Impact Manager

About the Organization 

The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) is a convener, incubator, and investor committed to accelerating opportunity and prosperity for the AAPI community. TAAF supports the ecosystem of advocates and organizations committed to AAPI causes so that together we can more effectively take action against hate and violence, and build the infrastructure needed to improve AAPI advocacy, power, and representation across American society. We were founded to solve for the longstanding lack of investment and resources provided to the AAPI community — particularly as anti-AAPI hate and violence persist at alarming rates. We strive to be a catalyzing force for creating a permanent and irrevocable sense of belonging for the 23 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the United States. Learn more at taaf.org. 

About the Role 

The Impact Manager will be responsible for documenting and sharing TAAF’s impact across a variety of stakeholders. This role drives the design, development, and implementation of TAAF’s internal and external evaluations and supports key research and data needs. The ideal candidate will have deep understanding and experience with impact evaluation, experience translating findings into engaging stories and data, and strong research skills. 

As a key member of a small but ambitious data and research team, the Impact Manager will liaise across the organization to track impact against strategic goals. They believe in working strategically with transparency and accountability, embrace a culture of learning, work respectfully with compassion, kindness, and gratitude, and seek to be inclusive and collaborative. Additionally, the candidate is able to be nimble and flexible to respond to dynamic priorities and expanding workstreams. Most importantly, the candidate is passionate about our mission and recognizes and understands the challenges and opportunities in serving our community.

Key Responsibilities 

External-Facing Evaluations

• Liaise with teams to identify interventions that will benefit most from evaluations across the organization 
• Coordinate monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) support, including work plan development and milestone tracking
• Design and provide support to MEL activities, including drafting protocols, determining sample size, drafting quantitative and qualitative data collection tools and conducting data analysis, or working with partner organizations/third-party evaluators on the above 
• Develop and implement data quality systems to assess data quality in real-time
• Document best practices and facilitate lesson sharing across teams and to external stakeholders
• Liaise with external evaluation partner to communicate relevant updates and troubleshoot impact-related items 
• Provide capacity building trainings for grantee partners on MEL
• Lead in developing a learning agenda for grantee partners on initiatives such as bullying, assessing quality of teacher trainings etc

Internal-Facing Evaluations

• Contribute to formative or implementation research plans and early-stage program scoping, including drafting briefs for new or expanding programs. Conduct quick analyses, scoping studies, and literature reviews with the goal to inform decision-making  
• Liaise with team members to refine the metrics used by the organization and by partner organizations to track impact 
• Update existing metrics dashboard and build new ones to track organizational progress against impact 
• Lead the development of the Annual Impact Report
• Lead development of a digital impact story on the TAAF’s impact

Data and Research

• Support the Data & Research team with research asks related to safety, economic opportunity, and other topics as needed 

• Complete special projects and other duties as assigned

Education/Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 4+ years of relevant experience, or a graduate degree with 3+ years of similar experience (e.g., statistics, economics, or research/development)
• Experience designing and implementing impact evaluation projects, especially related to racism, safety, economic opportunity, education, and/or narrative change
• Experience conducting field-based research (quantitative and qualitative), preferably with AANHPI communities

Skills (Required)

• Demonstrated field experience in designing, delivering, and managing monitoring, evaluation, and quality assurance systems
• Advanced proficiency in statistical analysis using tools such as STATA, R, Python, or similar platforms
• Strong skills in qualitative data analysis using software like Atlas.ti, Dedoose, NVivo, or equivalent
• Experience creating data dashboards in Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools
• Proven ability to lead and collaborate with teams of varied technical expertise and training levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information to diverse audiences
• Commitment to TAAF’s core values: Impact, Growth, Integrity, Inclusivity, and Gratitude
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, startup-like environment

Skills (Preferred)

• Experience conducting evaluations involving AANHPI communities
• Experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders (e.g., community organizations, government, corporates, media, foundations)
• Experience using AI tools for data analysis
• Familiarity with venture capital or impact investing principles

Working Hours 

• Requires occasional weekend, off-hours, or evening work 

Location

• Candidates based in the metropolitan New York City or San Francisco area follow a hybrid work schedule, requiring in-office presence three days per week, with occasional travel as needed

• TAAF provides competitive compensation and benefits including health insurance (including dental and vision) and a 401k retirement plan to all employees
• Anticipated salary is $100,000