Impact Market Shaping Director
Nexleaf Analytics, Kenya
Job Description
Who We Are
Nexleaf is a nonprofit technology company that builds products and partners with countries to ensure they have the data they need to build lasting solutions that improve the health of people. We are committed to transforming global health systems using data-driven insights. Nexleaf’s technology is in use in over 25 low and middle income countries across Africa and Asia, monitoring the vaccines for 1 in 11 children born each year. Our goal for 2027 is to ensure the full potency of the vaccines for 1 in 5 children born each year.
We operate quite uniquely compared to many nonprofits, and compared to many technology companies: we run an Impact Business, which not only builds the technology solutions to solve the most important problems in global health, but supports the Ministries of Health and international community to improve the processes, policies, and systems for all players. Through a feedback-rich culture and a focus on iteration, our team collaborates globally to build lasting solutions for health systems around the world. Partnering with leading organizations such as Google.org, Gavi, Qualcomm, and the Bill amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, we are focused on measurable and long-lasting impact.
What we’re looking for
We are looking for a Director for our Impact amp; Market Shaping (IMS) department, which generates evidence for how remote temperature monitoring (RTM) and internet of things (IoT) technology leads to better equipment management in healthcare systems. The learnings generated by the IMS Department:
- inform the development of our technology and service models, and
- help to shape the international market for healthcare equipment and data systems around the globe.
The ideal candidate for this role is an experienced leader and executor, both strategic and analytical thinker, and strong advocate who is excited to forge a path for technology and data to positively impact health systems, in ways that are at times radically different from the status quo in the nonprofit sector. Sitting on the Leadership Team, this candidate will need to be a problem solver and cross functional collaborator who is energized by working with diverse teams to tackle complex problems and will champion the needs of health systems within a technology company. If you are a leader who is excited about generating learnings and user-driven insights within a complex health system, and testing new models that catalyze use of data within Ministries, this role may be for you!
This role will report directly to the COO and is fully remote. Some international travel will be required.
Your Responsibilities
- Create, fund, execute, and disseminate learnings from projects which advance our internal and external objectives. Donors and international partners are eager to fund projects which will advance the world’s ability to support the vaccine cold chain, as well as support other global health technology. A great IMS director will see the big picture at Nexleaf, understand our vision and strategy, and rally the entire company towards funded projects which support our internal product development and service, support our Ministry of Health customers to turn data insights into good action and policy, as well as shape the market (international organization policies, national priorities, and even RTM device amp; software standards) to help us achieve the impact we want.
- Lead the process of setting the evidence, learning amp; design scopes of work for Nexleaf. The Director will pull together the input from the IMS team, product team, customer team, and international stakeholders to identify and implement the most important research and learning initiatives.
- Develop and strengthen strategic partnerships with international organizations, donors, and other service providers, with the aim of shaping the market for high quality data and effective health systems management. Serve as a thought leader among partners and the global health sector, using Nexleaf’s learnings to advocate for systems change.
- Lead the IMS team to success through recruiting, delegation, coaching, and direction-setting. Rather than being the top individual contributor/doer in the IMS department, the Director will make sure the right talent and expertise are in place, directed, motivated, and supported to excel at doing the work.
- Support the Research amp; Data, Vaccine and Medical Equipment Program teams with the design of pilots, research pilots, and evaluations to generate needed evidence for creating systems for effective use of data and technology adoption among Ministry of Health customers.
- Oversee proposal development. Work with Strategic Partnerships amp; Engagement team as well as Program