Director, Sustainable Health Systems & Private Sector

Jhpiego; Maryland; On-site; USD 128,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Jhpiego seeks a Technical Director to provide strategic and technical leadership for sustainable health systems and private-sector engagement. The role links Jhpiego’s capabilities with market development, financing, and scalable service delivery in LMICs, guiding country teams from design to scale.

The position requires advanced public health/business expertise and a track record of leading cross-functional teams, partnerships, and innovative financing across diverse settings.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in public health, health economics, business administration, finance, public policy, international development, medicine, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in global health, international development, health systems, private-sector engagement, innovation, market development, financing, or related fields, including significant leadership responsibility.
• At least 7 years of substantive experience in private-sector engagement, market solutions, market shaping, health product access, or related work in LMICs.
• Strong understanding of mixed health systems and the roles of government, private providers, payers, manufacturers, distributors, technology companies, employers, and civil society.
• Proven ability to lead diverse, geographically dispersed, and matrixed teams and to collaborate effectively across functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of Jhpiego's market solutions, sustainability, and innovative financing agenda aligned with strategy and country priorities.
• Develop practical enterprise frameworks, playbooks, tools, templates, and decision frameworks for sustainability from the outset.
• Co-create viable business and service delivery models with country and global teams, including fee-based, subscription, licensing, and other models.
• Help country teams assess private-sector landscapes and design effective public-private collaboration models that improve quality, access, affordability, and equity.
• Build capacity of country and global teams in sustainability planning, market analysis, business model design, private-sector engagement, and financing.

Education

Advanced degree in public health, health economics, business administration, finance, public policy, international development, medicine, or related field

Job description

Jhpiego seeks a Technical Director to provide strategic and technical leadership for sustainable health systems and private-sector engagement. The role links Jhpiego’s capabilities with market development, financing, and scalable service delivery in LMICs, guiding country teams from design to scale.

The position requires advanced public health/business expertise and a track record of leading cross-functional teams, partnerships, and innovative financing across diverse settings.