Vitamin Angels
Position Description
Position: Vice President of Programs
Employer: Vitamin Angel Alliance, Inc. (VA)
Division: Program Division
Location: Remote, with significant travel required
Salary Range: $210K–$225K annually
Please note that Vitamin Angels is closed from June 30 - July 4 for a summer recharge. The team will respond to applications upon our return.
About Vitamin Angels
Vitamin Angels (VA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, global public health organization working to improve nutrition worldwide. VA works directly with local organizations, including governments, to reach nutritionally vulnerable populations – pregnant women, infants, and young children – who are underserved by existing systems. Since 1994, VA has been delivering evidence-based nutrition interventions and providing technical assistance to reach more than 70 million women and children in low-resource settings annually.
Vitamin Angels is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a workplace that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We are a dedicated group of individuals who strive to create a supportive environment where all individuals have access to equal opportunities to succeed, regardless of background, identity, or perspective. Our efforts aim to ensure fairness and mutual respect for all employees, promoting a culture of belonging and professional growth.
Role or Purpose of Position
The Vice President of Programs drives the execution and operationalization of Vitamin Angels' global public health nutrition strategy. The Vice President of Programs, in partnership with Chief Nutrition Officer (CNO), guides all aspects of program implementation, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based, high-impact programs that advance Vitamin Angels’ mission.
Working closely with the CNO and the broader strategic leadership team (SLT), the Vice President of Programs leads global program team, fosters operational excellence, ensures strong partnerships with partner organizations, and contributes to evidence generation and impact modeling efforts. This is a critical leadership role requiring global public health programming expertise, operational leadership, and the ability to drive change and innovation across a globally distributed team.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Translates Vitamin Angels’ global public health nutrition strategy into the program division’s annual operational planning, targets, budget, and evolving organizational structure and capabilities.
- Leads the execution and continuous improvement of all programming activities, ensuring adherence to public health principles and best practices.
- Fosters the professional growth of Vitamin Angel’s regional and country teams to ensure programmatic excellence and mission alignment.
- Ensures execution of the global partnership strategy through the development of effective structures, systems, teams, and culture.
- Represents Vitamin Angels internally and externally as a global scientific leader in public health and nutrition, collaborating fully across VA’s multi-disciplinary divisions and their diverse partnership networks and donors.
- Supports dissemination of the program division’s learnings and implementation research findings at international conference and invited talk, government reports, and peer-reviewed publication.
- Contributes actively to restrictive and unrestrictive revenue generation and donor engagement efforts, working closely with the CNO.
Level of Decision-Making
Within the bounds of VA’s mission, values and policies, and sound professional practices, the Vice President of Programs has the discretion to use independent judgment to make decisions of significant consequence that affect VA clients, partners, and employees.
Organizational Relationships
VA operates under a collaborative, matrix management model. The Vice President of Programs establishes their own daily work priorities and ensures that all responsibilities are conducted consistent with sound professional judgment and within an established budget.
Reports to: | Chief Nutrition Officer |
Supervises: | - Director, Program Operations
- Director, Program Quality & Impact
- Director, Supply Chain
- Associate Director, Program Management
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Primary working relationships: | - Director, Program Operations
- Director, Program Quality & Impact
- Director, Supply Chain
- Associate Director, Program Management
- Director, Corporate/Foundation Engagements
- Global / Regional Technical and Program Advisors
- Strategic Leadership Team Members
- Country Team Leads
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Travel required: | Yes (45% plus) |
Qualifications and Skills (Required and Preferred)
Required:
- Doctorate degree in public health, nutrition, epidemiology, or a related field with demonstrated application (e.g., 40+ peer-reviewed publications; track record of submitting and receiving donor funding).
- 10 + years of experience in public health programming and/or applied research.
- Superior public speaking skills, with strong track record of presenting across different audiences.
- Track record of leading large global team and partner network.
- Strong operational skills, including budget management, organization structuring, resource planning, and strategic execution.
- Strong interpersonal, team leadership, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to mobilize multi-sector collaboration across donors, governments, academia, multilateral organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
- Ability to travel or live internationally (45% plus).
Preferred:
BENEFITS: Comprehensive benefit package includes Medical, Dental and Vision Care, Life Insurance, Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Lifestyle Spending Account, 401(k), Paid Time Off, Winter/Summer Recharge Weeks, Holidays, paid parental leave and more.
