Data & Analytics Manager
Jacaranda Health
Nairobi | Contract | NGO / Non-Profit Associations
Closing in 1 week from now
What You’ll Do:
Data Product Development & Management
- Lead the end-to-end development of dashboards, datasets, analytical tools, and pipelines that serve internal teams and government partners.
- Translate program needs into technical requirements and clear user stories.Maintain and prioritize a data product roadmap aligned with organizational strategy.Balance short-term outputs with long-term product vision, scalability, and reliability.
Lead Multiple Analytics Workstreams
- Oversee analytics delivery across PROMPTS, MENTORS, HSS, and other programs.
- Scope and plan deliverables, define milestones, and manage timelines.Apply agile project management principles to ensure high-quality and timely outputs.
Strengthen Data Infrastructure & Systems
- Identify gaps in data pipelines and infrastructure; propose and drive improvements.Strengthen data validation, documentation, and governance to ensure accuracy and usability.
- Collaborate closely with Product and Tech teams to streamline integrations and pipeline performance.
Insight Generation & Data Storytelling
- Lead strategic analyses to surface trends, risks, and opportunities across programs.Translate insights into decision-ready dashboards, memos, and presentations.
- Set visual analytics standards to ensure products are clear, intuitive, and impactful.
External Representation & Stakeholder Engagement
- Represent Jacaranda Health in data-related forums with county governments, partners, and donors.
- Contribute insights to proposals, publications, and donor reports.
- Support thought leadership in data-driven public health systems strengthening.
Team Leadership & Capacity Building
- Line-manage and mentor analysts, providing coaching on technical and professional development.
- Foster a culture of documentation, feedback, continuous improvement, and excellence.
- Lead quality assurance processes across data products and analyses.
Other Duties
- Undertake any other tasks assigned to support division and organizational objectives.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Public Health, Information Systems, or related fields.
- At least 7+ years in data product management, analytics, or related fields, ideally within health tech, digital health, or the social impact sector.
- Proficiency in R, Python, STATA, SQL, and data visualization tools such as PowerBI or Tableau.
- Experince designiing dashboards with strong UI/UX and using data collection platforms like KoBoToolbox, ODK, and SurveyCTO.
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