Associate, Women’s and Newborn Health, Global Markets

Overview Of The CHAI Global Markets Team

The CHAI Global Markets Team (GMT) strives to build healthier marketplaces to ensure the sustainable supply of vital medical commodities. In particular, the GMT is responsible for designing, negotiating, and supporting the effective implementation of market-shaping interventions that can increase access to critical health commodities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).

• Example market-shaping interventions range from traditional policy-led and grant-financed initiatives such as pooled procurement, coordinated ordering, and strategic demand forecasting to more innovative mechanisms such as volume guarantees (VGs), advance market commitments (AMCs), and working capital facilities.
• Example market shaping efforts that CHAI has been involved with include:
• Kenya is granted special Caffeine Citrate pricing after Clinton Health Access Initiative led negotiations with Ethypharm
• Health BusinessCHAI and The Hepatitis Fund announce pricing breakthrough to reduce cost of viral hepatitis treatment by over 90 percent
• New agreement secures historic US$1 price for HIV self-test
• Global partnership to make available 120M affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries
• Price reduction agreement for contraceptive implants increased distribution by >50% and will save more than US$300M

Position Overview

This Associate/ Senior Associate will support GMT’s WNH market shaping activities by driving forward the analytical work required to thoughtfully design and implement strategies to secure sufficient supply of critical commodities for LMICs. The Associate/ Senior Associate will support the collection and analysis of data from various sources such as government tenders, shipment data from procurers and manufacturers, demographic data from household surveys, and usage data reported by countries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage databases, analyses, and frameworks to identify and prioritize market-shaping interventions
• Conduct landscape assessments and profile manufacturers to identify opportunities to strengthen quality-assured supply for WNH commodities
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to assess market outlook, supplier landscape, production economics, and procurement trends across a range of products
• Evaluate cost drivers and inform access pricing strategies and supplier negotiations
• Track product availability, registration status, and supplier performance across priority markets, coordinating with regulatory and country teams to support product introduction and scale-up
• Support the design and execution of supply-side interventions (e.g., pooled procurement, regional manufacturing, risk mitigation strategies) to enhance affordability, availability, and sustainability of key commodities
• Work with CHAI country and global teams to assess feasibility and impact of market-shaping approaches using standardized frameworks and methodologies
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to develop strategies and generate clear communications materials for internal and external stakeholders
• Present findings to various audiences, including donors, governments, suppliers, and global partners
• Maintain effective relationships with senior-level stakeholders across CHAI and partner organizations
• Execute other responsibilities as needed by the team

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of analytical or business experience for associate and 6+ years of experience for Sr. Associate
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity, and work in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare compelling presentations and written reports and present effectively to stakeholders, including donors and more senior-level individuals
• Ability to drive forward assigned workstreams effectively (e.g., through thoughtful work planning, priority setting, stakeholder engagement, etc.)
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including more senior-level individuals
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) and R; proficiency in Tableau and Power BI preferred
• Experience with ownership of workstreams and/or openness to working remotely with a decentralized team
• Available for 25% travel
• English language fluency, both written and verbal