Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.
A global health organization committed to saving lives, reducing the burden of disease and strengthening health systems.
Director, Lead Exposure
Location
United States
Posted
160 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Bachelor Degree8 yrs expExperience acceptedEnglishChai
Job Description
• 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
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus at least 10 years’ work experience, or advanced degree plus at least 8 years’ work experience, or equivalent work experience
- Demonstrated experience in global health, environmental health, or policy/regulatory strengthening in low- and middle-income countries
- Exceptional analytical (qualitative and quantitative) skills
- Exceptional communication (written and verbal) skills
- Strong track record of managing complex projects and multi-stakeholder teams
- Experience leading staff and 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
- Willingness to travel frequently (~20%)
- Commitment to humility, resourcefulness, tenacity, and CHAI’s values
- Advantage: Experience in market shaping, supply chain, or environmental health interventions
- Advantage: Experience in private sector (strategy consulting, investment banking, pharmaceutical/biotech/diagnostic/chemical industries)
- Advantage: Demonstrated success in fundraising and donor relationship management
- Advantage: Experience conducting cost-effectiveness modeling or economic evaluation
- Advantage: Experience working remotely with decentralized teams across geographies
- Advantage: Professional fluency in additional languages such as French, Hindi, or Swahili
- Advantage: Experience designing and conducting monitoring, evaluation, and research activities
Benefits
- Telecommute allowed (Telecommute: Yes)
- Flexible base location within CHAI program countries (preference for Africa, Europe, or Asia time zones)
- Approximately 20% travel requirement
- CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion