Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.

Director

• Lead CHAI’s global lead exposure program, ensuring strong execution across market shaping and country-level programs (governance, measurement)
• Lead donor engagement, proposal development, and program reporting, ensuring timely, high-quality communication and accountability to funders
• Inform and help shape the long-term vision for the program and incubate CHAI’s role in the global lead ecosystem
• Design and implement global supply- and demand-side strategies to increase access to safer inputs and reduce lead exposure at scale
• Coordinate across multiple CHAI country teams to ensure coherent strategy design and effective implementation
• Oversee analyses of market dynamics, cost-effectiveness, and supply chains; negotiate with suppliers to improve affordability and availability of safe products
• Build and maintain partnerships with governments, NGOs, multilaterals, suppliers, and other stakeholders
• Support the design and delivery of governance initiatives at country level with Ministries and agencies
• Manage multi-stakeholder projects and ensure high-quality, on-time delivery of outputs
• Represent CHAI externally with donors, technical partners, and international fora
• Mentor, manage, and support staff within a matrixed team

Director, Lead Exposure

Program Manager

• The Program Manager’s core responsibility will be to develop and operationalize a cross-country, catalytic, and impact-driven market access initiative aimed at enhancing access through government-led procurement and improving market predictability for insulin and/or BGM in select countries.
• Responsibilities are expected to include: Synthesize cross-country procurement and market bottlenecks across key access stakeholders (suppliers, (government) buyers, distributors, PLWD and others as relevant) and translate findings into proposed design for practical, investment-ready access solutions.
• Lead or oversee core analyses such as demand forecasting, financial modeling of subsidy needs, and cost-benefit assessments.
• Develop investment cases and policy briefs that help funders, governments, and suppliers make informed decisions on participation.
• Test components of the initiative in a subset of countries in scope for the Alliance to obtain country-level inputs on feasibility and refine the approach for scale.
• Engage Ministries of Health and Finance, procurement agencies, and regional bodies to align on feasibility of proposed approach.
• Build trust-based relationships with manufacturers (both originators and biosimilars), seeking insights on key barriers to LMIC market entry and participation.
• Coordinate closely with community groups, implementing partners, and donors to ensure the mechanism supports patient-centered access priorities.
• Ensure tight coordination between the access initiative and other Alliance deliverables, including programmatic in-country investments, governance, funding and operating model design, and broader coordination, convening and advocacy activities.
• Define KPIs and a focused performance tracking framework to assess access gains, supplier response, sustainability of country uptake.
• Anticipate risks and adjust tactics rapidly, whether by engaging additional partners, modifying technical requirements, or adjusting (financial) terms.

Program Manager, Type 1 Diabetes

• Coordinate the engagement of the Alliance at country level, extending support on coordination of existing funding and identifying new funding priorities in three start-up geographies, under government and community leadership
• Develop the Alliance’s country application and selection process, planning for launch of Alliance engagement, and preparing for scale-up to additional countries in 2027
• Travel up to 40% to engage with stakeholders and represent the Alliance at key meetings and events
• Align strategies with broader NCD health system goals and collaborate with CHAI teams across functions
• Cultivate strong in-country government and partner relationships to ensure priority setting reflects local needs and constraints
• Manage donor/partner conversations to secure funding commitments aligned with country programs
• Ensure documentation, processes, and templates for global and in-country partner engagement; contribute to M&E frameworks and communications strategy

Program Manager, Type1 Diabetes, NCD, Country Support

• Lead overall AVE program strategy and management, ensuring alignment with CHAI’s mission and global cervical cancer elimination goals
• Develop and execute detailed workplans, timelines, and budgets across workstreams
• Oversee day-to-day program activities, ensuring timely delivery of milestones and deliverables
• Manage project risks, troubleshoot challenges, and adapt plans as needed to achieve program objectives
• Prepare donor reports as needed
• Supervise staff and consultants as needed
• Digital Health Execution: Collaborate with CHAI’s Digital Health team to ensure AVE deployments are grounded in best practices of design, data collection, reporting, integration, visualization and use; are aligned with broader national digital health strategies; and are designed for institutionalization and sustainability from inception
• Manage any technology vendors and development work to ensure product configurations and developments are on track and in line with defined requirements; test developer outputs and provide regular feedback on bugs and functionality
• In collaboration with CHAI’s Digital Health team, guide partners and country teams on integration and interoperability of the AVE deployment with health information systems (EHRs, CHISs, LIMS), and on digital health architectures, standards, and best practices for AI-enabled diagnostics
• Lead the development and review of technical documentation, user guides, and training materials for AVE
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and ethical standards in deployment
• Market Shaping: Support development of market shaping and innovative financing strategies to foster a competitive supplier landscape and ensure fit-for-purpose, high quality AVE products reach the market
• Support engagement with private sector partners, manufacturers, innovators, and developers to encourage investment, innovation, and sustainable business models for AVE
• Monitor market trends, including demand forecasts and pricing benchmarks to inform procurement strategies and ensure ongoing value for money
• Advocate for and support the inclusion of AVE in national and donor-funded procurement programs to maximize access and impact
• Stakeholder Engagement: Manage strategic and day-to-day relationships with technical, donor, and programmatic partners, as well as internal stakeholders, securing cooperation and support to advance AVE productization, regulatory approvals, and market entry
• Foster partnerships with entrepreneurs, innovators, and manufacturers to support product development, distribution, and service delivery in LMICs
• Represent CHAI and the AVE program at global and regional forums, advocating for adoption and integration of AVE solutions
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration between country teams and global technical experts
• Resource Mobilization & Reporting: Support fundraising efforts, including proposal development and donor reporting
• Track program expenditures and ensure compliance with CHAI and donor requirements
• Prepare concise, high-quality reports, presentations, and communications for internal and external audiences

Program Manager, Automated Visual Evaluation (AVE) - HSS

• Design and implement market shaping strategies to increase access to key commodities
• Manage the supply-side strategy and develop expertise in a range of relevant areas (including pharmaceutical costing and production economics, product development and commercialization strategies, financial and market analyses, and relationship management)
• 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
• Cultivate strong relationships with senior executives of drug and diagnostics companies, and governmental, multilateral, and non-governmental organizations
• Lead negotiations with pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies on pricing and supply terms and support other members of the Global Markets Team as they prepare for and lead negotiations
• Proactively identify opportunities to shape market dynamics for key products needed in LMICs and evaluate market opportunities for new drugs and diagnostic
• Represent CHAI effectively to major donors and external partners
• Engage CHAI’s scientific experts to provide technical support to suppliers as needed on topics ranging from product prioritization, production planning, regulatory approval processes, drug quality issues, demand forecasting, etc.
• Build and maintain institutional capacity and facilitate opportunities for knowledge sharing
• Effectively manage oneself, direct, and/or indirect reports within a matrixed organization
• Other responsibilities as needed.

Director, Lead Exposure

Program Manager, Type 1 Diabetes

Program Manager, Type1 Diabetes, NCD, Country Support

Program Manager, Automated Visual Evaluation (AVE) - HSS

Associate Program Director - Global Markets