Program Director, Global Noncommunicable Disease Impact Initiative
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Overview
Through its Access to Medicines Program, CMMB partners with pharmaceutical companies, medical supply manufacturers, NGOs, and health facilities to deliver high-quality medicines and medical supplies to underserved health facilities across more than 40 countries. These health commodities, both donated product (i.e.. Gift-in-Kind products provided by manufacturers) and purchased product, address critical medicine shortages and improve access to safe, effective treatment for populations in low-resource settings.
The Program Director for the Global NCD Impact Initiative (NCDI) provides strategic and operational oversight for CMMB ’s expanding rollout with partners across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The role leads the onboarding, implementation, monitoring, and scale-up of the global program which focuses on improving access to essential medicines and strengthening health systems for care and management of chronic conditions (e.g. hypertension, diabetes, respiratory illness, sickle cell, etc.).
Working closely with implementing partners, local stakeholders (including Ministries of Health, health associations and organizations), donors, researchers and internal teams, the Program Manager provides support and translates learnings to ensure program quality, compliance and impact across countries. The role combines technical leadership, partnership management, program oversight, and cross-country coordination to bring the program to scale globally.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Program Management & Implementation
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Provide overall leadership and coordination of NCDI partners ensuring high-quality, timely program implementation at country level.
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Drive NCDI partner onboarding and training, project management, stakeholder management, and follow-up on action items for local program implementation and research projects. Facilitate cross-country coherence in strategy, technical standards, and operational excellence.
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Ensure lessons learned from pilot partners and stakeholders, project level data, etc. are well integrated and incorporated for continuous improvement of global program implementation and results.
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Support program expansion strategy aligned with national health priorities and NCD strategies.
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Coordinate and support product sourcing & procurement, supply chain management, and reporting for donated and procured medical commodities.
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Consult, provide thought partnership, and support to NCDI partners with consideration given to regional and country contexts.
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Ensure effective use of digital reporting tools and data systems to track product flows and facility-level utilization.
Stakeholder Engagement & Representation
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Represent CMMB in national, regional, and international forums with donors, government agencies, and technical partners.
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Build and maintain strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical industry actors, supply-chain experts, and NCD service providers.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
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Oversee partner compliance with NCDI monitoring and evaluation frameworks to measure program performance, outcomes, and impact.
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Review and approve monthly, quarterly, and annual technical and narrative reports.
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