proximate will operate with the pace, ambition, and commercial mindset of a boutique advisory firm while leveraging the reach, credibility, and market presence of a global development organisation.

Working with companies, investors, development finance institutions, foundations, and governments, this is your chance to join the team that will design, test, and grow new approaches to mobilising investment, strengthening markets, and building more inclusive and resilient value chains across emerging economies. It is a place for people who are excited by building something new, comfortable operating across both commercial and development environments, and motivated by turning ambitious ideas into scalable results.

Job Description

Position overview
SNV is building a catalytic commercial accelerator, built to close the gap between capital and impact in markets where both are urgently needed. The Senior Manager for Impact and Intelligence is the intellectual engine within the unit. This role has two distinct but connected responsibilities: delivering client-facing impact measurement as a billable service, and synthesising knowledge across the portfolio to build a body of evidence that sharpens our offer and strengthens our market position.

This is not a back-office role. Impact measurement is a revenue line in its own right — impact investors, DFIs, and corporations with sustainability commitments are increasingly willing to pay for rigorous, credible measurement of their programmes. The right person combines analytical rigour with commercial awareness, and understands that evidence is only valuable if it changes decisions.

SNV holds a significant body of institutional knowledge — proposals, evaluations, programme data, sector evidence — accumulated across 50+ years and 25+ countries. Most of it is inaccessible or underused. This role is responsible for changing that: activating SNV’s knowledge base as a commercial asset, not just an archive.

Who you are
You are a curious and analytical professional who enjoys uncovering insights that help organisations make better decisions. You look beyond the data to understand what is happening, why it matters, and how evidence can be translated into practical action and measurable results.

You combine analytical rigour with commercial awareness. You understand that research, impact measurement, and intelligence create value when they influence strategy, strengthen client relationships, support business growth, or improve development outcomes. You are comfortable working with both quantitative and qualitative data and know when deep analysis is required and when a pragmatic, timely recommendation is the better solution.

You are collaborative, proactive, and enjoy working across disciplines, bringing together perspectives from colleagues, clients, and partners. When you identify important trends, insights, or opportunities, you share them and help others act on them.

Most importantly, you are excited by the opportunity to turn evidence into impact. You identify insights that can be leveraged across the organisation, helping shape new approaches, strengthen market positioning, and inform business development decisions. You are equally motivated by building knowledge systems and intelligence mechanisms that support better future decision-making, reducing uncertainty through the effective use of data, intelligence, and learning.

Key Responsibilities 

Client-facing impact measurement

• Design and deliver impact measurement frameworks for clients — impact investors, blended finance facilities, agribusinesses, and government counterparts.
• Develop results chains, theories of change, and indicator sets for IDF and ICVC engagements where measurement is part of the scope.
• Conduct primary and secondary data collection, analysis, and reporting to investor-grade standards.
• Package measurement outputs as standalone deliverables — not appendices to strategy documents.
• Identify and convert standalone measurement mandates: fund impact reporting, programme evaluations, baseline and endline studies.
• Stay current with impact measurement standards — IRIS+, IMP, GIIRS, and equivalents — and advise clients on which frameworks fit their reporting requirements.

Cross-portfolio intelligence

• Synthesise findings and evidence across all Accelerator engagements into consolidated intelligence: what is working, for whom, at what cost, and under what conditions.
• Build and maintain a knowledge base that captures reusable assets — frameworks, datasets, case studies, and sector-specific evidence — from every completed engagement. Every engagement should produce a reusable asset. You own the system that makes that happen and the quality standard it is held to.
• Identify patterns in the portfolio that strengthen the offer: which client types convert fastest, which interventions generate the strongest returns, which geographies show the most traction.
• Produce quarterly intelligence briefs covering portfolio-level insights and implications for strategy.
• Own the donor and tender intelligence function: maintain a systematic view of active and upcoming funding opportunities relevant to the Accelerator’s two streams. This is an early operational priority — a structured weekly digest feeding the pipeline, not an ad hoc scan.

Sales enablement and competitive intelligence

• Build and maintain the Accelerator's sales collateral: sector evidence packs, impact data sheets, and proof-of-concept case studies for both IDF and ICVC streams.
• Conduct competitive landscape analysis — who else operates in our space, how they position, what they charge, where we are differentiated.
• Track market trends in impact finance and value chain development that are relevant to pipeline development. Feed findings to the team.
• Support proposal development with data, evidence, and impact methodology sections where required.

