Impact Data Manger

About Seedstars

Seedstars is a global company headquartered in Switzerland, with a presence in 80+ emerging markets. We are on a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. The company is organised around two key activities; 1) Seedstars Programs and 2) VC investing. We incubate talents and small and growing businesses through a series of programs from idea stage to early growth stage. 

About the Programs Team 

Seedstars Programs implements capacity-building programs for entrepreneurs in Emerging and Frontier Markets. We run educational activities to increase economic and social impact by supporting small and growing businesses (SGBs). Seedstars works with public and private sector partners in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America who are passionate about making a difference in emerging markets through entrepreneurship and technology.

The majority of our programs are SDG-driven and tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges like climate action, gender equality, migration, smart and sustainable cities, and financial inclusion. We co-create the best possible program interventions with our partners targeting startups and SGBs in all stages of their development: 

• Incubation Programs for teams looking to start their business
• Acceleration Programs for teams with a first MVP and some revenue < $10k
• Investment Readiness Programs for teams in various stages of the fundraising process
• Growth and Expansion Programs for teams with multiple months of stable growth and product-market fit that can now focus on business and growth

About the job

As an Impact Data Manager, you will be responsible for  ongoing monitoring and evaluation to demonstrate the impact of Seedstars’s programs to internal and external stakeholders, reporting to our Managing Director of programs. You will build, maintain, and manage Seedstars’s impact data sets, and ensure key dashboards are kept up to date with progress tracked towards impact goals. You will assist Global Program Leads and Partnership Managers to support both development of and reporting on grants and funds, and will execute ad hoc and quarterly reporting for business teams throughout Programs. Your responsibilities will also include data collection, analysis, formulating and experimenting hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations. This is a remote opportunity. 

Key responsibilities: 

Data Collection and Management (50%)

• Track, monitor, and evaluate all program metrics and milestones and maintain a source of truth in our data management system
• Develop new systems or processes to collect data from partners, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders
• Oversee the process to collect and input accurate impact data from our partners
• Make sure that data is collected in every program and from every beneficiary and that program impact goals are met
• Improve our Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning system in order to improve the quality of programs
• Constantly improve our impact measurement system by benchmarking against the competition and implementing the language of our target customers

Impact Insights (50%)

• Analyze Seedstars’s impact data to provide timely insights to leadership, and internal and external stakeholders
• Forecast Seedstars’s Impact for our full suite of programs and verticals 
• Provide data insights and visualizations through data, charts, graphs, and infographics for Seedstars’s impact reports, making sure our impact is easily accessible and visible
• Update key impact dashboards to ensure knowledge management and sharing of impact data and insights internally and externally
• Supporting sales and partnerships in drafting Theory of Change’s (ToCs) per program and draft impact frameworks for most programs
• Drafting impact reports together with marketing and sales 

Your profile: 

• Your mindset 
  • Excellent team player with high levels of empathy 
  • Passion for problem solving and striving for excellence 
  • Extremely polished and straightforward communication –written and spoken– with different levels of stakeholders
• Your Experience 
  • 3 to 5 years work experience in impact data management and analytics, monitoring and evaluation, and/or international development with a quantitative focus
  • Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
  • Strong business judgment with a knack and track record of giving clear, succinct answers to complex problems 
  • Experience in prioritization of deliverables and tasks
  • You are an expert in using Google Workspace and have experience working with our software tools (Slack, Zoom, Notion, Airtable,...)
• Nice to have 
  • Knowledge of R, Python, Stata or other statistical language
  • Experience in data visualization or data dashboard tools such as Tableau, Looker, Power BI, Google Data Studio, etc.
  • You are either a local entrepreneur or innovation enthusiast
  • Knowledgeable about the startup ecosystem in your country or region

 Why our employees love working with us:

• We are on a mission which is bigger than all of us: to impact people’s lives in emerging markets
• You get many growth opportunities and responsibilities early on
• You work in an entrepreneurial culture where you’re surrounded by a vibrant and diverse team
• We offer autonomy and flexibility with a flat hierarchy and a strong belief that responsible people should have the freedom to do their work when and how they want
• We were awarded as one of the most democratic workplaces in the world due to our freedom centered practices 

We are an equal opportunity employer with a diverse mix of nationalities and backgrounds represented in our company. We truly value diversity and believe that the cultural landscape of our organization should reflect the types of work that we engage in and the places that we do it. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status and strongly encourage female applicants and those from historically underrepresented groups to apply to all of our roles at Seedstars