GHA (Advisory) - Principal at Axmed

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Lead the design of market access, portfolio, and go-to-market strategies for clients across the pharmaceutical and global health ecosystem.
• Provide senior-level insights and recommendations that shape client decision-making and drive measurable impact in LMIC contexts.
• Anticipate market dynamics and advise on innovative solutions to unlock access barriers.
• Design and advise on innovative financing models that enable sustainable access to medicines in LMICs, and guide clients in engaging funders, investors, and governments to implement them.
• Guide the agenda for client engagements, ensuring outputs are rigorous, relevant, and actionable.

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client counterparts, building long-term relationships that position the team as a partner of choice.
• Facilitate high-level workshops, strategy sessions, and negotiations with clients and external stakeholders.
• Engage directly with LMIC stakeholders—including ministries of health, funders, industry partners, and implementing organizations—to shape practical pathways to access.
• Represent the organization in external fora and thought leadership spaces, building visibility and credibility in global health access.

Team Development & Delivery

• Oversee delivery of multi-workstream projects, ensuring teams produce high-quality, client-ready outputs on time.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level team members, building their skills in analysis, communication, and client management.
• Provide input on team resourcing and help shape the professional growth pathways within the advisory practice.
• Model ownership, collaboration, and a culture of open, respectful feedback across the team.

Practice Building & Growth

• Contribute to business development, including scoping opportunities, shaping proposals, and cultivating client relationships.
• Strengthen internal intellectual capital on LMIC healthcare access, financing, and delivery models.
• Help evolve the organization’s strategic direction by identifying new areas of opportunity and innovation in global health advisory.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in consulting, global health advisory, or life sciences, with sustained exposure to LMIC settings
• Proven track record of leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects end-to-end
• Deep expertise in one or more of the following: market access, go-to-market strategy, portfolio prioritisation, innovative financing, or delivery models in LMIC contexts
• Experience working directly with senior decision-makers (e.g. ministries of health, funders, industry leaders, implementing partners)
• Strong strategic analysis, structured problem-solving, and communication skills
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including mentoring and managing teams
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and evolving environments