Qualifications

What you bring

To be considered for this role, you bring:

• At least 8 years of experience in impact measurement, monitoring and evaluation, or related analytical roles — with a significant portion in a commercial or advisory context.
• Demonstrated experience delivering impact measurement as a client-facing service, not just as internal reporting.
• Familiarity with the impact investing and development finance landscape — understanding what DFIs and impact funds require from their portfolio companies and TA providers.
• Experience synthesising evidence across multiple programmes or geographies into actionable insights.
• Track record of producing high-quality analytical outputs under time pressure — reports, evidence reviews, data packs — to external standards.
• Experience building or managing knowledge systems in a professional services or advisory context. A list of documents is not a knowledge base. You know the difference.

Additionally, we value:

• Fluency in impact measurement frameworks: IRIS+, IMP, DCED, GIIRS, and at least one results-chain methodology.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills. Comfortable with both survey data and financial models.
• Ability to translate complex evidence into clear, commercial-facing narratives.
• Experience with knowledge management — building systems that people actually use, not just filing evidence.
• Comfort with AI-assisted knowledge tools — document analysis, synthesis, search across large bodies of material. We are building AI-powered knowledge infrastructure and this role is its primary user.
• English required. French or Portuguese an advantage.

Additional Information

• Reporting line: Director
• Location: Flexible. We welcome applications from candidates based anywhere within the time zones spanning Ghana to Singapore. As this role involves international collaboration and travel, candidates should be located within reasonable reach of a well-connected international airport.
• Travel requirements: International travel will be required.
• Expected start date: November/December 2026

What we offer
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. Compensation is determined based on relevant experience, skills, and internal equity, ensuring a fair and consistent approach across the organisation.

Location & Travel
Flexible location. We are particularly interested in candidates based within the time zones between Singapore and Ghana, where most of our work is concentrated. International travel will be required, so candidates should have access to a major international airport.

Contract duration: We are looking for someone to play a long-term role in building and growing the Accelerator. Contract arrangements will vary by location and local employment requirements, and details will be discussed with shortlisted candidates.

Working at SNV 
At SNV we challenge and inspire and offer continuous growth. We offer meaningful opportunities to shape the future, expand your skills, and collaborate with a vibrant, global network of experts. At SNV your contribution matter, and your development is our priority.

We are home to 57 cultures working in 22 countries, with about 95% of our team members holding the nationality of the respective countries we work in. We promote international career development. Our workforce consists of a mix of both people with longstanding tenure, willing to share their institutional knowledge, as well as people with local expertise and knowledge. All with an inquisitive view and united in ‘ONE SNV’ working towards our purpose.

Together, we are committed to the effective and efficient stewardship of resources and maximising positive, lasting impacts. Our ability to deliver results rests on our robust foundation of experience, technical knowledge, evidence and learning; our commitment to strengthening capacities and catalysing partnerships; and the relationships and trust of those we work alongside.

SNV is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment and make recruitment decisions based on merit, competence, and organisational needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Women, persons with disabilities, and candidates from under-represented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to apply 
If you meet the key requirements and feel inspired by this opportunity, we warmly welcome your application. Please submit your CV and motivation letter by 1st November 2026 via SmartRecruiters.

To ensure a focused and respectful recruitment process, we kindly ask that you apply only if you meet the essential qualifications and are available to work in the specified location.
Please note that only candidates progressing to the next stage of the selection process will be contacted. Individual feedback cannot be provided.

If this role isn’t the right fit but you’re interested in joining SNV in the future, we invite you to follow us on LinkedIn and our career page Vacancies | SNV to stay updated on new opportunities that match your profile.

Reference and vetting check
At SNV, our belief in the CARE principles — Commitment to impact, Adaptive to Context, Respecting Difference and Expertise in Practice — shapes how we work with each other and every interaction we have with our colleagues, partners, and the communities we serve. These values guide how we welcome new team members, ensuring our workplace remains a place of trust, safety, and dignity for all.

As part of our commitment to a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace, we carry out reference and background checks for all determined positions, with particular attention to safeguarding. You will be invited to provide the contact details of [two] referees, and we will only approach them once you have given your permission. We handle this process with care, empathy, and strict confidentiality, using the information solely for purposes related to your application and the role you have applied for.

SNV is committed to safeguarding and to protecting children and adults from all forms of harm, with zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment, or any other form of misconduct. As part of creating a safe, respectful, and inclusive working environment, all staff, consultants, and partners are expected to uphold SNV’s safeguarding, child protection, ethical standards, and CARE principles. In line with these commitments — and as a participant in the Inter‑Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) — SNV will request a Statement of Conduct from your previous employer(s), covering any substantiated findings of misconduct, to ensure a recruitment process that safeguards and protect the communities we serve.