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Natasha Karanja

@natashakaranja

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Strategic Project Manager driving inclusive digital policy and evidence-based program delivery.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles applying project and program management to digital inclusion and gender-responsive policy, with collaborative teams, measurable impact, and opportunities to lead multi-stakeholder research and scale evidence-based interventions.

I am a Strategic Project Manager with 5+ years delivering complex, multi-stakeholder projects across the Global South, specializing in digital inclusion, gender-responsive policy and evidence-based program design. I have managed end-to-end project delivery for consortia and institutions, led multi-country research on women's digital skills, authored 20+ technical explainers, and secured funding through successful grant proposals.

My background combines program and operations management, stakeholder engagement, monitoring & evaluation, and policy advising for organizations such as CIPIT, OECD partners and financial sector consortia. I bring strong risk and budget management, legal analysis experience, and practical skills with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Airtable and AI research tools to ensure quality assurance and measurable impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Project & Operations Consultant

Financial Sector Deepening Kenya

Sep 2024 - Sep 2025 (1 year)

Managed end-to-end project workflow for a financial sector consortium, delivering a strategic landscape analysis and an evidence-based implementation roadmap while facilitating multi-stakeholder consensus workshops.

Project Management Stakeholder Engagement Roadmapping Workshop Facilitation Monitoring & Evaluation Risk Management

Tech Policy and Partnerships Specialist

Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology

May 2022 - Apr 2025 (2 years 11 months)

Managed a portfolio of funded research projects, leading multi-country studies on women's digital skills and advising institutions (OECD, AU, Mastercard Foundation) to shape gender-responsive digital skilling policy across Africa.

Program Management Policy Analysis Stakeholder Management Research Design

Lawyer

Karanja Njenga and Co Advocates

Jan 2021 - Apr 2022 (1 year 3 months)

Advised on impact investment frameworks and designed a crisis-response risk management plan for a Tier-1 bank, and produced legal research that informed the Sectional Properties Regulations 2021.

Legal Analysis Risk Assessment Impact Investing Business Development Contract Management Crisis Response

Partnerships and Fundraising Lead

Kent Africa Summit

Sep 2018 - Mar 2019 (6 months)

Spearheaded fundraising and partnerships, securing £10,000 from institutional partners and optimizing an £18,000 budget to deliver a participatory conference model with high-profile speakers.

Fundraising Partnership Building Budget Management Event Operations Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

SOAS University of London

Master of Laws, International Commercial and Economic Law

2019 - 2020

Activities and societies: Senior Editor, SOAS Law Journal; International Postgraduate Merit Scholarship; Runners Up, Withers International Investment Law Prize

Completed a Master of Laws in International Commercial and Economic Law with a focus on international economic regulation and commercial legal frameworks.