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Associate Director, Innovation Strategy – Execution
Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.. Lead high-stakes special projects across the Innovation portfolio from start to finish .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing high-stakes projects and funder relationships while effectively communicating complex strategies to senior stakeholders. Exhibits exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity in fast-paced environments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Project ManagementStakeholder EngagementStrategic CommunicationProblem-SolvingLeadership Experience
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Structured ThinkingProgram DevelopmentOperational PlanningRisk IdentificationDecision-Making
Soft Skills
Entrepreneurial MindsetPolitical AwarenessDiscretion and JudgmentSelf-DirectionAdaptability
Tools & Technologies
AI Productivity ToolsClaudeChatGPTCodex
Certifications & Qualifications
MBA or Equivalent Graduate Degree
Industry Keywords
Global HealthInternational DevelopmentPhilanthropySpecial ProjectsChief of Staff Experience
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesChai
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead high-stakes special projects across the Innovation portfolio from start to finish
- Coordinate Innovation's role in major fundraising efforts for priority programs
- Manage key funder relationships with established and emerging philanthropists
- Support program leads during periods of rapid growth by strengthening plans, team structures, senior hiring, and critical workstreams
- Draft memos and slide decks and gather information needed for decisions
- Serve as a thought partner to the Vice President, Innovation, on strategy, prioritization, and organizational questions
- Identify portfolio-wide risks, connections, opportunities, and synergies across teams
- Maintain a live view of portfolio priorities, deadlines, and dependencies
- Plan for funder deadlines, reporting cycles, and leadership reviews
- Triage incoming requests and route them to the appropriate owner
- Prepare Innovation leadership for key meetings and manage follow-through
- Prepare portfolio inputs for CHAI's CEO, board, and senior leadership
- Help move new program concepts from initial idea to funded plan
- Support programs expanding into new countries by establishing plans, team structures, and operating routines
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8 or more years of professional experience, with progressively senior, trusted responsibility
- Track record of taking an ambiguous problem, structuring it, and delivering the result with full ownership
- Hands-on operating experience inside an organization, such as leading a function, launching a program, or running part of a business
- Exceptional structured thinking and problem-solving
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including communicating complex material to senior audiences
- Entrepreneurial, self-directed approach with high output and high standards
- Comfort with limited structure, ambiguity, pace, and shifting priorities
- Confidence to hold and voice an independent view, including disagreement with senior leaders
- Political awareness and ability to work across teams and levels without formal authority
- Confident, advanced daily user of modern AI productivity tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Codex
- Discretion and judgment with confidential personnel, funder, and board-sensitive material
- MBA or equivalent graduate degree is an advantage, not a requirement
- Experience in global health, international development, or philanthropy is an advantage
- Experience in a chief of staff, strategy, or special projects role supporting a senior executive is an advantage
- Founding or early-stage experience building a product, program, or business from scratch is an advantage
- Experience supporting a program, team, or business through rapid growth is an advantage
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equal employment opportunity environment
- Diverse and inclusive workplace
- Regular in-person working days in Boston
- Occasional international travel