Senior Program Officer- Women's Health Innovations
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Gates Foundation
- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Organisation type: Philanthropy
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Not specified
- Location: Kenya
The Team
The Gender Equality Division’s mission is to ensure women and girls in Africa and South Asia can enjoy good health, make their own choices, earn their own money, and be leaders in their societies. When women and girls have an equal chance to thrive and lead, everyone benefits. We know that women and girls are not a monolith. A woman’s experience and the barriers she faces are different depending on factors like where she lives, how old she is, and how much money her family have —alongside other factors including her race, caste, and education level.
The Women’s Health Innovations (WHI) team under the GE Division facilitates the development and introduction of innovative health products and widens the innovation ecosystem to address conditions that disproportionately affect the lives of women in low- and middle-income countries. We currently invest across contraception, sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) and gynecological/menstrual health.
The Women’s Health Innovations (WHI) team under the GE Division facilitates the development and introduction of innovative health products and widens the innovation ecosystem to address conditions that disproportionately affect the lives of women in low- and middle-income countries. We currently invest across contraception, sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) and gynecological/menstrual health.
Your Role
As the Senior Program Officer, Regional Product Introduction, you will work with partners to lead investments and support the development and execution of product introduction and expansion strategies for priority products in the Women’s Health portfolio.
The PrIMA (Product Introduction and Market Access) initiative within WHI works to introduce priority products from the WHI portfolio and speed up access to them. Its focus areas are contraception, STIs, and gynecological and menstrual health. PrIMA invests in partnerships that support manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, and product introduction, so that these products stay accessible in priority geographies.
Your Experience
- Degree in business administration, marketing or related field
- 10+ years in pharmaceutical, health care or consumer health care industry, preferable in women’s health
- 5+ years in developing and executing commercial strategies for women’s health products in emerging markets and/or LMICs.
- Proven ability to launch products across public and private sectors successfully
- Deep understanding of women’s health landscape in emerging markets/LMICs
- Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Fluency in English; Fluency in additional language used in LMIC markets a plus
- Thrives under ambiguous conditions and is highly motivated
- Demonstrated and passionate learning agility with continuous improvement mindset
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and to develop and maintain strong business partner relationships
- Innovative, proactive, and resourceful
- Ability to anticipate and mitigate challenges
- Hands-on team player willing to work in an environment where individual initiative, accountability, and professional maturity are required
- Strong PC experience, Microsoft Office Suite experience required
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