Deadline: 23 March 2016
Gavi is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Senior Manager in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Senior Manager will contribute to development and implementation of market shaping strategies for certain vaccines and other immunization products in the scope of Gavi market shaping.
Gavi’s mission is to save children’s lives and protecting people’s health by increasing equitable use of vaccines in lower-income countries.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Senior Manager will perform the following functions-
- Serve as the expert on and assume primary market shaping responsibility for, a sub-set of the vaccines or other immunization products in scope for Gavi market shaping.
- Work collaboratively with the Market Shaping (MS) team, other Secretariat teams and Alliance stakeholders to develop and document an evidenced-based market shaping strategy for each assigned vaccine or other immunization product category, including prioritization of supply and procurement objectives.
- Translate the strategy into target outcomes for each product. Establish priorities and document interventions supporting each outcome and identify the parties responsible for implementation each intervention. Implement specific interventions and manage stakeholder accountability toward a portion of the interventions.
- Collaborate with procurement agencies to ensure execution of procurement strategies that are consistent with the established strategies and expected outcomes.
- Maintain the primary relationships with industry partners, leading to collaborative engagement and information sharing, including being the expert on current and future market dynamics and pricing considerations for assigned products.
- Support the Head of Market Shaping on other initiatives as required in support of Gavi’s market shaping objectives.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Master’s degree in, Economics, Business Administration, Public Health or a closely related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of professional work experience including:
- Vaccine or pharmaceutical marketing, business development, customer management.
- Strategic planning/market analysis in a pharmaceutical, consulting and/or healthcare setting.
- Established operational track record of excellence in achieving results.
- Experience in vaccine industry preferred.
- Partner management experience preferred.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Another European language would be an asset.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit Gavi.
