Director, Newborn Health

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Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2002

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a nonprofit global health organization committed to building a world where everyone has access to healthcare. Founded in 2002, CHAI focuses on tackling major health issues like infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and non-communicable diseases through various programs in over 35 countries. By partnering with governments and organizations, CHAI aims to reduce the cost of healthcare, enhance health policies, and improve health systems, ultimately saving lives and fostering a healthier future.

📋 Description

• Serve as CHAI’s global newborn health lead • Lead the preterm respiratory care and congenital syphilis elimination workstreams • Develop CHAI’s strategy for a comprehensive newborn health portfolio • Own programmatic outcomes and drive improvements in clinical quality and commodity access • Build a programmatic vision addressing leading drivers of neonatal death • Define priorities, sequence investments, and identify CHAI’s distinctive value • Provide strategic leadership and technical direction to newborn health workstreams • Identify portfolio expansion opportunities, including birth asphyxia and neonatal infections • Lead execution of global newborn health workstreams and ensure technical quality, country relevance, and measurable impact • Provide technical support on clinical intervention rollout, commodity access, procurement planning, provider training, health information systems, and demand-side programming • Guide market-shaping activities for newborn commodities and diagnostics • Oversee impact models and cost-effectiveness analyses • Develop programmatic opportunities from landscape analysis through resource mobilization • Build relationships with WHO, donors, governments, implementing organizations, and academic institutions • Represent CHAI in global newborn health forums and contribute to WHO technical processes • Coordinate partner strategies and learning • Develop concept notes and proposals and manage grant components • Identify and cultivate funding opportunities • Manage and develop program staff • Collaborate with WNH leads, market shaping, M&E/research, and country teams • Contribute to team culture, operations, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives • Report to the VP for Women’s and Newborn Health

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree in public health, medicine, or a related field • Ten or more years of progressive experience in global health • Substantive experience in maternal or newborn health, or adjacent areas such as diagnostic or commodity access programs • In-depth understanding of the newborn health landscape, neonatal mortality and morbidity causes, key interventions, health systems, and supply chains • Experience with cost-effectiveness analysis, impact modelling, or quantitative approaches to program prioritization and investment case development • Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategy in complex, multi-country environments • Proven experience engaging with and influencing multilateral organizations, bilateral donors, and global health partners • Strong analytical skills and ability to work with epidemiological, programmatic, and market data • Excellent communication skills, including distilling complex clinical and programmatic information for diverse audiences • Proven track record of managing and developing teams in a matrixed, multicultural environment • Strong work ethic, integrity, credibility, and dedication to CHAI’s mission • Fluency in English required; French is a significant asset • Experience living and working in sub-Saharan Africa is advantageous • Technical expertise in newborn health areas such as preterm care, neonatal infections, birth asphyxia, or maternal infections with newborn consequences is advantageous • Experience with sexually transmitted infection programs, eMTCT, or triple elimination is advantageous • Experience with market shaping, commodity access, or health commodity procurement in LMICs is advantageous • Experience developing investment cases or enabling environment strategies for diagnostic or therapeutic product introduction is advantageous • Experience with WHO technical working groups or global guideline development is advantageous • Demonstrated fundraising success from major donor organizations is advantageous • Experience building a new or expanding programmatic area is advantageous • Experience working remotely with a geographically dispersed team is advantageous • Willingness to travel approximately 25–35% of the year to program countries and global convenings

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal employment opportunity and commitment to fairness, mutual respect, diversity, and inclusion • Flexible location within one of CHAI’s program countries, subject to country leadership approval and work authorization • Opportunity for professional growth and investment in team development • Global team collaboration and exposure to international partner networks • Mission-driven work addressing newborn mortality and stillbirths • Approximately 25–35% travel to program countries and global convenings