Senior Director, Global Access

Position Description  

Job Title:                 Senior Director, Global Access
Location:                Nairobi, Kenya; Cape Town, South Africa; Remote-South Africa; , New York, New York
Reporting to:         VP, Global Access, and External Affairs 

Position Summary:

Are you an experienced Global Public Health Leader who’s passionate about ensuring populations have access to critical health innovations?

IAVI is seeking a Senior Director of Global Access to develop and execute global access plans, ensuring timely and broad access to IAVI supported innovations for populations in need. The Sr. Director will oversee and drive product introduction planning and research to understand market landscapes and the public health value proposition for IAVI products. The Sr. Director will partner across functional areas integrating access strategies along the product development continuum, ensuring barriers to access are addressed. The Sr. Director represents IAVI within the global health community, ensuring a supportive ecosystem for product readiness and financing, helping to develop access-related strategies, proposals, and work plans and budgets.

Key Responsibilities:

Global Access Strategy and Planning

• Collaborate with IAVI’s Global Access team, regional hubs, product development teams, commercial partners, and funders to develop integrated access strategies and plans to support IAVI’s pipeline products.


• Participate in Product Development teams, and contributing to strategies and documents, including Target Product Profiles, integrated Product Development Plans, and Clinical and regulatory strategies.


• Develop and oversee work plans, budgets, reporting and/or monitoring and evaluation systems (both internal and donor-specific).

Access evidence generation to support product development and policy

• Identify evidence needed for effective public policy adoption and explore pathways to accelerate access to IAVI’s innovations.


• Oversee or execute research to define the public health value proposition, market demand, acceptability, feasibility, competitive landscape, cost effectiveness, and pathways to access for IAVI innovations.


• Maintain a deep awareness and understanding of key access principles and strategies of the access, vaccine, and antibody product landscapes, and of scientific programs in relevant therapeutic areas.


• Ensure broad dissemination of evidence through presentation in global health forums and preparation and submission of manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.


• Oversee contractors, consultants, and other staff, as applicable. 

Stakeholder Engagement and Advocacy 

• Convene key stakeholders to address access needs and priorities, strengthening IAVI’s position as a thought leader in driving global access strategies across product development priority areas.


• Strengthen IAVI relationships and networks with leading global health stakeholders and commercial partners that share IAVI’s access goals.


• Represent IAVI in engagements with potential funders, key external organizations, government agencies, and advocacy forums.


• Advance IAVI’s access objectives at the global, regional, and national levels in collaboration with Communications, Advocacy, Business Development and Regional/Country offices.

Resource Mobilization 

• Identify and cultivate funding opportunities to support access objectives.


• Lead access contributions and content development for expressions of interest, proposals, work plans, partnership agreements, and other opportunities to secure resources for access planning and implementation.


• Represent access activities in donor engagements and support donor relationship management.

Education and Work Experience:

• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in Public Health, Global Health, International Policy, a related field is required.


• Minimum 12 years of professional experience with a minimum of 7 years’ experience in global market access, public policy, commercialization, or global health is required.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Proven track record working on access-related issues and solid knowledge of global health ecosystem and current trends.


• Experience across relevant fields such as global health product commercialization, global market access, and public policy, required.


• Experience with vaccines, HIV/AIDS, TB, and Emerging Infectious Diseases preferred.


• Experience engaging with private and public sector organizations in the global health space (e.g. global health organizations, funders, pharmaceutical industry stakeholders, procurement agencies, national governments, civil society and technical partners).


• Strong relationship building skills, with a relevant network of partners and investors who are committed to advancing global health.


• Product introduction strategy, market and end-user research, and proposal development expertise highly desired.


• Knowledge and/or experience with public health ecosystems in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).


• Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills and experience, and ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from a wide range of disciplines, countries, and cultures.


• Strong research and writing skills are required. Experience with manuscript development for peer-reviewed publications is preferred.

Organizational Overview: 

IAVI is a nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to addressing urgent, unmet global health challenges including HIV and tuberculosis. Our mission is to translate scientific discoveries into affordable, globally accessible public health solutions. Through scientific and clinical research in Africa, India, Europe, and the U.S., IAVI is pioneering the development of biomedical innovations designed for broad global access. We develop vaccines and antibodies in and for the developing world and seek to accelerate their introduction in low-income countries. IAVI programs and partnerships are grounded in the regions of the world where the disease burden is the greatest, and our approach emphasizes sustainability. Our network of clinical research center partners in Africa and India helps strengthen in-country research capacity and supports the training and education of the next generation of scientists. The global impact of our science includes fundamental contributions to understanding the biology of HIV infection, which IAVI and others are applying toward advancing vaccine science and immunology. IAVI accelerates scientific discovery and development by fostering unique collaborations among academia, industry, local communities, governments, and funders to explore new and better ways to address public health threats that disproportionately affect people living in poverty. Our global reach, including a clinical research network in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in India, has allowed us to make fundamental contributions to understanding the epidemiology, transmission, virology, and immunology of HIV. This work played a key role in facilitating the design of promising HIV vaccine candidates, as well as the discovery of broadly neutralizing antibodies that are now being advanced as promising approaches for HIV prevention. Our integrated capabilities in vaccine and antibody discovery, development, and clinical research take advantage of bio-pharmaceutical industry expertise to accelerate the development and testing of prevention methods for HIV and other diseases. Through the Product Development Center, we support external researchers with technical and scientific expertise to accelerate the development of their own products.  

IAVI CORE VALUES: 

• Dedication to the Mission: We are committed to the translation of scientific discoveries into affordable, globally accessible public health solutions. 


• Innovative Evolution: We are committed to solving complex problems in creative and innovative ways, learning from our mistakes and successes and never giving up 


• Integrity: We are committed to meeting the highest ethical and professional standards in everything we do and to taking responsibility for our actions to earn respect 


• Collaboration: We are committed to embracing diversity, the power of global teamwork and the belief that by working as one we can make a difference

Disclaimer: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship. IAVI is an equal opportunity employer and applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.  

IAVI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER actively committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive global organization. IAVI believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a representative candidate pool. At IAVI, we celebrate the spectrum of colleagues’ experiences and believe that dedication to our mission above all is essential to our success as a scientific global non-profit. IAVI upholds these principles through IAVI’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Committee.  

IAVI has zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, national origin, home language, ancestry, religion, marital or civil partnership status, age, physical or mental disability, HIV status and any other medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and veteran status, in addition to any other status protected under the law in any of our locations worldwide. 

Compensation and Benefits Information for US-Based Candidates:   

Annual base salary for this position is: $180,000.00 - 210,000.00 

Compensation And Benefits Information for NON-US Based Candidates:

Salary is paid in local currency, and is commensurate and competitive with the local labor market  

Please note, there may be some variation based on experience level. In addition, this position offers competitive benefits such as annual bonus, generous retirement savings plan, competitive health insurance benefits, and other benefits.