Core Responsibilities

• Oversees the creation and ensures the quality of all project technical deliverables;
• Provide special expertise in the areas such as leveraging innovative financing instruments, developing new products/partnerships, supporting enabling environment for health financing, etc. with the objective of increasing access to capital/decrease cost of financing for global health initiatives.
• Provides quality assurance to the technical interventions advanced by the project team and subcontractors/subawardees.
• Supervise the project’s technical team to ensure a focus on core results, achievements of annual work plan and targets, and timely/effective implementation;
• Ensures a project team environment conducive to gender, equity and social inclusion and ensures GESI incorporation in the health financing solutions;
• Supervises and provides coaching and mentorship to support continuous technical staff development and high performance;
• Together with the PD, serves as a senior manager to ensure activities are in compliance with USAID rules and regulations and activities meet program targets.
• Provide strategic technical direction and guidance to staff in relevant areas, such as innovative financing strategies and grants management.
• Contributes to a culture of continuous learning and adaptive management by working closely with the MEL team to ensure that the project applies key learnings from knowledge generated to adapt program activities as appropriate.

What We Value

• Bachelor’s degree in business, public health, or another related field and minimum of 15 years progressively responsible management experience with global development programs or a Master’s and 12 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, diplomacy, and leadership skills, including the ability to manage high-level relationships and motivate staff;
• Demonstrated technical expertise in innovative health financing mechanisms including but not limited to health/micro insurance, impact investing, blended finance, impact bonds, microfinance, SME finance, loan guarantees, value based care, etc.
• Demonstrated experience managing grants under contract highly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in adaptive management and program design;
• Demonstrated ability to work with a wide range of government and civil society counterparts and donors
• Demonstrated experience in fostering localization through partnerships, capacity building, collaboration, and mentorship;
• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with U.S., foreign government counterparts and experience with USAID is preferred;
• Preference will be given to candidates with experience in Asia and/or East Africa.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

What We Offer

• We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits and professional development.
• Abt is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
• Disclaimer: Abt will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment