Director, Commodity Security

Overview: 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 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 Beyond 250 million women who want to avoid pregnancy are not using a modern contraceptive method. In addition, an estimated 260,000 women die each year from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, 2.3 million newborns die in their first month of life, and a further 1.9 million babies are stillborn. The burden is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for roughly 70% of maternal deaths and more than half of neonatal deaths, and where a newborn faces roughly ten times the risk of death of one born in a high-income country. Proven, cost-effective interventions exist across this continuum, from contraception through pregnancy, childbirth, and the newborn period. The barriers are gaps in policy, systems, supply, and workforce that keep effective care from reaching women and babies at the moments that matter most. The Women’s and Newborn Health Cluster at CHAI is focused on reducing unintended pregnancies, maternal and neonatal deaths, and stillbirths. We accelerate access to innovations, using our market-shaping expertise to lower prices and roll out new products. We scale evidence-based best practices by supporting guideline updates, health worker training and mentoring, and commodity availability. And we strengthen public and private sector service delivery to better reach women and babies with high-quality care. Routine availability of quality, affordable commodities is critical to achieving our goals. Yet, the environment for reproductive, maternal, and newborn commodities is fragile and shifting. The collapse of USAID funding has created acute gaps in the supply of contraceptives, oxytocin, misoprostol, and other life-saving commodities across CHAI&r…

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