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This is an exciting and challenging role to help address one of the most pressing issues in global health while scaling up CHAI’s newest global program.
As Associate Director, you will drive CHAI’s market shaping work on lead exposure, playing a central role in shaping program direction in collaboration with CHAI teams, governments, donors, and technical partners. You will also lead early-stage scoping projects for new areas where CHAI can apply market shaping approaches to global challenges in the lead exposure space (e.g., access to chelates).
You will work closely with the Senior Director, Innovation, and the Vice President of Innovation, alongside colleagues across CHAI’s Global Markets, Global Diagnostics, and country teams. You will coordinate across country teams, market shaping initiatives, and global program management.
We are seeking a highly motivated, entrepreneurial individual with outstanding problem-solving abilities and communication skills that shares CHAI’s values. The Associate Director must be able to function independently, recruit and manage staff, and have a strong commitment to excellence. CHAI also places great value on qualities such as humility, resourcefulness, and tenacity.
The base location is flexible and could include CHAI program countries, pending Country Director approval. Due to time zones and existing team location, we have a strong preference for candidates based in US, Africa, or Europe. This role will require up to 20% travel.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead CHAI’s global lead exposure market shaping work, maintaining strategic view of overarching portfolio and long-term program roadmap.
- Manage multiple complex multi-stakeholder projects in parallel, ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery of outputs.
- Hire, manage, mentor, and support staff within a matrixed team.
- Inform and help shape the long-term vision for the lead exposure program, incubating CHAI’s role and positioning the organization as a trusted partner in the global lead ecosystem.
- Identify new market shaping opportunities and lead early-stage scoping of new concepts.
- 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 key products.
- Build and maintain partnerships with governments, NGOs, multilaterals, suppliers, and other stakeholders to advance the global lead exposure agenda.
- Lead donor engagement, proposal development, and program reporting, ensuring timely, high-quality communication and accountability to funders, and mobilizing resources for lead exposure programming.
- Represent CHAI externally with donors, with technical partners, and at international fora.
- Other responsibilities as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree plus at least 10 years’ work experience, or advanced degree plus at least 8 years’ work experience, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong track record of managing complex projects and multi-stakeholder teams in dynamic environments.
- Exceptional analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and communication (written and verbal) skills.
- Demonstrated experience in global health, environmental health, or related field.
- Experience living or working in low- and middle-income countries.
- Experience building high-performing teams.
- Ability to navigate complex government processes and influence decision-making collaboratively.
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Commitment to humility, resourcefulness, tenacity, and CHAI’s values.
Advantages
- Experience in market shaping, supply chain, or environmental health interventions.
- Experience in the private sector (strategy consulting, investment banking, pharmaceutical/biotech/diagnostic/chemical industries) or similarly fast-paced, results-oriented environments.
- Demonstrated success in fundraising and donor relationship management.
- Experience conducting cost-effectiveness modelling or economic evaluation in a public health or social impact context.
- Experience working remotely with decentralized teams across geographies.
- Professional fluency in additional languages such as French, Hindi, or Swahili.
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