Job Description
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PATH is an
international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives
and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate
innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and
system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight,
scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By
mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working
alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest
health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of
poor health.
The Technology
Solution Global Program (TS) at PATH is developing and advancing a variety of
health technologies across a wide range of program areas, including vaccines
and immunization, maternal and child health, reproductive health, nutrition,
diagnostics, safe water and sanitation, and health information systems. The
work is carried out under multiple grants and contracts from governments,
private foundations, and private donors. The Strategic Initiatives team is a
cross-cutting team within TS to design and develop the next generation business
models for accelerating PATH's impact on global health. The team is presently
developing a new initiative called the Global Health Innovation Hub, which aims
to accelerate access to the most promising technology innovations by building
the capacity of technology developers, manufacturers, distributors, and
delivery platforms in developing countries, starting with India and South Africa.
By enhancing PATH's work with innovators in developing countries, we believe
that we can strengthen the link between local needs and technology development,
increase access to life saving technologies, while also improving social and
economic conditions in low-income countries.
The Business Officer
will focus primarily on building the strategy and operations of the Global
Health Innovation Hub (GHIH), including the development of key partnerships.
The Business Officer will also undertake a variety of market development
activities as a member of the Technology Solutions program. In this role,
he/she will conduct due diligence, negotiate agreements, and pursue market
analyses on a variety of technologies.
Specific
responsibilities include:
- Contribute to the conceptual framework and detailed operations for the Global Health Innovation Hub.
- Develop project collateral for key stakeholders of the Global Health Innovation Hub (presentations, brief, etc.)
- Work with team to develop fundraising strategy and write proposals to prospective donors for enabling Hub operations
- Coordinate Hub operations in India, working closely with staff in PATH's Delhi office and key partners
- Drive technology evaluation efforts, by engaging PATH experts in the process
- Develop and share key findings and lessons learned across PATH and externally.
- Conduct market assessments of the commercial viability of potential health products to be developed or currently in development.
- Perform due diligence on all potential research and development and manufacturing partners and make recommendations to project team for moving forward with the partner.
- Represent PATH to the international development community, donors, and foreign government officials to facilitate project development and implementation.
Required Skills
- Familiarity with business, commercialization and marketing strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze technology and commercialization scenarios and develop options.
- Demonstrated analytic and problem-management skills, including the ability to synthesize information and simplify complex concepts.
- Ability to translate strategic vision into effective execution.
- Ability to think strategically and creatively and a willingness to challenge the status quo.
- Demonstrated effectiveness interacting with leaders in the industry, international organizations, government organizations, and academia.
- Basic knowledge of intellectual property management.
- Ability to manage multiple diverse tasks by setting priorities and scheduling resources within the team.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently coupled with strong interpersonal skills required to initiate and coordinate projects collaboratively across multiple programs and external parties.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills as well as attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple and diverse projects simultaneously while making progress in the context of changing priorities.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel internationally approximately 15% of the time.
Required Experience
- Master's in Business Administration (MBA) or related degree, plus a minimum of five years experience in product management or marketing, market research, agreement negotiation, intellectual property management, and commercialization strategy development;
- may be an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Medical product background and pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience are preferred.
- Experience in foreign markets, especially developing countries preferred.
- Fundraising experience desirable.
PATH is dedicated to
diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.
Must have work
authorization in the United States.
Job Location Seattle,
W
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