Programme Manager - Governance in MSMEs

About the role

Pearl Initiative is looking for a Programme Manager to lead its Governance in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) programme. The role builds the organisation's thought leadership and impact in strengthening the MSME sector in the GCC region, focusing on long-term resilience of MSMEs, especially in supply chains, through corporate governance, transparency, disclosure and innovation. It also covers business development, revenue generation and fundraising, and ensures high-impact, compliant delivery of projects and contracts.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and execution of the governance in MSMEs programme, collaborating with experts, consultants and partners, and co-create a communications strategy including social media and email campaigns.
• Develop a business development and market engagement strategy, manage an annual engagement calendar, define funding targets, explore new revenue streams and lead community-building events such as workshops, convenings and online forums.
• Write proposals for funders and partners, negotiate funding agreements and partnership contracts, and run projects on research, executive education, capacity building and convenings with clear scope, plans, tracking and reporting.
• Manage programme teams and in-sourced third parties, control costs and resources, and keep clients, partners and stakeholders informed.
• Produce a pipeline of original bilingual content (op-eds, articles, white papers, research reports, position papers), engage on social media, and build relationships with journalists and analysts.
• Mentor and develop the programme team, provide performance feedback and foster an inclusive, collaborative environment.
• Co-define impact metrics and KPIs, run surveys and feedback collection, analyse results, prepare impact reports and contribute to the annual report.
• Use tools and technology to improve productivity, attend training on project management, impact management, storytelling and writing.

Required profile

• A master's degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration or a related discipline, with proven expertise and strong analytical skills.
• Additional certifications in project management and corporate governance (the text is cut off).
• A strategic, detail-oriented and relationship-driven leader able to design and implement high-impact programming.