[Hiring] Program Manager, Global Markets @Clinton Health Access Initiative

Role Description

The Manager will lead key diagnostic market-shaping activities for GMT related to SECURE as well as other priority areas. Their primary objective will be to:

• Design, maintain, and update CHAI’s global supply-and demand-side product strategies.
• Own relationships including leading negotiations with diagnostic companies.
• Collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure the creation of markets for new, affordable and high-quality diagnostic products in low- and middle-income markets.
• Develop strong relationships with global and country teams within CHAI, as well as with diagnostic suppliers, technical partners, and key opinion leaders.
• Coordinate CHAI’s work in SECURE and other priority areas with other international and research organizations.

We are seeking a highly motivated, entrepreneurial individual with outstanding problem-solving abilities and communication skills that shares in CHAI’s mission and values. The Manager must be able to:

• Manage a few direct reports.
• Function independently.
• Cultivate productive external relationships.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to excellence.

This role would be based in a CHAI program country, pending GMT and country team leadership approval. It will require up to 25% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 8 or more years of work experience.
• Experience working in the private sector, ideally in strategy consulting, and/or investment banking or similar fast-paced, results-oriented environments such as in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic or medical device industries.
• Exceptional analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and communication (written and verbal) skills; detail oriented.
• Creative thinker, enabling development of transformational solutions to complex global health problems.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, including ability to work independently, self-motivate, propose and implement new ideas, and bring others along.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and set priorities.
• Ability to absorb and synthesize a broad range of information, including financial, regulatory, diagnostic, and scientific information.
• Strong desire to work in a fast-paced, multicultural environment; demonstrated ability to build strong relationships quickly, externally and internally.
• Excellent manager with proven track record of delivering on complex, multistakeholder projects.
• Willingness to travel.

Requirements

• Manage the supply-side strategy including deploying expertise in a range of relevant areas (product development and commercialization, financial and market analyses, and new product introduction).
• Design and implement market shaping strategies to increase access to key diagnostics.
• Work with GMT leadership, other CHAI teams and external stakeholders to develop work plans that support marketing shaping goals and achieve grant deliverables.
• Manage the delivery of complex, multi-stakeholder projects ensuring high quality, on time delivery of objectives and deliverables.
• Cultivate strong relationships with senior executives of diagnostics companies, and governmental, multilateral, and non-governmental organizations.
• Lead negotiations with diagnostic companies on pricing and supply terms.
• Proactively monitor the ecosystem to identify risks and opportunities to shape market dynamics for priority products.
• Represent CHAI effectively to major donors and external partners.
• Engage scientific experts to provide technical support to suppliers as needed.
• Build and maintain institutional capacity and facilitate opportunities for knowledge sharing and knowledge management.
• Effectively manage oneself, direct, and/or indirect reports within a matrixed organization.
• Other responsibilities as needed.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on impactful global health initiatives.
• Collaborative and diverse work environment.
• Professional development opportunities.