• Lead end-to-end awards management: Oversee award negotiation, agreement review, start-up, compliance frameworks, and closeout processes to ensure strategic alignment and risk mitigation across Country Offices and Support office • Provide technical authority on compliance and risk: Serve as a key decision-maker in Go/No-Go, portfolio, and closeout reviews, advising on audit readiness, equipment disposition, and high-level compliance risks • Drive donor and partner compliance standards: Guide Country Offices and partners on donor regulations, oversee due diligence and sub-awards, and maintain up-to-date donor compliance and partnership modalities • Oversee performance, audits, and KPIs: Monitor global Awards Management KPIs/MIs, ensure audit readiness and policy adherence, and surface critical issues and lessons learned to Senior Management • Lead systems and data management for awards: Manage NetSuite Awards/Partnership workflows, trackers, and dashboards, ensuring accurate, real-time visibility on awards, modifications, and partnerships • Strengthen partnerships and localization efforts: Collaborate on donor localization strategies, support partner selection and monitoring, and champion best practices in partnership management and funding oversight • Build global capacity and provide leadership: Design and deliver capacity-building initiatives, coach CO Awards Leads and SMTs, develop global AM/partnership manuals, and act as deputy to the Global Awards Management Director • Ensure high-quality reporting and documentation: Maintain organized filing systems, and when requested, review, edit, and submit donor reports and key communications to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance