Senior Project Manager

Title: Senior Project ManagerReporting Unit/Supervisor: Country DirectorLocation: CDMX, Chiapas, Campeche, Oaxaca, Yucatán or Quintana Roo**About TechnoServe**:TechnoServe, founded over 50 years ago, is a leader in harnessing the power of the private sector to help people lift themselves out of poverty. A nonprofit organization operating in 29 countries, we work with enterprising men and women in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. By linking people to information, capital and markets, we have helped millions to create lasting prosperity for their families and communities.**Job Summary**:TechnoServe is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager for the project Sustainable and Prosperous Communities (SPC) in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (funded by USAID). The Senior Project Manager will provide strategic guidance and direct TechnoServe's activities under The Nature Conservancy's leadership, providing management and technical oversight, ensuring goals are reached, supervising the TechnoServe project team, and reporting progress in coordination with other partners. The position can be based in any of the project implementation areas or in Mexico City.**Program Overview**:The program's objective is to increase hectares under sustainable, profitable, and integrated production systems, contributing to GHG emissions and deforestation reductions while improving smallholder producers' livelihoods in Southeastern Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo). TechnoServe contributes to this objective by building local capacity to adopt agroecological and productive practices in the livestock (dual-purpose), coffee and cacao value chains.**Primary Functions and Responsibilities**:- Define and oversee program strategy, ensuring it contributes to and aligns with SPC objectives- Lead overall implementation and management of the program, ensuring it achieves established goals, objectives, and targets.- Engage and manage internal and external stakeholders and partners, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and alignment.- Lead and direct the field project team, ensuring appropriate resourcing, expertise, and performance.- Monitor and control the program schedule, budget, and resources.- Resolve issues and manage risks that might affect program deliverables.- Implement, manage and advocate for changes and interventions to ensure program goals are achieved.- Oversee development and submission of high-quality project deliverables, and financial/narrative reports per deadlines.- Supervise M&E function, including data collection, evaluations and internal measurements- Develop and drive innovative solutions to complex problems, requiring creativity, ingenuity and innovation**Basic Qualifications**:- Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience or a Master's degree with at least 7+ years of experience in agricultural economics, international development, business, economy, public policy, or other relevant areas- At least seven years of proven experience in the private sector or managing development programs- Experience implementing climate/conservation and gender-integrated programs- Mexican residency or valid work permit- Fluency in Spanish and English with excellent oral and written communication skills**Preferred Qualifications**- Experience working in Mexico- Ideally, experience working with USAID- Consulting experience desired**Travel**- Extensive travel across southern Mexico 40% approx.**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:- Solid private sector market orientation, entrepreneurial and innovative thinker- Ability to develop a well-written, cohesive strategy, analyses, and reports- Strong leadership skills and demonstrated experience in managing complex, multi-disciplinary and challenging field operations- Strong interpersonal and communications skills and ability to effectively motivate and manage teams and stakeholders- Problem-solver, consensus builder- Ability to work under tight deadlines while managing multiple tasks and activities- Results-oriented, with demonstrated experience achieving project targets