[Hiring] Manager, Program & Operations, Women’s and Newborn Health @Clinton Health Access Initiative

Role Description

The Manager will support the vision of revolutionizing care for pregnant women and paving the way to artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This initiative involves:

• Supporting governments to expand access to AI-enabled point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and other digitally enabled innovations.
• Driving the sustainable introduction of medical devices ready for deployment.
• Delivering quality inputs to the broader vision for connected devices.

The Manager will work with limited supervision to ensure successful implementation of activities in focal countries and proactively contribute to global-level project goals and organizational strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with a minimum of six years of experience in a demanding, fast-paced environment, or a master's degree with a minimum of four years of such experience.
• Experience working directly with government counterparts, such as ministries of health, on health systems strengthening, digital health, or new product introduction is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of maternal and newborn health clinical management and service delivery, ultrasound and imaging technology, and/or medical device regulatory pathways is an asset.
• Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria or Rwanda, is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to use data to inform program strategy and implementation.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including experience managing multiple workstreams, budgets, and timelines with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated capacity to synthesize information into actionable recommendations and effective communications for a range of audiences, including government and donor stakeholders.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills.
• Excellent Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word skills.
• Fluency with artificial intelligence.
• Based in Nigeria, Rwanda, or another CHAI program country in Africa and willing to travel frequently and for extended periods to focal countries.
• Ability to be effective, calm, and flexible in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Respectful of cultural differences; exceptional diplomatic and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated and comfortable working independently.
• Strong work ethic, integrity, credibility, and dedication to CHAI's mission.
• Strong commitment to principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Requirements

• Cultivate technical expertise on POCUS and AI in maternal and newborn health.
• Stay current on emerging evidence, partner activities, and best practices relevant to AI-enabled tools.
• Understand and translate CHAI’s market stewardship approach into practical implementation strategies.
• Support data-driven program strategy and implementation.
• Lead development of tools to support sustainable program delivery.
• Independently structure and execute multifaceted, multistakeholder project workstreams.
• Track program progress against project milestones.
• Prepare donor reports, presentations, and technical briefs summarizing program progress.
• Compile, review, and rationalize funding requests.
• Contribute to case studies, guidance documents, and other knowledge products.
• Support CHAI's global multi-donor coordination platform.
• Serve as a point of contact and go-to expert for project partners.
• Represent CHAI in global and in-country technical working groups.
• Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders.
• Shape materials, deliverables, and key messages for senior stakeholders.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and impactful environment.
• Engagement with diverse teams across multiple countries.
• Contribution to global health initiatives.