[Hiring] Senior Manager, Country Engagement @Clinton Health Access Initiative

Role Description

The majority of MHAI's work sits at the country level, with CHAI country teams. The program succeeds only if those teams deliver against their work plans and their commitments to Ministries of Health and national stakeholders, while remaining tightly connected to the program's global strategy and its commitments to funders. Reporting to the Program Lead, Mental Health, the Senior Manager, Country Engagement provides strategic direction and support to the program's portfolio of six focus countries, leads the global mental health team's relationship with all six country teams, and sets the team's longer-term strategy for country engagement, including with mental health work not funded through MHAI.

• Directly support a subset of countries, sharing day-to-day engagement with the Senior Associate, Country Support, but is accountable for a program-wide view.
• Ensure that country-level priorities, constraints, and evidence shape global strategy.
• Represent CHAI with senior external stakeholders, including government officials and donors.
• Set direction, secure commitments, and course-correct through the quality of judgement, relationships, and communication.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in public health, public policy, business, economics or a related field, with 7+ years of relevant professional experience, including experience in LMIC health systems.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-country or multi-stakeholder programs, including planning, delivery tracking, budget oversight and risk management.
• Track record of building and holding trusted senior relationships with government officials, funders, and colleagues across cultures.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills, including the ability to structure an ambiguous problem and translate country-level detail into program-level insight.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to produce clear, compelling reports and slides for funders and senior audiences.
• Experience supervising, coaching and developing staff, including remote or decentralized teams.
• Experience with program budgeting and financial management, including in low-resource or country-office settings.
• English language fluency, both written and verbal.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to influence, align and secure commitments without formal authority.
• Ability to work independently, set priorities and manage multiple workstreams in a decentralized, multicultural environment.
• Comfort moving between strategic engagement and hands-on delivery support.
• Willingness and ability to travel 20-40%, including to settings where travel logistics can be demanding.

Benefits

• CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing an environment of fairness and mutual respect.
• Values diversity and inclusion, recognizing that the mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.