Program Delivery and Business Development Manager

Who is USP?

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world’s leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit‑based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds—regardless of background—to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

The Program Delivery (PD) and Business Development (BD) Manager is an individual contributor reporting to the Senior Director, Program Delivery and Business Development responsible for managing a portfolio of donor‑funded projects that advances access to quality medicines and strengthens supply chain resilience, using best practices to ensure client/donor satisfaction. More specifically, the PD/BD Manager will provide day‑to‑day management of assigned projects, including developing workplans, deploying project management tools and processes, monitoring project activities against budgets, drafting progress reports among other tasks, to ensure high quality results.

Additionally, the PD/BD Manager will manage the proposal development process, as assigned, with staff members working across multiple teams in Rockville and other regions to ensure quality and compliant submission in response to funding opportunities. In both the PD and BD capacities, the Manager will stay abreast of trends in an evolving global health and domestic landscape. Lastly, the PD/BD Manager will define, revise, and implement project management and business development processes in collaboration with other key stakeholders, and develop and revise resources and tools as part of the PD/BD team’s ongoing efforts for continuous improvement based on feedback and business practices.

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high‑quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence‑based decision‑making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally, USP’s People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high‑performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results‑driven work environments.

• Manages a portfolio of donor‑funded projects across global health and domestic projects; holds operational accountability for the timely and successful implementation of the portfolio of assigned projects, to include leading cross‑functional project management teams with technical, M&E, finance and other relevant staff, development of…