Senior Manager, AMR Transition

Senior Manager, AMR Transition

About Palladium:

Operating in over 50 countries, Palladium is a global consulting and implementation company working in partnership with governments, businesses, investors, and communities to design and deliver solutions that create lasting positive impact. We address some of the world’s most complex challenges across infrastructure, economic growth and natural capital, health, energy, climate and environment, and digital transformation—strengthening systems, institutions, and markets to support inclusive and sustainable development. Our more than 2,100 staff worldwide work as trusted advisors across diverse contexts, combining deep technical expertise, implementation techniques, and innovative technology to deliver locally informed, client\-focused solutions that help organisations achieve measurable, sustainable impact.

Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies, which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

This Opportunity:

Palladium’s UKEA Health Cluster is working to protect gains in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) programming, support the handover of recent investments and assets to government, and strengthen systems for government ownership across Africa and Asia.

Palladium is seeking a Senior Manager, AMR Transition, to provide technical leadership, coordination, and strategic coherence across Palladium’s AMR portfolio. The Senior Manager will ensure high‑quality delivery, rapid evidence of results, and strong positioning of AMR as a differentiated Palladium service line with FCDO and other donors. This role also includes an element of business development to proactively identify and pursue AMR opportunities.

Please note this is a short\-term project role with full benefits. End of contract is December 2026 with the possibility of extension. Preference will be given to candidates with immediate availability.

Location:

The position is based in Palladium’s London office. Candidates must have current work authorisation in the UK as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

Palladium supports a hybrid working model with 3 days in office, 2 days from home.

Reporting Lines:

• The Senior Manager will report to the Director, Health


• This role does not have supervisory responsibilities

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

*Technical Leadership and Portfolio Coordination*

• Act as Palladium’s AMR technical lead, bringing deep subject‑matter expertise and hands‑on experience delivering AMR programmes; serve as the lead liaison with client focal points on AMR


• Coordinate across the AMR portfolio (e.g. 3\-4 active programmes) to ensure coherence, consistency, and complementarity across awards

Support programme teams with technical troubleshooting, alignment to FCDO expectations on AMR transition, and overcoming bottlenecks across countries and workstreams

• *Monitoring, Evidence, and Learning*


• Track progress and results across AMR awards, consolidating portfolio‑level performance and early wins


• Develop concise success stories and evidence products to feed directly into client reporting and the next AMR funding request

Capture and synthesise cross‑programme learning to strengthen delivery quality and support mutual learning between Palladium and its clients

• *Service Line and Business Development*


• Package Palladium’s AMR work as a clear, compelling end‑to‑end service offer, including development of marketing/positioning materials on our global health security and AMR work


• Support conversion of AMR work into new awards

Proactively identify and pursue AMR opportunities with other funders, working with PDs/TLs/PM teams to translate delivery traction into new wins

• Essential Criteria:


• Demonstrated AMR subject matter expertise with hands\-on delivery in multi\-country, donor\-funded programmes (ideally Fleming Fund)


• Proven ability to provide technical leadership, troubleshoot delivery issues, and ensure quality across complex workstreams


• Experience coordinating across multiple projects or awards to ensure alignment, consistency, and delivery coherence


• Strong programme management capability, including managing workplans, risks, stakeholders, and competing priorities across countries


• Experience tracking results and synthesising performance across programmes into clear evidence, reporting, and insights


• Ability to develop high\-quality donor\-facing products (e.g., success stories, briefs) aligned to FCDO expectations


• Demonstrated experience contributing to business development, including networking, relationship development, proposal development, pipeline growth, or positioning of technical work


• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with ability to influence donors, governments, and internal teams in multi\-stakeholder environments

Able to operate strategically while remaining hands\-on, confidently delivering both senior\-level leadership and day\-to\-day execution

• Core Abilities Required:


• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and negotiate effectively across diverse stakeholders


• Highly organised with strong attention to detail, able to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver high\-quality outputs consistently


• Effective leadership and team management skills, including the ability to prioritize, delegate, and adapt in fast\-paced, evolving environments


• Demonstrated comfortability with Microsoft Office products

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found.

Equity, Diversity \& Inclusion \- Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio\-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process (due to disability, neurodiversity, or for any other circumstance), please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding \- We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding\-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

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