Senior Technical Advisor, Health Financing, Data.FI

Senior Technical Advisor, Health Financing, Data.

FI About Palladium

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the world; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 50 countries and have a workforce of more than 2,000 talented and motivated staff worldwide.

Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies, which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

Palladium is currently seeking a US‑based Senior Technical Advisor (STA), Health Financing to support implementation of the Translating Data for Implementation (Data.

FI), a global project funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the State Department. Data.

FI partners with PEPFAR programs to accelerate and sustain access to high‑quality data to expedite HIV epidemic control and maintenance. Data.

FI supports host‑country governments to enhance existing health information systems and conduct in‑depth analysis of epidemiologic and program data to inform management responses to gaps in programming and sustain impact by supporting local partner transition.

The position is based in Palladium’s Arlington, VA office within our Americas region. Palladium supports a hybrid working model with 3 days in office, 2 days from home. For prospective employees in the United States, the full‑time equivalent annual base salary for this position is expected to range from $120,000 to $135,000. Final salary offers will be based on various factors, including but not limited to qualifications, education, experience, skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium’s needs.

• The STA will report to the Project Director, Data.
  
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• This role will supervise the Technical Advisor, Health Financing and/or more staff depending on portfolio and funding.
• This role will collaborate closely with country directors, technical leads, local partners, and be involved in client engagement.

• Develop and guide the health financing strategy and country portfolios, ensuring alignment with U.S. government and partner country priorities.
• Oversee design and execution of health financing activities, including costing, modeling, and research, within assigned countries and projects.
• Ensure technical rigor in finance, economics, econometrics, and modeling across all assigned domains.
• Lead work planning, budgeting, staffing, deliverable quality, and client engagement for assigned projects, and mentor junior staff.
• Provide oversight to technical leads and activity managers for assigned countries and activities.
• Strengthen country teams’ capabilities through coaching, performance management, and targeted capacity building for directors and leads.
• Guide reforms in public financial management, such as program‑based budgeting and fiscal decentralization, and integrate financial management systems at national and local levels.
• Lead fiscal analysis, budget and expenditure surveys, and develop strategies for mobilizing domestic health resources.
• Develop innovative health financing models and encourage private sector participation in health financing.
• Support strategic purchasing reforms, including benefit package design, provider payment methods, and results‑based financing for health programs.
• Advise on insurance and risk pooling mechanisms to expand financial protection and coverage.
• Produce policy briefs, presentations, and guidance documents, and contribute to knowledge sharing across missions and global/regional forums.

• Master’s degree in Health Economics, Economics, Public Policy, Public Health (health financing focus), Finance, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressively…