Head of Impact Labs
2025-06-21T09:53:14+00:00
Mastercard Foundation
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FULL_TIME
uganda
Uganda
00256
Uganda
Nonprofit, and NGO
Admin & Office
2025-07-04T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
As Head of Impact Labs (Consultant), you will advance the Foundation’s impact-driven innovation agenda by:
- Leading Innovation Initiatives: Manage projects across the Impact Labs innovation cycle, from opportunity discovery to solution scaling, ensuring disciplined execution, relevance, and timely delivery.
- Driving Co-Creation and Adoption: Design and lead collaborative processes with Foundation teams and partners to ensure solutions are user-centred, adopted, and scalable.
- Developing and Scaling Solutions: Oversee the incubation, roll-out, and scale-up of innovations aligned with the Foundation’s Young Africa Works and EleV strategies.
- Strengthening Operational Models: Contribute to the evolution of the Labs’ service delivery model to ensure solutions and processes are standardized, scalable, and sustainable.
- Leading Thematic and Technical Work: Serve as lead in selected innovation domains, shaping methodologies and applying user-centred approaches.
- Fostering Strategic Relationships: Build trusted relationships across the Foundation and with partners to cultivate a strong innovation community of practice.
- Representing the Labs: Contribute to thought leadership and represent Impact Labs in internal and external forums to enhance visibility and strategic alignment.
- Managing and Developing Talent: Lead and support team members, fostering alignment with the Foundation’s mission, culture, and growth objectives.
- Contributing Across the Foundation: Engage in cross-functional initiatives that strengthen the broader Impact, Research & Learning function and organization-wide priorities.
WHO YOU ARE
- Advanced degree or equivalent experience, preferably in innovation-related fields. Additional background in International Development, Economics, Research, or Social Sciences is an asset.
- Deep experience in international development and/or market-based initiatives relevant to African contexts.
- Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder, impact-driven projects, including operational and financial oversight.
- Skilled in participatory design, youth-led and community-based approaches, and knowledge generation.
- Strong grasp of innovation, technology, and science trends, particularly within Africa.
- Foundational knowledge of impact measurement and learning, with deep expertise in one or more related domains considered a plus.
- Proficient in facilitation, project and product management, and team leadership in innovation-driven environments.
- Experienced in budget development and financial management.
- Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in French is desirable.
- Able to frame, adapt, and execute plans creatively and pragmatically.
- Thrives amid change, emergence, and evolving priorities, balancing action and structure.
- Curious, humble, willing to interrogate conventional wisdom and bridge diverse fields of knowledge.
- Thrives in feedback-driven, co-creative environments with a strong growth mindset.
- Builds lasting, impactful partnerships based on fairness, respect, and trust.
- Demystifies complex ideas and inspires diverse audiences to act.
- Professional maturity and sensitivity to working within different cultures.
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
- Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
- You have a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.
As Head of Impact Labs (Consultant), you will advance the Foundation’s impact-driven innovation agenda by: Leading Innovation Initiatives: Manage projects across the Impact Labs innovation cycle, from opportunity discovery to solution scaling, ensuring disciplined execution, relevance, and timely delivery. Driving Co-Creation and Adoption: Design and lead collaborative processes with Foundation teams and partners to ensure solutions are user-centred, adopted, and scalable. Developing and Scaling Solutions: Oversee the incubation, roll-out, and scale-up of innovations aligned with the Foundation’s Young Africa Works and EleV strategies. Strengthening Operational Models: Contribute to the evolution of the Labs’ service delivery model to ensure solutions and processes are standardized, scalable, and sustainable. Leading Thematic and Technical Work: Serve as lead in selected innovation domains, shaping methodologies and applying user-centred approaches. Fostering Strategic Relationships: Build trusted relationships across the Foundation and with partners to cultivate a strong innovation community of practice. Representing the Labs: Contribute to thought leadership and represent Impact Labs in internal and external forums to enhance visibility and strategic alignment. Managing and Developing Talent: Lead and support team members, fostering alignment with the Foundation’s mission, culture, and growth objectives. Contributing Across the Foundation: Engage in cross-functional initiatives that strengthen the broader Impact, Research & Learning function and organization-wide priorities.
