Director, Health Financing

What you'll do

• Play a company-wide leadership role, building intellectual and human capital in health financing.
• Communicate with other ThinkWell directors and project managers globally to build, share, exchange and disseminate technical knowledge.
• Recruit, support, and mentor outstanding team members in health financing.
• Collaborate with ThinkWell's talent team to design technical training and development activities that will support and build professional development.
• Lead and support engagement with global partners working on public financial management, domestic resource management, and creating outcomes-based financial modalities.
• Publish papers, articles, and blogs; present at conferences and participate in technical working groups; build ThinkWell's reputation as a thought leader in the field.
• Represent ThinkWell at conferences, meetings, and other venues.
• Contribute to the extension and expansion of activities through collaboration with other projects within the firm and external partners.
• Build ThinkWell's portfolio in health financing, domestic resource mobilization, public financial management and related areas.

Requirements

• Master's degree in health economics, health policy or related field with 10 years of experience or a PhD and 8 years of experience.
• Reputation as a leader in the area of technical specialty with a track record of high-impact publications and/or a strong international, professional network in the field.
• Substantive, relevant work experience in the specific area of technical expertise (e.g., ministries of health and ministries of finance experience, health financing or health policy expertise, health systems strengthening, etc.).
• Adept at communicating technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Track record of managing complex, multi-country projects, and extensive experience with project monitoring and evaluation in the area of technical specialization.
• Strong capabilities in domestic resource mobilization and public financial management.
• Preference for individuals with experience creating and monitoring disbursement-linked indicators and outcomes-based programming.
• Previous experience working with USG funding and USG transition work is strongly preferred, including deep relationships with former USAID Mission staff and MOH staff.
• Demonstrated interest and ability in growing staff, mentoring and coaching junior professionals.
• A senior leader, able to rally staff around ThinkWell's mission and priorities.
• A thoughtful systems thinker with grounded, pragmatic understanding of the complexities of our work.
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with external strategic partners, donors, and stakeholders.
• Proven new business development, proposal writing and fundraising experience.
• Full English fluency required, second language a plus.
• Global experience partnering across varying country income levels.
• Outstanding cross-cultural communication skills, including the ability to relate respectfully with staff at all levels, ages, genders, nationalities and orientations as well as across work areas.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 30%.