Technical Director – Sustainable Health Systems, Private Sector Engagement

Jhpiego

. Provide strategic and technical leadership for Jhpiego’s strategy for sustainable, market-enabled health systems .

Posted 10/12/2026full-timeBaltimore • Maryland • United StatesLead💰 $127,874 - $162,786 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and executing market solutions and innovative financing strategies within global health systems, while effectively leading diverse teams and managing complex partnerships. Strong ability to navigate public-private collaborations and ensure sustainable health impact through strategic planning and stakeholder engagement.

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Global Health FinancingPrivate-Sector EngagementMarket Solutions DevelopmentCross-Sector Partnership BuildingStrategic Leadership

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Hard Skills

Health EconomicsBusiness AdministrationMarket DevelopmentInnovation ManagementFinancial StructuringValue Proposition DevelopmentRevenue StrategiesImplementation ResearchBlended FinanceDigital Health

Soft Skills

Strategic ThinkingNegotiationCommunicationFacilitationTeam Leadership

Industry Keywords

Public HealthInternational DevelopmentHealth SystemsLow- and Middle-Income CountriesEthical PartnershipMarket ShapingHealth Product AccessStakeholder EngagementEquityResponsible Market Engagement

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic and technical leadership for Jhpiego’s strategy for sustainable, market-enabled health systems
Lead development and execution of a market solutions, sustainability, and innovative financing agenda
Develop enterprise frameworks, playbooks, tools, templates, and decision frameworks for sustainability
Identify unmet needs and market failures and develop sustainable solutions with measurable health impact
Co-create and incubate business and service delivery models with country and global technical teams
Help country teams assess private-sector landscapes and design public-private collaboration models
Build team capacity in sustainability planning, market analysis, business model design, private-sector engagement, partnership structuring, and innovative financing
Establish portfolio priorities, stage gates, and investment criteria for innovation initiatives
Scan global and country landscapes for relevant product, process, digital, and service innovations
Guide initiatives through validation, evidence generation, regulatory and policy considerations, market access, financing, and scale planning
Manage a portfolio of strategic initiatives, tracking milestones, resources, risks, learning, and progress
Establish transition and ownership plans for successful initiatives
Structure catalytic grant and complementary capital opportunities through blended finance and other mechanisms
Develop relationships with funders, investors, corporations, financial institutions, and other capital providers
Partner across business development, technical, finance, legal, compliance, and country teams on opportunities and proposals
Shape strategic private-sector engagement and build high-value global partnerships
Support business opportunities, capture strategies, proposal design, and resource mobilization
Ensure market-based approaches protect public health, quality, equity, affordability, ethics, and responsible partnership
Represent Jhpiego with senior external stakeholders and develop thought leadership
Advise executive leadership on global health financing, private-sector participation, market dynamics, and growth opportunities
Collaborate with monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning teams on methods, indicators, standards, evidence, and knowledge dissemination
Create communities of practice and track sustainability, leverage, revenue diversification, adoption, scale, equity, and health-impact indicators
Recruit, manage, coach, and develop staff, consultants, and matrix teams
Manage assigned budgets and technical resources with stewardship, compliance, and ethics

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced degree in public health, health economics, business administration, finance, public policy, international development, medicine, or a related field; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered
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 low- and middle-income countries
Strong understanding of mixed health systems and relevant public, private, financial, technology, employer, and civil-society stakeholders
Demonstrated success developing complex, cross-sector partnerships and influencing senior stakeholders
Experience moving initiatives from concept through validation, resourcing, implementation, and scale
Strong business acumen, including value propositions, business models, unit economics, revenue strategies, and financing structures
Ability to lead diverse, geographically dispersed, and matrixed teams
Excellent strategic thinking, facilitation, negotiation, communication, and executive presentation skills
Ability to work amid ambiguity, manage risk, and manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines
Commitment to equity, local leadership, ethical partnership, and responsible market engagement
Preferred: experience with blended finance, outcomes-based financing, development finance, market systems development, venture building, product management, implementation research, AI, or digital health
Preferred: established networks among philanthropic funders, development finance institutions, impact investors, corporations, accelerators, and global health partners
Preferred: fluency in French, Portuguese, Spanish, or another relevant language
Successful candidate subject to a pre-employment background check

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, life, career, and retirement total rewards package
Pre-employment accommodation support
Equal opportunity employment