Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology International (Senior Faculty)

Baylor College of Medicine; Houston (TX); Sur place; USD 250 000 - 350 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Baylor College of Medicine seeks a senior leader to helm the Texas Children's Global Sickle Cell Disease Initiatives from its Houston campus. The Director will design, implement, and scale programs across multiple African countries, coordinating with Ministries of Health, Africa CDC, NGOs, and partners to improve access, quality, and sustainability of care for sickle cell disease.

The role requires exceptional global health leadership, program execution, stakeholder engagement, and workforce

Qualifications

• MD required for leadership in global health initiatives.
• Experience leading multinational health programs with diverse partners.
• Strong collaboration with Ministries of Health, NGOs, and academic partners.

Responsabilités

• Direct implementation across participating countries focusing on health systems, workforce, and data-driven outcomes.
• Manage high-level partnerships with governments, NGOs, and industry to advance the sickle cell agenda.
• Strengthen health workforce capacity through training and mentoring.
• Lead health systems transformation to integrate services into national platforms.
• Oversee program quality, learning, and impact using evaluation principles.
• Represent Texas Children's globally in forums and policy discussions.

Connaissances

Global health leadership

Multinational program implementation

Stakeholder engagement

Workforce development

Health systems strengthening

Organizational management

Formation

MD

Description du poste

Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology International (Senior Faculty)

Division: Pediatrics Work Arrangement: Location: Houston, TX Salary Range: FLSA Status: Exempt Work Schedule:

Summary

The Director, Texas Children's Global Sickle Cell Disease Initiatives, will serve as the leader responsible for the design, implementation, growth, and impact of Texas Children's global sickle cell disease portfolio, with technical responsibility for leading the Sickle Cell Disease programs. The Director will lead a complex multinational initiative operating across multiple African countries and engaging Ministries of Health, Africa CDC, implementing NGOs, academic institutions, community organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and philanthropic partners. The Director is responsible for translating strategic vision into operational execution while ensuring measurable improvements in access, quality, scale, sustainability, and health outcomes. The role requires exceptional abilities in global health leadership, program implementation, stakeholder engagement, workforce development, health systems strengthening, and organizational management.

Lead Multinational Program Implementation

Direct implementation across participating countries by coordinating activities related to stakeholder mobilization, workforce development, commodities access, digital health systems, monitoring and evaluation, and health systems strengthening. The Director ensures effective execution of the initiative's strategic actions across diverse country contexts.

Cultivate and Manage High-Level Partnerships

Participate in managing Texas Children's strategic sickle cell disease partnerships involving Africa CDC, Ministries of Health, academic institutions, implementing organizations, community organizations, pharmaceutical companies, multilateral agencies, and philanthropic organizations.

Strengthen Health Workforce Capacity

Lead efforts to build sustainable systems for training, mentoring, and supporting health workers involved in SCD care, including specialists, nurses, physicians, laboratory personnel, and community-based providers. This includes oversight of training partnerships and implementation of scalable workforce development models.

Advance Health Systems Transformation

Ensure that Texas Children's global sickle cell disease initiatives strengthen rather than duplicate existing health systems by integrating services into national policies, public health platforms, training systems, supply chains, financing mechanisms, and digital infrastructure.

Oversee Program Quality, Learning, and Impact

Lead performance management processes that utilize data, evaluation findings, implementation science principles, and continuous improvement approaches to maximize program effectiveness and sustainability.

Serve as a Global Thought Leader and Ambassador

Represent Texas Children's in international forums, scientific meetings, advocacy platforms, and policy discussions related to sickle cell disease and child health systems strengthening.

Minimum Qualifications

MD

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

Requisition ID: 26292

Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty, and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.