CHIEF IMPACT AND INNOVATION OFFICER

Chief Impact And Innovation Officer

Reporting to CARE USA's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) CARE is seeking an experienced and dynamic Chief Impact and Innovation Officer to organize and mobilize CARE USA's broad technical expertise. This position is critical to driving CARE's programmatic innovation for the next generation of impact. We want a leader who will drive our ambitions to triple our impact in the coming years.

This role is accountable for CARE USA's signature programs, program partnerships, digital impact, and value for money. They will shape implementation of the new FY26-FY30 CARE USA Global Strategy to lead, advocate and co-create with our partners as they sustain their communities and rise from poverty. The Chief Impact and Innovation Officer will be a key leader to realize the strategy's 2030 goals of :

• Helping 110 million women and their families access essential services they need to sustain themselves and their communities; and,
• Enabling 70 million people to build savings and income through access to credit, markets and training.

The ideal candidate will work across multiple sectors, thinking outside the box, with a passion for quality, innovation, digital programming and driving impact at scale. They will have the ability to embrace a new and evolving organizational identity while mobilizing resources to shape the future of CARE. This will include leading the redesigned Program Strategy and Innovation Senior Leadership Team.

The Chief Impact and Innovation Officer has a broad portfolio and leads and coordinates a senior team responsible for Program Strategy and Innovation and sustaining CARE's Technical Thought Leadership, deepening sectoral and funder relationships, ensuring Program Strategy & Design is based on evidence and cost-effectiveness, and supporting consistent approaches to monitoring, evaluation, analysis and learning and knowledge management. This includes broad oversight of Food and Water Security, Education and Skills, Economic Growth, Global Health, Women and Girls, Resilient Futures, and relationship management with private sector partners. The Chief Impact and Innovation Officer leads and supervises a team whose mandate is to generate, harvest, cross-fertilize, fund, communicate, and promote the practical application of evidence, technical knowledge and learning throughout CARE and globally. More specifically, under the leadership of the Chief Impact and Innovation Officer, Program Strategy and Innovation will refocus on highly strategic activities such as growing CARE's technical thought leadership and deepening sectoral and funder relationships; improve CARE's Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and Knowledge Management through more consistent approaches; ensure Program Strategy and Design is based on evidence and cost-effectiveness; and, elevate CARE's focus on partnerships especially with the private sector. The Chief Impact and Innovation Officer will broker new, innovative corporate partnerships, lead impact investing, creative social financing and digital development efforts.

In this role, the successful candidate will guide and coordinate the technical teams, serve as a key external representative and thought leader to explain our programs to non-technical audiences and key constituencies through speaking engagements, podcasts and conferences. They will partner with the resource development teams to support fundraising initiatives and lead coordination and cooperation with other related teams and functions, including other program teams, operations functions, and Regional and Country Directors. The Chief Impact and Innovation Officer will challenge traditional ways of thinking about the work and will catalyze, inspire and integrate cross-sectoral innovations and ideas. We are seeking a strong communicator, who can speak to both technical and non-technical audiences by crafting compelling storylines that resonate and translate to the language of the listener.

Responsibilities

External Representation, Thought Leadership and Fundraising

Private Sector Engagement, Partnerships, Product Innovation and Innovative Finance

Strategic Leadership and Team Management