Associate, Global Markets

Overview

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to 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.

Today, CHAI works with partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis, and to address non-communicable diseases including cancer, diabetes, hypertension, maternal and child health, malnutrition, and access to vaccines and assistive technology. Our strategy focuses on strengthening health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing, with a desire to maximize sustainable impact at scale and shared learnings globally.

CHAI values its diverse team across 40 countries and emphasizes working in-country with governments to lead solutions and scale programs nationally.

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated, entrepreneurial individual with outstanding analytical capabilities, problem-solving ability and communication skills. The Associate must be able to function independently and have a strong commitment to excellence. The Associate will provide support across a number of market-shaping activities, covering a range of key public health priorities, including TB, HIV, non-communicable diseases, nutrition, and other pressing health concerns.

The Associate’s primary responsibility will be to help develop, maintain, and implement CHAI s global supply side strategy for key commodities, support negotiations, and collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders to design and implement interventions to ensure sufficient supply of affordable and high-quality commodities in Southern Africa. The Associate will build strong relationships with pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and distributors in the region, work with DoH to build forecasts for key health commodities, and facilitate uninterrupted supply.

The position requires travel and is based in Pretoria, South Africa, reporting to the Manager, Global Markets Team (Regional Support).

• Support the Global Market Team (GMT) in evaluating the potential for market shaping interventions for key health commodities, maintaining insight on local and regional dynamics
• Develop a detailed understanding and documentation of supplier dynamics for key health commodities globally and locally, including market share, pricing, product development timelines, quality assurance timelines, in-country registrations, dossier filing timelines, and supplier strategies
• Disseminate information on market trends to the global and country teams; support pricing levers and market analysis to lead in-country advocacy, planning procurement, and understanding in-country pricing benchmarks
• Liaise with the R&D team, disease teams and country teams to develop market analysis required to support negotiations with suppliers to expedite time-to-market, reduce pricing and improve supply security
• Cultivate relationships with existing and potential suppliers of key quality-assured health commodities in LMICs; provide market insights and support navigating regulatory and procurement processes
• Participate in disease team discussions/meetings and help develop and implement supply-side priorities
• Provide support to teams’ local stakeholder engagements; liaise with Access Teams to ensure alignment in communication and activities
• Support disease teams in addressing supplier-related requirements and queries
• Provide inputs and support value-for-money analysis and periodic reporting on grant milestones
• Monitor supplier compliance with contracts and funding for product purchase; present findings to donors and other audiences
• Prepare presentations, reports, and analyses to inform global, regional, or local policy and…