Advanced degree or equivalent experience, preferably in innovation-related fields. Additional background in International Development, Economics, Research, or Social Sciences is an asset. Deep experience in international development and/or market-based initiatives relevant to African contexts. Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder, impact-driven projects, including operational and financial oversight. Skilled in participatory design, youth-led and community-based approaches, and knowledge generation. Strong grasp of innovation, technology, and science trends, particularly within Africa. Foundational knowledge of impact measurement and learning, with deep expertise in one or more related domains considered a plus. Proficient in facilitation, project and product management, and team leadership in innovation-driven environments. Experienced in budget development and financial management. Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in French is desirable. Able to frame, adapt, and execute plans creatively and pragmatically. Thrives amid change, emergence, and evolving priorities, balancing action and structure. Curious, humble, willing to interrogate conventional wisdom and bridge diverse fields of knowledge. Thrives in feedback-driven, co-creative environments with a strong growth mindset. Builds lasting, impactful partnerships based on fairness, respect, and trust. Demystifies complex ideas and inspires diverse audiences to act. Professional maturity and sensitivity to working within different cultures. Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities. Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values. You have a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.
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Vacancy title:
Head of Impact Labs
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]
Jobs at:
Mastercard Foundation
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, July 4 2025
Duty Station:
uganda | Uganda | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, June 21 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
As Head of Impact Labs (Consultant), you will advance the Foundation’s impact-driven innovation agenda by:
- Leading Innovation Initiatives: Manage projects across the Impact Labs innovation cycle, from opportunity discovery to solution scaling, ensuring disciplined execution, relevance, and timely delivery.
- Driving Co-Creation and Adoption: Design and lead collaborative processes with Foundation teams and partners to ensure solutions are user-centred, adopted, and scalable.
- Developing and Scaling Solutions: Oversee the incubation, roll-out, and scale-up of innovations aligned with the Foundation’s Young Africa Works and EleV strategies.
- Strengthening Operational Models: Contribute to the evolution of the Labs’ service delivery model to ensure solutions and processes are standardized, scalable, and sustainable.
- Leading Thematic and Technical Work: Serve as lead in selected innovation domains, shaping methodologies and applying user-centred approaches.
- Fostering Strategic Relationships: Build trusted relationships across the Foundation and with partners to cultivate a strong innovation community of practice.
- Representing the Labs: Contribute to thought leadership and represent Impact Labs in internal and external forums to enhance visibility and strategic alignment.
- Managing and Developing Talent: Lead and support team members, fostering alignment with the Foundation’s mission, culture, and growth objectives.
- Contributing Across the Foundation: Engage in cross-functional initiatives that strengthen the broader Impact, Research & Learning function and organization-wide priorities.
WHO YOU ARE
- Advanced degree or equivalent experience, preferably in innovation-related fields. Additional background in International Development, Economics, Research, or Social Sciences is an asset.
- Deep experience in international development and/or market-based initiatives relevant to African contexts.
- Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder, impact-driven projects, including operational and financial oversight.
- Skilled in participatory design, youth-led and community-based approaches, and knowledge generation.
- Strong grasp of innovation, technology, and science trends, particularly within Africa.
- Foundational knowledge of impact measurement and learning, with deep expertise in one or more related domains considered a plus.
- Proficient in facilitation, project and product management, and team leadership in innovation-driven environments.
- Experienced in budget development and financial management.
- Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in French is desirable.
- Able to frame, adapt, and execute plans creatively and pragmatically.
- Thrives amid change, emergence, and evolving priorities, balancing action and structure.
- Curious, humble, willing to interrogate conventional wisdom and bridge diverse fields of knowledge.
- Thrives in feedback-driven, co-creative environments with a strong growth mindset.
- Builds lasting, impactful partnerships based on fairness, respect, and trust.
- Demystifies complex ideas and inspires diverse audiences to act.
- Professional maturity and sensitivity to working within different cultures.
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
- Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
- You have a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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