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Sr. Human Rights Program Manager for Benetech Regular Full-Time Palo Alto, CA, US Benetech is seeking a Senior Program Manager to join our Human Rights team. At Benetech, we believe in documenting human rights abuses, exposing and addressing injustices, and protecting human rights defenders while they do this critical work. We create and implement innovative software, provide training and expertise, and help human rights defenders leverage data and stories that make all of this possible. The Senior Program Manager for the Connected Civil Society Initiative will focus on the development and implementation of critical digital infrastructure to allow civil society organizations working on accountability and transitional justice to preserve, manage, and share the evidence they have collected—such as video files—more efficiently and effectively using cutting-edge technology, including machine learning. The Senior Program Manager will coordinate with partners to implement these tools and deliver effective, usable evidence to investigators and justice mechanisms. The Senior Program Manager will also serve as an expert in their field, providing internal and external strategic thought leadership, and take on oversight of additional projects, contingent upon funding. Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Represent Benetech and the initiative among partners, funders, prospects, and the field. - Build and maintain strong relationships and alliances, resulting in motivated, engaged external partners (both organizations and individuals). - Conduct user and market research in order to drive project/product strategy; provide thorough landscape analysis, user-centered need assessment, and work with product manager to drive road map and strategic technology direction for the initiative. - Coordinate contractors, partners, and other resources to ensure smooth and timely project completion, managing award and grant agreements to ensure their timely, on-budget delivery. - Drive decisions for initiative growth, help develop funding strategy, prospects, and partners, and provide estimates required for funding proposals. - Produce relevant reports, presentations, and other documents for internal and external parties. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 6-8 years in a program management role, preferably in a high technology, social enterprise, or entrepreneurial government environment. - Deep knowledge of human rights, human rights technology, accountability and transitional justice issues, legal and policy planning in regards to international criminal mechanisms. - Strong analytical skills and demonstrated success in program development. - Experience working with government agencies, international NGOs, multi-lateral partnerships, and cross-sector collaborations. - Demonstrated ability to quickly understand situational landscape, gather and synthesize user feedback into actionable concepts and plans - Excellent interpersonal skills; superb communication (both written and spoken); understanding of technical concepts, and ability to relate those concepts plainly. - Ability to travel internationally up to 25-30% of the time. - Foreign language ability, especially Arabic, and international experience strongly preferred. - Experience with accessibility and inclusive design a plus https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=843a7401-e255-4b1a-8052-57c5727c5ff5&jobId=67265&lang=en_US&source=CC3&ccId=19000101_000001
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