Senior Manager - Food Systems Transformation bei TechnoServe

About TechnoServe:

At TechnoServe, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better life. For over 50 years, we have given smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs the skills, connections, and confidence to lift themselves out of poverty. We leverage the power of markets and the private sector to create sustainable economic growth to benefit people and the planet. Our unique mix of business solutions, deep knowledge of local contexts, and data-driven insights is helping to fight poverty across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

TechnoServe staff are local–95% are from the countries in which they work. We put a high premium on collaboration and entrepreneurship. We hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards of integrity and transparency. And we focus on delivering lasting impact for our mission.

Role Overview:

The Senior Manager - Food Systems Transformation manages the implementation of a portfolio of food systems projects.  S/he coordinates cross-program collaboration by engaging project leads to identify, adapt, and scale high-impact tools, insights, and approaches.  The Senior Manager also monitors emerging trends, technologies, and policy shifts in the food processing sector, advising leadership on opportunities for growth and positioning across Africa and global markets.

Key Responsibilities :

Project Leadership

•  MedAccess VG
  •  Lead implementation of the Vitamin A Volume Guarantee (VG) project, a multi-country initiative with MedAccess and DSM to stabilize vitamin A pricing and supply for edible oil fortification.
  •  Oversee a $300K data-generation initiative, integrating market intelligence, processor insights, and compliance trends to inform VG deployment and partner strategy.
  •  Ensure alignment with IGNITE and M4N programs, leveraging compliance data and policy engagement to enhance VG impact.
  •  Represent TNS in Director-level forums, shaping implementation strategy through high-level engagement with MedAccess, DSM, and donor partners.
  •  Coordinate issue response and market risk monitoring, using real-time insights to guide resolution of supply disruptions and regulatory shifts.
  •  Drive knowledge sharing and ecosystem learning, synthesizing cross-country insights to strengthen fortification systems and inform global application

•  IGNITE
  •  Drive strategic positioning and implementation of Micronutrient Fortification Index and Kenya Millers Fortification Index (MFI/KMFI) as industry-owned governance and recognition platforms, engaging policymakers, associations, and donors to expand adoption into new geographies and across value chain actors to enhance overall utility.
  •  Lead co-design, rollout, and effectiveness evaluation of e-learning modules with partners, aligning with processor needs; lead organizational alignment efforts with the Chief Transformation Officer and Director of Digital Labs to integrate digital delivery and assess sustainable commercial models.
  •  Oversee enhancements and scaling of the AI - Knowledge Hub as a core technical assistance tool, embedding diagnostics and tailored learning pathways across Food Processing programs.
  •  Manage research partnerships and guide development of high-impact learning products—including case studies, policy briefs, and publications—that elevate TNS’ visibility as a systems leader.
  •  Oversee transition of operational leadership, ensuring continuity in reporting, compliance, and execution while building internal capacity to sustain IGNITE’s institutional value and learning legacy.

•  FCI4Africa –
  •  Lead TNS role in the FCI4Africa program, designing and deploying digital innovations to strengthen traceability, elevate food quality, and embed ESG frameworks.
  •  Collaborate with research institutions, industry associations, and consortium partners to promote evidence-based decision-making, continuous program improvement, and incentive mechanisms for actors across targeted value chains.

Cross-Program Integration & Innovation

•  Support development of new donor proposals and FP-wide strategies, ensuring alignment with market dynamics, sustainability priorities, and institutional visibility goals.
•  Monitor and analyze emerging trends, technologies, and policy shifts to inform strategic decision-making and advise FP leadership on opportunities for growth and positioning across Africa and global markets.
•  Coordinate cross-program collaboration by engaging project leads to identify, adapt, and scale high-impact tools, insights, and approaches that add value across the FP portfolio.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in international development plus a Master’s degree, or a Bachelor’s Degree plus 10 years of experience.
• Extensive experience leading, implementing and monitoring Large Scale Food Fortification projects

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Analytical, writing, social and management skills required for delivering technical assistance to development programs or initiatives.
• Ability to work both persuasively and diplomatically in a team-based environment with a high degree of complexity and ambiguity.
• Ability to communicate complex issues with clarity, precision and prioritization is a must.
• Strong capacity building skills, including participatory facilitation techniques, coaching, and mentoring

We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.

With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.

We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.

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