Responsibilities

Leadership/Strategy

•  Oversee the development and evolution of SEMA’s vision and approach to:
•  Drive a collaborative process to develop a working definition/framework/scorecard to assess the health of SRH markets that can be applied to global and country SRH markets to guide strategic direction
•  Work in priority countries to align with local stakeholders around understanding and developing strategies to improve local SRH markets and identify how SEMA can complement the work of others while supporting countries to be stewards of their public and private SRH markets
•  Synthesize country needs and global analytics with the Data & Analytics team to identify/prioritize SRH market problems that SEMA could address, manage working groups to develop strategies against the problems, and drive task teams to tackle the market challenges
•  Develop approach along with other SEMA Management Team to drive prioritization among country and multi-country/global market opportunities to guide strategy and resource allocation
• Translate the above in collaboration with other SEMA Management Team into a strategic plan for market activities; track, adapt, and update the strategic plan over time
•  Present and gather feedback on SEMA market strategy and activities with the Technical Oversight Committee
• Develop and present market strategy updates and recommendations to Governing Body as necessary

 Country Market Strategy Program Oversight

•  Recruit SEMA Country Leads in each priority country (in conjunction with Ministries of Health and other local stakeholders) to serve as SEMA’s primary points of engagement in each country
•  Oversee Country Leads to ensure they are effectively engaging with country stakeholders, participating in local processes, and gathering information to:
•  Understand the local market context, support a country-led process to develop a market strategy, and identify priorities for how SEMA could complement the work of others to advance the country’s market strategy. Leverage this information to translate into SEMA’s workplan (objectives, metrics, and budget) for different geographies
•  Identify, propose, develop and manage investment opportunities to support the local country market strategy
•  Build and manage effective partnerships with critical stakeholders to advance work
•  Oversee the SEMA country representatives and ensure they are learning and sharing best practices from each other in country engagement/support
•  Develop and oversee SEMA’s approach to (i) monitor country needs and experiences and ensure these issues inform the broader SEMA strategic priorities and (ii) ensure SEMA is tracking how countries are building market stewardship capacity
•  Document and share any lessons learned on how to optimize country market strategy engagement with the SEMA Management Team to continuously learn and improve the approach moving forward

Global Market Strategy Program Oversight

•  Define, develop, and implement SEMA’s approach to monitor the health of SRH markets, identify market problems, and drive collective action to tackle the market problem with an eye towards addressing both short-term and longer-term needs as the organization gets off the ground
•  Design and implement process to build working groups that align stakeholders around recommendations and task teams that coordinate stakeholder activities to address the market problem
•  (Assuming supporting new/underutilised SRH interventions will be a SEMA priority moving forward) Develop a point of view of how SEMA can support adoption of new/underutilised SRH interventions that builds upon best practices but also addresses past challenges (e.g., promoting single product vs. portfolio, promoting short-term vs. systemic solutions, etc.)
•  For prioritized multi-country market problems, drive process with SEMA Executive Director and other stakeholders to mobilize additional resources to finance the necessary market solutions
•  Oversee process to develop and manage contracts, budgets, investments and other activities to execute the work and report progress
•  Document and share any lessons learned to course correct/optimize global market strategy process with the SEMA Management Team moving forward

Communications/Stakeholders

•  Synthesize and communicate SEMA’s country and global market strategy approach with key stakeholders – including countries, technical experts, and key stakeholders – to build awareness and alignment, gather feedback, and develop partnerships
•  Develop and manage effective relationships with key stakeholders (e.g., country governments, UNFPA, USAID, RHSC, FP2030, GFF) and related activities in the ecosystem (e.g., RHSC market activities, product introduction/market shaping initiatives) to advance the SEMA market strategy vision and approach, including developing any partnership agreements as appropriate
•  Document progress, challenges and lessons learned to share with the working groups, Technical Oversight Committee, SEMA Governing Body, and SEMA Management Team as appropriate

Organizational Development

•  Collaborate with other SEMA Management Team members to align workplans and activities (e.g., data & analytics, MLE) for organizational effectiveness and impact
•  Participate and contribute to Management Team to support effective launch and evolution of SEMA organization including providing input on business model, staffing, and strategic priorities
•  Recruit and manage great people to promote the desired culture to build a highly functioning, motivated, and effective team where people bring their best to the work

Reporting Structure

• The Head of Markets will report directly to SEMA’s Executive Director. This role is one of three to four key Senior Management Team roles reporting to the Executive Director that will be hired within the first 6 months. Within the first year, this role will be leading a team of five to seven staff and overseeing investments with different partners. Until the Markets team is built, this person will have the support of interim consultants and strategic partnerships to support the critical work needed to progress toward SEMA’s goals.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Strategic and visionary leader with proven experience in designing and managing market interventions (e.g., product introduction, reducing product prices, addressing product quality, ensuring consumer insights inform program design) in global health at global and country levels
• 10+ years of professional experience working in market dynamics with understanding of global and country market dynamics (financing/procurement flow, product introduction, public/private service delivery, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex partnerships across key global donors and implementing organisations related to market areas
• Demonstrated success developing and managing complex partnerships with African country governments related to market areas
• Experience developing and managing complex market partnerships with pharmaceutical developers and/or manufacturers.
• Experience designing and managing working groups and partnerships among diverse sets of players to align on a common strategic direction and execute against the strategy
• Experience working in sexual & reproductive health & rights markets specifically in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC)
• Demonstrated experience recruiting and managing multi-cultural team
• Entrepreneurial and creative mindset: track record in building new initiatives, entities, and/or teams
• Ability to think strategically (where are we going, how to organize the work) and drive project management (plan and manage numerous processes and projects simultaneously and meet deadlines)
• Ability to work independently in an ambiguous and changing environment
• Eagerness to contribute and collaborate to management team working in a start-up environment (i.e enjoy creating, can be a leader and execute an operational task where needed)
• Excellent written and communication skills, including areas of presentation and reporting writing, with experience presenting to multi-cultural and executive level bodies
• Demonstrated effectiveness to work in multi-cultural work environment and committed to promoting an inclusive culture where everyone is valued and belongs
• Deep personal commitment to sexual & reproductive health & rights, including the right to safe abortion for all who need it
• Language proficiency: English (required); French (highly desirable)
• Amref will manage the contract for this role. The position includes a competitive remuneration package