The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skill sets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.

Program Overview:

The CHAI China country team collaborates closely with both local and global partners, which may include organizations such as the Gates Foundation—to improve access to high-quality, affordable health products in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). To realize this objective, CHAI actively partners with an extensive network of stakeholders, including both public sector partners and Chinese suppliers.

The CHAI China team is seeking a candidate who will provide onsite consulting and to work on strategic projects at CHAI’s partner’s office, such as the Gates Foundation China Country Office (CO)., collaborating with the partner’s Health, Innovation, and Partnership (HIP) team.

• The partner is a leading philanthropic foundation fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. It was founded on a simple premise – people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives.
• The HIP team of the partner focuses on orchestrating collaborations in China and other regions to accelerate the translation, development, and commercialization of impactful, foundation-prioritized health solutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Related products include vaccines, biologics, diagnostics, treatments, nutritional products, medical devices, and more.
• The selected candidate will assist the partner in managing relevant programs, portfolios, and pipelines, as well as supporting strategy review and partnership management.

Position Overview:

The candidate will mainly provide strategic and analytical support to inform the partner on market landscaping, strategy development and portfolio management. The candidate will be centrally coordinated and supported by the CHAI China, and s/he will work in close collaboration with the CHAI China team to utilize its technical and programmatic resources to execute his or her responsibilities.

The candidate will focus on supporting the partner to implement sustainable and impactful health projects in LMICs. The candidate’s primary responsibilities include market landscaping analysis, conducting preliminary business case due diligence, modelling, and stakeholder coordination and management.

The project areas primarily cover 2 major responsibilities:

1. Strategic positioning and development / growth plan of a new development accelerator, form 0-1.
2. New investment opportunity assessment on maternal and neonatal child healthcare, nutrition, and other innovative health technologies that could transform health systems in LMICs.

Such projects involve close collaboration with various internal and external partners, including the partner’s strategy team, health product suppliers, academic research institutions, governmental and non-governmental funders, Product Development Partners (PDPs), and other foundation partners. All activities require strong analytical skill sets, project management skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to strengthen stakeholder relationship and communications. We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual with prior working experience in management consulting or equivalent experience, outstanding analytical, problem-solving, effective communication, and project management skillsets. The candidate must be able to function independently, be flexible, and have a strong commitment to excellence. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

This is a role designed for next generation top-notch healthcare investors, strategy formulators, and business leaders with real first-hand experience of implementation. The role will cumulate unique and prestigious exposure to directly working with industry CXO level leaders, top scientists, entrepreneurs on edge-cutting technologies, policy decision makers, and industry veterans. The leadership of this team is composed by ex-MBBs, top MNC PharmaCos, leading PE/VC funds, top tier tech firms, and public health long-standing players. This role has also helps to build understanding to the most emerging markets including Africa and Southeast Asia, with a well-positioned investor lens, and having access to various market know-hows to expand business in those markets.

The candidate’s main responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Strategy formulation and organizational development plan for a new product development accelerator from 0-1.
• Scout opportunity and assist partnership development for Maternal and Neonatal health e.g. microbiome products to improve pregnancy health and birth outcome, solution for pre-term birth infants, novel technologies for malaria vector control.
• Run desktop analysis, on-site visits, develop database and evaluation frameworks, conduct technology assessments to identify and prioritize high-potential investment opportunities.
• Perform analysis, presentations, and comprehensive reports to inform the partner's decisions; communicate findings to internal and external audiences.
• Assist the partner to design, develop, and implement project activities.
• Maintain strong integration with the CHAI China team to utilize best practices, knowledge and network within CHAI, and other responsibilities as needed.

• 2+ years of experience in tier-1 management consulting firms in top tier VC/PE funds; or 3+ years of experience in boutique healthcare consulting firms, or of strategy, research, or business development experience in MNC Pharma/Biotech/Medtech industry or equivalent preferred.
• Impact driven mind set, passionate to deliver innovation products to most needed population, curios to understand the edge-cutting technology in life sciences areas, and exciting about “getting things done”.
• Solid research and learning capabilities, including data analysis, fact pressure testing, expert interviews, and ability to leverage AI to rapidly ramp up knowledge in a new space.
• Sharp business acumen, and investment scouting sensitivity, to identify opportunities amongst complex market dynamics, and connect scattered dots of resources.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including CEO-level communication with strong capability of synthesizing, charting, and story lining, and business level communication with granular clarity, tightened logic, and scientific accuracy.
• English as the working language, fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese (speaking, reading, and writing in a professional setting).
• Ability to own workstreams independently without extensive step-by-step instructions, comfortable on multitasking in dynamic, agile, and multicultural environment.
• Available to manage 30% time of travel domestically and internationally.
• Education background in public health, medicine, biomedical engineering, business or related field is preferred.
• Exceptionally qualified candidates could be permitted to work remotely from Chinese cities other than Beijing.

Selection and interview process:

• Resume review
• Written short case study exercise
• 2-3 rounds of interviews from both CHAI and the partner.

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