Regional HUB & Country Director, West-Central Africa at PATH

PATH is the leader in global health innovation. An international nonprofit organization, we save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms-vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations-that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.

PATH is recruiting a director to lead our West and Central Africa Regional HUB and Nigeria country office. PATH is looking for a strong leader who will work closely with the Chief of Africa Region, regional leadership and program leaders to contribute to PATH’s commitment to Advancing health innovation for the people who need them most. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record of program expertise, leadership, representation, team building and business development.

Responsibilities:

The core functions of the Regional Hub & Country Director are to:

Establish priorities for focused development of the country portfolios in the HUB.
Ensure achievement and reporting on contributions to partners’ sustainable results, and external communication of achievements.
Oversee management of programs and ensure results and targets are achieved.
Oversee the development of country portfolios and leverage the technical expertise of program teams and the business development functions to ensure successful outcomes.

The Regional HUB & Country Director is responsible for business development and external relations for the Hubs including:

Providing support for the development of engagements with local partners.
Coaching and developing country teams in relation to identifying and developing opportunities in collaboration with local partners, as well as preparing and negotiating proposals.
Ensuring operationalization of PATH’s Strategic Plan through implementation of business development strategies and the improvement of operational capabilities.
Helping build PATH’s brand through showcasing capabilities and enhancing the understanding of PATH’s value-add.
Champion business development efforts, including donor mapping and fundraising strategies. Ensure alignment with programmatic needs and sustainable growth objectives.
Expand revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing programs and the growth of the organization; cultivate existing relationships and develop new funder relationships.
Building and maintaining partnerships with international organizations, governments, and stakeholders.

The Regional HUB & Country Director is responsible for the delivery of HUB and country portfolios, ultimately ensuring quality, partner satisfaction, and financial sustainability. This includes:

Overseeing and enabling efficient and effective delivery of services and support to PATH partners in line with the strategy and within a risk management framework.
Conducting recurrent reviews of country portfolios to ensure business development and delivery are reinforcing each other, and that correction is applied when needed.
Leveraging management information systems and reports in order to monitor and oversee the efficient and effective delivery of the country portfolios.
Maintaining appropriate modalities for decision-making, coordination, and integration across multiple countries in the region.
Identifying opportunities for increased impact, improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness to ensure the best value for money.
Monitoring program results and ensuring programs provide high-quality technical services, meeting annual targets.
Facilitate Cross-Country Learning: Establish communities of practice and platforms for sharing technical, operational, and financial insights across countries.

The Regional HUB & Country Director is responsible for organizational, team, and people development. This includes

Supporting PATH’s approach to organizational excellence by role-modeling quality and sustainable development improvements.
Planning, recruiting, managing, and developing flexible teams with the skills and competencies needed to ensure optimum performance, gender, and geographical diversity.
Promoting teamwork, collaboration, and diversity by providing clear direction, objectives, and guidance to enable teams to perform their duties responsibly, effectively, and efficiently in line with PATH values.
Encouraging contributions to the development of management policies, ensuring that requirements and potential solutions for new or improved policies, instructions, guidance, and tools are channeled to the relevant countries and programs.
Ensuring that structural arrangements at all levels of the country are appropriate, maintained, and documented.

The Regional HUB & Country Director is responsible for Operational Leadership that includes:

In collaboration with Regional Operations Director, ensure that country operations are consistent with PATH values and management policies and guidelines, and that functions are operated to guarantee timely and cost-effective execution.
Ensure strong financial stewardship, compliance, and cost-effective operations, lead risk management, safeguarding, and security to protect staff and assets and maintain fit-for-purpose systems and structures aligned with organizational growth
Lead change initiatives in collaboration with regional and country teams, promoting organizational agility and distributed leadership. Drive structural enhancements to optimize operational models.
Establishing priorities and supervising the implementation of programs and projects, managing the strategic and operational risks associated with the regional portfolio of engagements.
In collaboration with the Chief of Africa region, regional leadership and Country Directors, establish annual objectives and targets, performance measurements, standards in order to ensure timely execution of regional strategy.
Drive continuous improvement in program quality and support strengthening capacity, operations, and results across the region to ensure ongoing programmatic excellence
Organizing and implementing operation support in partnership with the Global Business & Financial Operations Team.
Leading by example, reinforcing appropriate behavior and motivating teams.

Required Skills and Experience:

Advanced degree in public health, medicine, business or related fields preferred, relevant experience in lieu of degrees would be considered.
15 years in a leadership role with progressive responsibility leading teams and regional programs in international development or humanitarian operations, including a minimum of 8 years in developing countries.
Demonstrated experience leading and empowering a diverse, cross-cultural senior management team with an emphasis on collaboration and accountability.
Demonstrated experience in establishing strategic partnerships and alliances and serving in a senior representation role.
Proven ability to support resource mobilization efforts in a competitive landscape and a track record of leading teams in strategy development and implementation, delivery of high-quality programs with demonstrated impact and results.
Ability to work under pressure, provide sound judgment, to inspire and lead people, enable teamwork, and collaborate, ensuring excellent team performance and sustained momentum.
Ability to successfully mentor global health professionals at different career stages.
Proven ability to oversee leaders that are responsible for the conceptualization and design of projects from proposal development and fundraising strategies to program delivery and monitoring and evaluation.
Proven ability to develop a business and organizational vision and implement a strategic roadmap.
Record of accomplishment in successful networking as well as effective interactions with donors and collaborating agencies, including private, public, government and non-profit entities.
Knowledge in development of new health technologies and implementation of programs in low resource settings, as well as knowledge of in-country needs and opportunities is an added advantage.
Ability to effectively scope problems, anticipate and pre-empt emerging issues and make decisions with conviction even in highly ambiguous contexts.
Reputation as a flexible team player with the ability to forge alignment in a matrix organization and effectively collaborate across boundaries and teams.
Client service orientation with good understanding of PATH’s business, its operational environment and its partners, their mandates and the broader principles is an added advantage.
Global mind-set with sensitivity to diverse culture/workforce and a high level of energy and enthusiasm
Demonstrated emotional intelligence, discretion, and agility.
Fluent in English with excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills. Knowledge of French language is an added advantage.
Willing to travel regionally and internationally up to 30 %.

Leadership Competencies:

Decision Quality: Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
Global Perspective: Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.
Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
Builds Effective Teams: Building strong teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
Instills Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
Situational Adaptability (Agile and flexible): Adapting approach in real-time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
Courage: Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.