Director Health, India

The Director -Health Indiais responsible fordeveloping and executing theintegrated healthstrategy to meet the foundations health goalsaligned with national prioritieswith a focus on acceleratinguptake of innovations andequitableimprovements in health outcomes at scale. These include supporting the Government of Indiaand state governments (intheprioritystates of UP Bihar andnext gen / lighthouse states)to accelerate progress on reproductive maternal newborn and child health and nutrition; reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases that disproportionately affect the poor (including the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis lymphatic filariasis malariaand tuberculosis) support immunization and primary health careandbuild performance-oriented and equitable health systems.

In service of these goals the Director - Health India will work collaboratively with foundation leaders to provide guidancementorshipand oversight to a multi-disciplinary strategy implementation team.The role will work in deep collaboration with the Director of DigitalHealth and AI andR&D to ensure that health strategies are fully integrated with innovation pipelines and digital public infrastructure and AI. This includes leveraging data systems frontier technologies and product innovation to accelerate delivery improve system efficiency and drive measurable outcomes in population health.The incumbent willestablishand strengthen critical relationships with national and state governments and other key foundationpartnersincluding multilaterals development and private sectorphilanthropic partnersandadvance the foundations mission and impact by creating an environment of optimism collaboration rigor innovation and inclusion.

The Director - Health India reports to the Country Director India Country Office.The position is based in New Delhi India.

Note - This position is a limited-term position for24 months. Relocation will not be provided.

WhatYoullDo

Strategy:

• Responsible for formulation adaptation and implementation of clear comprehensive and detailedhealth plansin keeping with the health strategy and to advance programmatic goals.

• Lead advancement of health strategies aligned with Government of India priorities including Universal Health Coverage and the National Health Policywith a focus onstrengthening primaryand secondaryhealthcare systems expandingequitableaccess andIntegrating innovations that can accelerate improvements in prioritizednationalhealth outcomes.

• Lead regular strategic reviews with central and state governments to assess progress against health prioritiesidentifyimplementationbottlenecks and align course corrections to ensure delivery of outcomes at scale.

• Working with the Africa India Office (AIO) Division enable systematic diffusion ofbi-directionallearningsbetweenIndiaand Africa andother LMICs by capturing evidence codifying scalablemodels andfacilitatingcross-country exchange and adaptation in partnership with governments andregionalinstitutions.

• As a member of the AIO Division Leadership Team support the development and execution of Divisions healthpriorities.

Executionand Portfolio Management:

• Drive implementation in priority states by piloting adapting and scaling context-specificrelevantandcost-effectivesolutions combininginnovations inservice delivery last-mile models and public system strengthening to accelerate improvements in health outcomesof the country.

• Ensure a high-quality portfolio of investments by supporting teams and partners to think critically about goals context approach and sustainability. The Director Health reviews and approves investments in India per the delegation of authority.

• Accelerate progress toward national health goals by expanding access to affordable diagnostics and point-of-care technologies enabling early detectiontimelytreatment and improved quality of careparticularly in underserved and last-mile settings.

• Enable integrationand scaling ofdigital tools and platforms including digital public infrastructure health systems (e.g. ABDM) telemedicine AI-enabled tools and real-time data systems in partnership with state governments to strengthen program design targeting early detection care continuity and adaptive data-driven decision-making at scale.

• Collaboratewith domesticpartnerstoexplore and leadAI-enabled tools and digital health systems to strengthen disease surveillance clinical decision support and program managementdriving more precise targeting real-time insights and improved efficiency in service delivery.

PartnershipsandRepresentation:

• Identifyand cultivate strategic partnerships with domestic institutions multilateral organizations and philanthropic partners in collaboration with the philanthropic partnerships team to co-create and co-finance high-impact initiatives aligned with national and state health goals unlocking catalytic funding enabling knowledgeproductionand accelerating sustainable scale.

• Effectively collaborate with teams across US and global offices (e.g. by fostering exchange of insights and assets) for the achievement of the foundations health goals in India and globally.

• Represent the organization externally with governments multilateral forums and key stakeholders to contribute to policy dialogue advance national priorities and share learnings to inform broader development agendas.

Leadership and Team Management:

• Serve as an internal representative of the health portfolio in strategy and other reviews.

• Directly responsiblefor people and team managementincludinghiringa talentedhealth team organization;guide coach mentor and support cluster leaders /deputy directors and their teams in meeting their goalsincluding fostering sustainable and long-term systemic change.

• Jointly accountable (with members of the ICO Executive Team) for building aculture ofhigh integrity in line with foundation valuesagreementsand leadership principles.

Your Experience

• An advanced degreelikeMastersin public healthmedicineor relatedfields.PhD is preferred.

• 18 years of professional experience in global health organizationsanddemonstratedin India;expertisein public health management with proven ability to understand complex public health problems related to foundation priorities and experience in successfully executing solutions in partnership with governmentsNGOsand other stakeholders.

• Established leader in health with extensive experience in low- and middle-income country contexts.

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement strategies to advance complex system change in health and to adapt and learn from local contexts.

• Knowledge of public health principles and processes in the context of India with ability to navigate complex environments.

• Understanding of digital technologies and their applications to help advance public health priorities

• Ability to engage with externaland internalstakeholders to assess introduction and scaling of cost-effective innovations to address public health challengesin India.

• Demonstrated experience developing collaborative and deep relationships and effectively engaging with a wide array of stakeholders at the country level including but not limited to government subnational entitiesdonorsand partners/grantees to 1) co-develop strategies and workplans and 2) provide oversight of and track implementation.

• Track recordof data-driven decision making and fluency in measurement and evaluation.

• Skilled at conveningleadingand influencing others to align shared goals in a constructive manner.

• Experience leading large multidisciplinary matrixed teams and managing a large and complex portfolio of investments.

• Outstanding interpersonal skills and humility able to listen and absorb perspectives from stakeholders and synthesize into thoughtful action.

• Driving for results with a strong passion for the development mission of the foundation

• Ability to build and nurture a diverse and multicultural team of strong leaders by empowering them to do their best work individually and as a team in service of our goals.

• Strong strategic thinking capability with an ability to balance short medium and long-term considerations and make choices among opposing priorities.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in positions requiring communication with a broad audiencerepresentingdiverse cultures.

• Demonstrated commitment to the foundations values and principles and to holding self to the highest ethical standards.

• Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.

*Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where this position islocated.The Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.