Deputy Project Director, Program Implementation - Supply Chain

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Deputy Project Director (DPD), Program Implementation for an anticipated USAID global supply chain and pharmaceutical management project with the purpose of providing USAID Missions and USAID Washington with proven best practices, scalable innovations and differentiated approaches to maximize progress towards the project’s objectives, with tailored approaches for the Task Order’s country context. The program will deliver improved supply chain performance through operational supply chain support while establishing the building blocks for government stewardship of the supply chain. Coordination with a variety of partners, including significant coordination with other NextGen Contractors, will be critical to the success of the program results.

The DPD, Program Implementation, holds a crucial leadership role, providing senior management direction and oversight for all project field support buy-ins. This position involves overseeing a team of portfolio directors and managers who supervise the country directors. The DPD collaborates with technical leads, financial, and operations staff to ensure coordinated country program implementation, aligning program activities with relevant technical strategies, approaches, budget allocations, and awards. Additionally, the DPD ensures the integration of lessons learned throughout the program lifecycle.

The DPD, Program Implementation is a member of the management team and, with the Program Director, represents the program to USAID, representatives from collaborating country governments, and stakeholders. S/he participates in relevant discussions and decision-making for the project.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide senior management direction and oversight for all project field support buy-ins, including coordination with Country Portfolio Management Teams.
• Identify, orient, coach, and mentor country directors (CDs) and country leads.
• Develop and manage project management procedures and tools aimed at facilitating and monitoring the quality and progress of program implementation in line with corporate quality standards.
• Manage and oversee scoping, start-up, and close-out processes across field support buy-ins.
• In coordination with the Technical, Strategic Information, and Communications Directors and teams assure timely, high-quality planning meetings, as well as facilitate knowledge sharing, and peer learning, and engagement across country teams.
• In coordination with the Technical, SI, and Communications Directors and teams ensure timely, high-quality development of country strategies and workplans that meet established guidelines and corporate quality standards.
• Monitor implementation through regular check-in meetings with Country Portfolio Management Teams, Country Project Directors/Leads, and Global and Country teams.
• Ensure appropriate coordination between Core and Field programs, as appropriate, as well as scaling up efforts and broad testing of tools and approaches in collaboration with Technical and SI Directors as necessary.
• Provide periodic reports/presentations/updates on field programs to AORs and others as indicated.
• Supervise CompTA Country Program Management team staff.
• Facilitate and nurture excellent relations with consortium partners, providing managerial and programmatic guidance and oversight for optimal participation and efficient use of project resources.
• Works closely with Technical, SI, Finance and Operations Directors to ensure high-quality capacity strengthening approaches, technical assistance, and reports, and administrative and financial support.
• Work collaboratively with Finance and Operations teams to ensure successful field programs and compliance with USAID, host country government, and MSH requirements.
• Travel as needed to countries for strategy development, workplan design, monitoring, reporting, and donor relations.
• As a member of the Project Leadership Team, contribute to project strategic and technical direction, management, staffing allocation, partner engagement, and leadership across all areas of the project.
• Draft and/or contribute to USAID, partner, and other external communications and relationships.
• Serve on both the Project Leadership Team (PLT) and the Technical Leadership Team (TLT) and provide ongoing project guidance with reference to field programs, harvesting learning, and contributing to sharing lessons broadly within and external to project.
• Other corporate requirements: maintain coordination with SBDP, Communications, GHSI, PDG, and FAO, especially for scope expansion and compliance management.
• Maintain knowledge of funding and strategic trends in the health and pharmaceutical and supply chain fields, and USAID programs and provide such input to GHSI and SBDP.
• Assist in identifying common lessons learned, cross fertilization and sharing of technical outcomes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master’s degree in health, policy, management, supply chain management or related field or equivalent experience.
• Excellent English oral and written communication; fluency in French is strongly preferred.
• At least 15 years’ experience working in Africa, Asia or Latin America on health or development projects; at least 8 years of which have been working in health systems strengthening or 4 of the 6 building block areas preferably with USAID.
• Familiarity with the political, social, economic, and cultural context of global development programs, as well as the overall donor landscape.
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of developing country health systems, with a strong focus on HIV, infectious diseases (TB, Malaria), RMNCH, resiliency and sustainability.
• Demonstrated leadership capacity, strategic vision, problem solving, and ability to effectively build and sustain positive teams, working relationships, and partnerships with donor agencies, host country governments, partners and local teams.
• A steady trajectory of increasing levels of managerial responsibility in directing multi-discipline development projects, preferably with USAID.
• Proven expertise supporting and mentoring senior and junior staff to grow professionally.
• Proven ability to manage all aspects of staffing including recruitment, promotion, retention, and dismissal, in a multi-cultural setting.
• Proven success in managing field programs.
• Ability to travel at least 30% time.

The expected salary range for this position is: $190,000.00 - $200,000.00 annually (U.S. locations only).

MSH considers multiple job-related factors when determining an offer, including but not limited to, business and organizational needs, candidate qualifications, internal equity, location, and internal budget.

Salary is just one of many aspects of our total rewards package; at MSH, our goal is to provide you with a comprehensive set of competitive benefits that includes a substantial vacation, sick and holiday policies, training and development programs, competitive insurance coverage for health, vision, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability, 401k plan, Flexible Spending Account, among others.

The selected candidate is expected to work from one of MSH's offices in the US.

MSH is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin, age, veteran status, or disability unrelated to job requirements. MSH will take affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated without regard to their race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran and disability status. In compliance with U.S. Department of Labor Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, MSH has developed and maintains an affirmative action program and plan.