Impact & Market Shaping Director

Your Responsibilities

• Create, fund, execute, and disseminate learnings from projects which advance our internal and external objectives. Donors and international partners are eager to fund projects which will advance the world’s ability to support the vaccine cold chain, as well as support other global health technology. A great IMS director will see the big picture at Nexleaf, understand our vision and strategy, and rally the entire company towards funded projects which support our internal product development and service, support our Ministry of Health customers to turn data insights into good action and policy, as well as shape the market (international organization policies, national priorities, and even RTM device & software standards) to help us achieve the impact we want.
• Lead the process of setting the evidence, learning & design scopes of work for Nexleaf. The Director will pull together the input from the IMS team, product team, customer team, and international stakeholders to identify and implement the most important research and learning initiatives.
• Develop and strengthen strategic partnerships with international organizations, donors, and other service providers, with the aim of shaping the market for high quality data and effective health systems management. Serve as a thought leader among partners and the global health sector, using Nexleaf’s learnings to advocate for systems change.
• Lead the IMS team to success through recruiting, delegation, coaching, and direction-setting. Rather than being the top individual contributor/”doer” in the IMS department, the Director will make sure the right talent and expertise are in place, directed, motivated, and supported to excel at doing the work.
• Support the Research & Data, Vaccine and Medical Equipment Program teams with the design of pilots, research pilots, and evaluations to generate needed evidence for creating systems for effective use of data and technology adoption among Ministry of Health customers.
• Oversee proposal development. Work with Strategic Partnerships & Engagement team as well as Program Managers to identify funding opportunities that match identified proposal concepts and evidence generation needs, and lead them in submitting grant proposals.
• Oversee communications and advocacy. Lead team members to effectively communicate evidence and to develop resources and technical content that can be disseminated via our regional partnerships to support the use of all data products. Leverage Nexleaf’s data in order to publish reports and inform global stakeholders on the state of health systems today
• Represent Impact & Market Shaping on Nexleaf’s Leadership Team, and coordinate efforts between IMS and other department leads to ensure coordination of shared goals and effective feedback loops between field evidence, product development, and customer service delivery.
• Department budgeting and fundraising. Work with the Finance Manager to oversee Department budget allocations, expenditures, and identify fundraising needs.

Outcomes that this position will own:

• A portfolio of case studies, reports, presentations, workshops, thought leadership content, and other communication products sharing the insights and learnings from Nexleaf’s experiences implementing health equipment monitoring technology worldwide that can be used to shape the market and influence global health sector actors.
• A pipeline of research and learning initiatives providing robust impact, measurement of impact, insights, and evidence from our activities.
• Input to the Customer and Product & Innovation departments to drive them to produce the right products and services for the customer.
• Strong relationships with global health sector actors, multilaterals, and other strategic partners who are invested in learning with us.
• A strong culture of data within Nexleaf, led by a motivated and collaborative IMS team.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in global public health and/or international development, including:
• Experience working with Ministries of Health or similar government agencies in LMICs.
• Experience in technology adoption program design & implementation, research, and/or evaluation
• Experience interfacing with high level global development agencies and funders
• A results-focused “get it done” disposition that ensures our work turns into impact on the ground, rather than collects dust and decays.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting research and evaluation activities, including both project design and end communications
• Systems thinker with an ability to make decisions and lead work in highly complex, shifting environments with many stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience translating data into powerfully communicated insights
• Exceptional leadership qualities and experience mentoring distributed teams from diverse backgrounds
• Experience leading, supporting, or executing proposal development, grants management and non-profit funder reporting
• Experience working cross-functionally across different sectors. Nexleaf is a multi-faceted organization that requires the ability to translate and find coordinated ways of working between the NGO and technology industries
• Exceptional communication and analytical skills
• Interest and passion for innovative applications of technology in global public health