Vice President, Programs
Maisha Meds
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Nairobi • Kenya
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About the role
- Lead program planning and design
- Lead the strategic vision for program scale; defining how, where, and at what pace programs should grow to maximise impact while maintaining operational integrity and efficiency.
- Own global program results across all countries, with clear accountability for delivery against agreed targets, timelines, and impact metrics.
- Oversee end-to-end program operations, including program management, program supply chain execution, and program compliance, ensuring high-quality, efficient and consistent delivery across markets.
- Oversee program accountability and success
- Ensure programs are implemented with the highest standards of integrity, meeting funder, regulatory, and organisational requirements at all times.
- Harmonise program implementation standards across countries, identifying strengths, challenges, and opportunities to enable cross-learning and continuous improvement.
- Own program budgets and financial planning, including forecasting program needs, managing month-on-month expenditures, and aligning resources to delivery priorities.
- Manage internal and external stakeholders
- Build and manage strategic external relationships critical to program success, including Ministries of Health, government agencies, implementing partners, and relevant sector associations.
- Oversee program reporting to funders and stakeholders, ensuring timely, accurate, and high-quality monthly, quarterly, annual, or ad-hoc reports as needed.
- Collaborate closely with product and technology teams to ensure digital tools and workflows effectively support program implementation and continuous improvement.
- Team leadership, thought-partnership, and culture-setting
- Drive efficiency across teams, systems, and processes, regularly reviewing ways of working to ensure optimal use of people, technology, and resources.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to program teams, building strong capability, accountability, and a culture aligned with Maisha Meds values.
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to the COO and executive team, contributing insight and leadership on how best to achieve program targets at scale.
Requirements
- 5+ years senior leadership experience with responsibility for large-scale, multi-country program delivery in at least one of our countries of operation
- Demonstrated experience managing programs across multiple countries, with exposure to different operating and regulatory environments.
- Experience in pharmaceutical programs, healthcare service delivery, and/or last-mile implementation
- Proven experience owning program targets, budgets, and performance outcomes, including forecasting and resource planning.
- Strong technology literacy, with experience working alongside digital tools, ERPs, and program management systems to improve efficiency and visibility.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience in modeling paths to achieving targets, budgeting, and performance management.
- Strong people leadership experience, including coaching senior team members, building capability, and leading through complexity.
- A systems-oriented thinker with a strong bias for efficiency, continuous improvement, and disciplined execution.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
program managementfinancial planningbudgetingperformance managementforecastinganalytical skillsprogram compliancesupply chain executionlast-mile implementationhealthcare service delivery
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingstrategic thinkingstakeholder managementcross-learningculture-settingefficiencyaccountabilitycommunicationthought partnership