Senior Director, Country Programs at PATH

This position can be located in any existing PATH office.

PATH is recruiting a Director of Country Programs to provide leadership to its country directors and oversee the development of country and/or regional business pipelines. This position is accountable for project execution and relationship management in the countries where PATH works.

Primary responsibilities:

• Provide leadership across the division to ensure timely and prudent decision-making, effective and efficient collaboration among matrixed teams, and best management practices.
• Lead and manage country directors with input from peers, including hiring, onboarding, managing performance, facilitating conflict resolution, coaching to develop talent, and serving as interim country director when needed.
• Provide thought leadership on innovative strategies to partner with governments and other stakeholders that create new opportunities and increase PATH’s impact.
• Model PATH’s values and people philosophy.
• Develop (and help country teams also develop) sustainable relationships with donors, partners and governments to increase long-term impact.
• Highlight PATH’s contributions and impact through managing media and public relations internationally in collaboration with PATH’s communication experts and country and health area teams.
• Work with PATH leadership to effectively manage crises or conflicts at country level.
• Represent country program needs and help teams across all divisions better understand the country context.
• Ensure compliance and quality project execution; conduct review of proposals and key deliverables from country perspective and ensure effective project start-up.
• Facilitate systematic country portfolio reviews for senior leadership.
• Assess the evolving environment within global health to continually assess and recommend investment in new geographies or retraction.
• Inform the organizational strategy on local entities and oversee the establishment of new entities.
• Support country directors in execution of projects by ensuring early identification and resolving compliance and/or execution challenges.
• Represent PATH with global and in-country donors, governments and partners and support country directors.
• Represent Vice President of Global Health Programs as needed.

Required Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of experience with progressive responsibility leading and managing global health programs in Asia and/or Africa.
• Advanced degree in science, public health or related field.
• Proven track record developing strong leaders and effectively managing performance.
• Demonstrated success working effectively in a matrixed organization and managing large teams, preferably across multiple geographies.
• Proven business acumen, including experience in strategy development, implementing complex development projects, budgeting and financial management, compliance and business operations.
• Prior experience living and/or working in low income countries.
• Demonstrated success resolving conflict and working across cultures.
• Experience working in global health, including partnering with key stakeholders, fundraising with diverse donors, and designing, implementing, and evaluating global health programs preferred.
• Experience working with the private sector to develop public/private partnerships to advance public health programs preferred.
• Legal authorization to work in the country where hired preferred.
• 40% international travel is anticipated; potentially more based on post location.