Senior Social Impact Director

Beyond Type 1 is a global nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by diabetes. Co-founded in 2015, Beyond Type 1 serves the largest digital audience of any diabetes nonprofit worldwide. With a mission to help people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes survive, thrive, and drive innovation toward prevention and cures, the organization offers bold, unfiltered support through education, community engagement, and self-advocacy. Beyond Type 1 meets people where they are—providing practical tools, community connection, and direct funding—while working to dismantle stigma and systemic barriers to care domestically and internationally.

About the Role

The Senior Social Impact Director will focus on Global Health Partnerships & Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) Engagement in a senior technical and strategic leadership role. This position advances Beyond Type 1’s global health equity mission, leading LMIC engagement, community investment, and management of the Beyond Barriers India portfolio. The role serves as a subject matter expert on India programming and LMIC community partnerships, scaling global impact through grant and budget management, deep community partnerships, and stakeholder engagement across civil society, government, and global health institutions. This cross-functional role collaborates with Social Impact & Global Advocacy (SIGA), Grants & Partnerships, Marketing, and Operations teams.

Responsibilities

• India Portfolio Leadership & Subject Matter Expertise
  • Serve as Beyond Type 1’s subject matter expert on the Beyond Barriers India portfolio.
  • Oversee day-to-day programmatic and partnership management for India operations, including sub-grantee coordination, deliverable tracking, and partner capacity building.
  • Maintain and strengthen relationships with partners, government stakeholders, and health system actors across Maharashtra, Delhi NCR, Tamil Nadu, and other program geographies.
  • Represent Beyond Type 1 with India partners, coalitions, and government stakeholders.
• FCRA Compliance
  • Serve as Beyond Type 1’s subject matter expert on India’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), ensuring full organizational compliance across all India programming.
  • Maintain current knowledge of FCRA registration, renewal, reporting, and documentation requirements.
  • Coordinate with legal, finance, and program operations staff to ensure FCRA-related obligations are met accurately and on time.
  • Advise leadership and partners on FCRA implications for program design, fund deployment, and partner contracting.
• Community Grant Deployment & Community Investment
  • Manage the deployment of approximately $500,000 in annual community grants and programming investments across LMIC partners, with accountability for partner selection, contracting, disbursement, compliance monitoring, and close-out.
  • Design and oversee community investment strategies that resource local partners equitably and build long-term organizational capacity in priority geographies.
  • Ensure all sub-grantee financial reporting is complete, accurate, and aligned with funder requirements and internal standards.
• Budget Management & Financial Oversight
  • Manage program budgets associated with the India and LMIC portfolios.
  • Contribute to budget development for grant proposals and program plans, in coordination with the Grants & Partnerships team and SIGA leadership.
  • Maintain accurate financial documentation and support funder financial reporting across multi-year program portfolios.
• Global Health Partnerships & Coalition Engagement
  • Cultivate and manage relationships with global health institutions, including the NCD Alliance, International Diabetes Federation (IDF), World Health Organization, and other multilateral and bilateral stakeholders.
  • Build and sustain strategic partnerships with community-based organizations, NGOs, and lived experience networks in LMIC settings, centering equity, co-design, and community accountability.
  • Identify and assess new partnership opportunities that advance Beyond Type 1’s LMIC strategy and health equity goals.
• Global Health Forum Representation
  • Represent Beyond Type 1 at international and domestic global health forums, including UNGA and UNGA-adjacent events.
  • Serve as a credible, informed external voice for Beyond Type 1’s LMIC programs, health equity priorities, and diabetes advocacy agenda in multi-stakeholder settings.
  • Contribute to Beyond Type 1’s presence and positioning within global health coalitions, working groups, and policy processes.
• Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) & Diabetes Policy Landscape
  • Maintain deep, current knowledge of the global NCD policy landscape, including WHO NCD frameworks, SDG 3.4 targets, Lancet Diabetes Commission priorities, and diabetes-specific global health policy developments.
  • Translate global policy developments into actionable programmatic and advocacy implications for Beyond Type 1’s LMIC work; contribute policy analysis to leadership and external communications.
  • Activate and support the Beyond Type 1 Ambassador network to drive community engagement on global policy priorities, including insulin access, early detection, and diabetes care equity.
• Grant Management & Revenue Development
  • Manage multi-year, multi-partner grant portfolios, including sub-grantee oversight, compliance monitoring, and funder reporting.
  • Lead or contribute substantially to grant development efforts in support of LMIC and global health programming, including proposal writing, budget development, and funder cultivation.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert on Beyond Type 1’s India and LMIC work in donor-facing settings, supporting the Grants & Partnerships team in foundation and corporate partner cultivation.
  • Maintain accurate grant tracking and partner documentation in Salesforce and HubSpot, in coordination with program operations staff.
• Health Equity, Cultural Humility & Anti-Deficit Framing
  • Apply health equity principles and anti-deficit frameworks rigorously across all programmatic, communications, and partnership work, centering the assets, agency, and leadership of communities living with diabetes in LMIC settings.
  • Approach cross-cultural engagement with intentional cultural humility, recognizing the diversity of lived experience across geographies and resisting deficit-oriented narratives.
  • Develop and support culturally responsive engagement strategies for diverse populations, including an understanding of India’s regional diversity (state-level health systems, linguistic variation, and cultural traditions).
  • Champion community-led approaches in program design, implementation, and evaluation, ensuring local voice and lived experience remain central to Beyond Type 1’s global health work.
• Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of MEL frameworks for LMIC programming, in coordination with program operations and SIGA leadership.
  • Ensure timely and accurate reporting to funders and internal stakeholders; translate program data into compelling impact narratives.
  • Identify program learnings and recommend adaptive management strategies based on evidence from the field.
  • Support continuous improvement of partner reporting systems, data quality standards, and program documentation practices.

Qualifications

• Required
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in global health, international development, or public health, with demonstrated expertise in Low- to Middle-Income Country settings, National Coverage Determination programming, or diabetes-related initiatives.
  • Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH), Global Health Policy, Global Health Leadership, International Development, or a closely related field.
  • Deep knowledge of the global NCD landscape, including WHO frameworks, multilateral health policy processes, and the role of civil society and patient advocacy organizations.
  • Experience working within or as a consultative NGO to the World Health Organization or a comparable multilateral institution.
  • Demonstrated experience building and managing strategic partnerships with community-based organizations in India or other LMIC settings.
  • Working knowledge of Indian FCRA rules, regulations, and reporting requirements.
• Preferred
  • Direct experience living or working in India; working knowledge of Hindi and/or familiarity with regional languages, dialects, and cultural traditions across Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi NCR, and other priority states.
  • Familiarity with global diabetes advocacy networks, IDF, and NCD Alliance.
  • Experience working with or activating community ambassador or peer advocate networks.
  • Lived experience with T1D or T2D, or close connection to the diabetes community.

Benefits

• Beyond Type 1 is committed to building a team that reflects the communities it serves, strongly encouraging applications from people living with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, individuals from underrepresented communities, and candidates with non-traditional career paths.
• Lived experience of diabetes—your own or that of someone you care for—is recognized as a meaningful form of expertise.

Pay

Salary range: $140,000 – $160,000, commensurate with experience.

Schedule

• Beyond Type 1 is a remote-first organization. Candidates must be US-based.
• This role requires domestic travel within the United States for planning meetings, partnership convenings, and organizational events.
• International travel of approximately 1–3 trips per year, including one trip to India annually and participation in global health forums such as UNGA.