Regional Portfolio Lead - Latin America

About the role

Compassion is looking for a Regional Portfolio Lead for Latin America to provide strategic leadership and oversight of a portfolio of emergency response and disaster preparedness programs funded through a US Government grant. The role ensures high-quality program implementation, effective partner engagement, strong donor compliance and achievement of portfolio objectives across several countries. It is supported by grant funding approved for a one-year period, and resumes should be submitted in English.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the primary regional point of contact for partner program planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and performance management.
• Lead coordination across consortium members and internal stakeholders such as RISE PMU and regional donor representatives.
• Monitor progress, deliverables and key performance indicators, and support the design and improvement of emergency preparedness and resilience-building interventions.
• Ensure compliance with US Government grant regulations, award terms, organizational policies and local regulations.
• Partner with finance, compliance and program teams on budget performance, pipeline management, forecasts and financial accountability.
• Identify and mitigate programmatic, operational, financial and compliance risks.
• Review and contribute to donor reports, work plans and monitoring frameworks.
• Facilitate learning and knowledge sharing, and support capacity development of partners and staff through coaching, training and technical support.
• Represent Compassion in meetings, technical working groups and donor engagements, and support business development and proposal development.
• Travel within the region as needed, up to 30%.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in International Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Emergency Management, International Relations, Public Administration or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience managing complex humanitarian, disaster preparedness, resilience or international development programs, including multi-country portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience managing US Government-funded awards and complying with donor regulations.
• Strong knowledge of emergency response, disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction and resilience programming.
• Proven experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams and collaborating across countries and cultures.
• Excellent written and verbal English, including donor reporting and executive-level presentations.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 30%, including to disaster-affected areas.