Senior Project Lead - Cost Optimization Initiative

Save the Children International - SCI

Staff Closes 03 Aug 2026 2 days left

Overview

Lead a global transformation initiative to design and deliver cost optimization, aiming for structural cost efficiency by 2030 while protecting program quality and beneficiary impact.


Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the design, planning, and delivery of the Cost Optimisation Project.
  • Develop and maintain a phased, multi-year transformation roadmap.
  • Drive organisational change, stakeholder adoption, and continuous improvement.
  • Identify, prioritise, and implement enterprise-wide efficiency opportunities.
  • Establish cost baselines, analyse current and future state, and ensure delivery of efficiency benefits and cost savings.
  • Enhance efficiency in Service Delivery by simplifying, standardising, and optimising service delivery models.
  • Establish programme governance structures, oversee workstreams, and manage dependencies.
  • Influence and engage senior stakeholders to facilitate alignment, decision-making, and collaboration.
  • Leverage AI, automation, analytics, and digital technologies to improve operational efficiency.
  • Proactively manage programme risks, issues, and organisational impacts.
  • Foster innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Required Experience

An extensive track record of leading large-scale organisational transformation, organisational redesign, and enterprise-wide change programmes within complex global organisations. Significant experience operating within complex INGOs, federated organisations, multinational matrix environments, or similarly complex stakeholder structures. A proven ability to design and implement enterprise-wide organisational redesign initiatives across both programmatic and support functions, including operating model transformation and service delivery redesign. A proven ability to apply excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Extensive experience engaging, influencing, and building alignment among Executive Leadership Teams, Global Functional Leaders, Country Directors, Member organisations, and senior stakeholders across multiple geographies. A proven ability to lead and influence in highly ambiguous, politically sensitive, and rapidly changing environments. Strong knowledge and practical experience of operating model design, shared services, process harmonisation, workforce and level-of-effort optimisation, finance transformation, and organisational effectiveness initiatives. Exceptional executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management capability. Experience leveraging AI, automation, analytics, and digital transformation approaches to improve organizational performance. Desirable: Experience leading global transformation programs exceeding USD 100M operational scope. Experience working across both headquarters/global teams and decentralized country operations. Experience supporting ERP transformation Initiatives. Experience in Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or operational excellence methodologies. Exposure to enterprise analytics, AI-enabled transformation, or intelligent automation initiatives.

Qualifications

Essential: Master’s degree in business administration, Finance, Organizational Development, Strategy, Operations, Management, or related field. Desirable: Professional certification in Programme Management, Change Management, Lean Six Sigma, Organizational Design, or related discipline is strongly preferred.

Other Details
Languages Required
English
Languages Preferred
Not specified
Contract Duration
18 Months (until 31 Dec 2027)
Work Modality
Hybrid/Remote
Remuneration
Not specified
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