Senior Manager, Financial Inclusion AIM

Programme Manager – AIM Financial Inclusion

About the Role

This role is responsible for driving the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of the AIM Financial Inclusion (FI) programme across BRAC International entities. You will work closely with the AIM Central Team and BI Programme team to refine materials, lead entity focal points, coordinate with technical leads, and ensure that microfinance clients benefit from a full suite of AIM services. The position also involves setting targets, managing data and reporting, and embedding safeguarding standards throughout all activities. This is a dynamic role requiring cross-functional leadership, analytical rigour, and a commitment to financial inclusion for young women.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Design & Delivery

• Work closely with the AIM Central Team and BRAC International (BI) Programme team to design and refine guidelines, SOPs, programme materials, and workshops for AIM Financial Inclusion implementation.
• Drive innovations from entities on how to best deliver AIM FI and cascade any improvements across to other entities.
• Review and improve the quality of Financial, Digital and Life Skills Training (FLT) programme curriculum and materials, refining it to include new components like climate-smart agriculture, and delivering the Training of Trainers.
• Ensure BI microfinance clients benefit from the broader suite of AIM services.

Lead & Coordinate

• Lead entity AIM Focals through frequent touchpoints and visits to overcome barriers in implementing and achieving AIM FI objectives, and increase their capacity to do so.
• Facilitate BI MF's technical leads to embed AIM Financial Inclusion into their workstreams.
• Guide Financial Inclusion Innovation Labs in each country and support close collaboration between BI microfinance entities and their BRAC NGO counterparts.

Targets, Data & Reporting

• Support entities to set ambitious but achievable AIM FI targets and manage regular tracking and analysis.
• Prepare and contribute to internal and external reporting, including quarterly and annual narrative reports.
• Work with teams to identify and answer key learning questions, and synthesize insights on financial access for young women for dissemination across the network.

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of colleagues and programme participants from harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation.
• Promote and implement safeguarding standards across all areas of work, and follow reporting procedures for any reportable incident.

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Development Studies, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• Certifications or training in impact management, product innovation, or social performance management are a plus.

Experience

• 4–7 years in project management, consulting, or development programme operations.
• Proven experience managing programmes with strong cross-functional delivery across areas like field operations, product, and partnerships.
• Experience in multi-country or complex programme environments strongly preferred.
• Exposure to financial inclusion, through NGOs or development finance institutions, in emerging markets is an advantage.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Strong data analysis and presentation skills with ability to communicate results clearly.
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguous problems and visibility to results at scale.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Flexibility and understanding in managing varying infrastructure, capacity and time zone environments.
• Willingness and ability to train and mentor others across diverse, global teams.
• Ability to travel 20–40% of the time within Africa, supporting our operating entities.