Director, SRHR - India

Main purpose of the role

As a recognized leader in your field, to contribute to the development of cutting edge and evidence-based strategies and plans that ensure CIFF's work across the Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) sector in India achieves transformational and lasting change.

As part of the India leadership team, this role will drive innovative financing across the SRHR team and focus on high-leverage opportunities to grow CIFF's influence and the impact of our programmes.

The Director, SRHR Choices leads our product development and commercial partnerships portfolio, to scale SRHR innovations. The role also provides key strategic input into our strategy on SRHR market architecture and commodity security.

This role will lead the SRHR team's work on delivering access to a mix of sexual reproductive health drugs and devices. This role will specifically lead investments on the following with an India focus :

• Managing SRHR choices through the pipeline from R&D and clinical trials to market entry
• Supporting complex partnerships on new product development, introduction and scale, building co-funding relationships with key funders.
• Demonstrate demand generation in reproductive health and rights, while working through the government programmes.
• Strengthen and expand beyond existing distribution networks for reproductive health products & services

This role will act as the main relationship owner for several critical CIFF partners in India, including manufacturing, biomedical researchers, and funders, developing their influence within the SRHR field. This will include acting as CIFF's representative on various external platforms.

Success for this role will be measured through a combination of specific metrics on SRH choices (notably self-injection and implant supply security; and higher quality standards for private sector products), alongside system-level changes that lead to greater commodity security and financing.

Role's responsibilities

As a member of the India SRHR Leadership Team

Strategy and execution

Programme development, delivery & performance

Sector knowledge and profile-building

Leadership of the team

Requirements

Skills & Experience

Key working relationships

Management dimensions

Benefits

CIFF operates a hybrid work policy across all locations, which means employees work in the office and some of the time from home. We are happy to provide more information on this as part of the recruitment process.

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package here at CIFF that includes, but is not limited to the following.

Please submit your application on or before Wednesday 8th October. CIFF reserves the right to close the job advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Skills Required

Project Management, Negotiation Skills, Regulatory Requirements