Director II, Global Health

Panagora Group - Silver Spring, MD

Full-time - Senior

Silver Spring, MD

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

Panagora Group is seeking an experienced Global Health Director to provide strategic leadership and technical expertise in managing and winning USAID and other donor-funded global health projects. This role is crucial in ensuring technical excellence in global health across the organization and involves representing Panagora globally while developing and maintaining relationships that enhance the company's portfolio and reputation in global health. The Director will oversee the quality of technical assistance provided to country programs, manage technical staff, and contribute significantly to new business development, particularly in technical strategy and writing. Additionally, the Director will ensure programmatic progress against success indicators, aligning activities with Panagora's quality assurance standards. The Director will support the global health practice by providing technical leadership and oversight of Panagora's work in global health. This includes overseeing global health contracts, leading the development and implementation of activity work plans and budgets, and ensuring effective implementation and achievement of priority initiatives. The role requires defining success indicators for assigned programs based on best practices, conceptualizing and delivering technical products, and ensuring compliance with donor and activity reports. The Director will also serve as a liaison with clients to ensure satisfaction and will provide updates and lessons learned for marketing and communications purposes. In addition to these responsibilities, the Director will actively support new business development in global health, providing leadership in technical conceptualization and writing, and recruiting high-quality technical personnel. The position requires a commitment to Panagora's mission and values, with the Director representing the organization at conferences and events. Mentoring and supervising staff to foster motivation, commitment, and teamwork is also a key aspect of this role.

Responsibilities

• Support the global health practice by providing technical leadership and oversight of Panagora's work in global health.
• Oversee global health contracts including leading the development and implementation of activity work plans and budgets, ensuring effective implementation and achievement of priority initiatives and activities.
• Lead activities to ensure high quality performance and optimally manage and align activities with Panagora's quality assurance standards.
• Define success indicators for assigned programs based on best practices and industry standards.
• Conceptualize, draft, deliver, and present technical products, proposals, presentations and other materials.
• Draft and ensure all donor and activity reports are compliant and submitted on time.
• Serve as liaison with clients and ensure client satisfaction.
• Provide activity updates, lessons learned, and stories for marketing, communications, and learning purposes.
• Ensure long- and short-term assignments are staffed and carried out as planned, including through clear scopes of work, high-quality personnel, and facilitative oversight.
• Support new business development in global health, providing leadership in technical conceptualization and writing, recruitment of high-quality technical personnel, and contributions to other sections.
• Seek new business opportunities to maximize Panagora's impact and leverage.
• Actively support and represent Panagora's mission and values in conduct and communications.
• Represent Panagora periodically at conferences, meetings, and events.
• Supervise and mentor staff to ensure high levels of motivation, commitment, capacity building, and teamwork.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in public health or in a relevant field.
• 10-15 years of relevant practical work experience with 7 years managing multiple levels of staff.
• Demonstrated experience successfully managing USAID projects, including submittal of high-quality reports; developing, analyzing and reviewing budgets; analyzing expenses, variances, accruals and pipelines.
• Strong technical experience with integrated health, with PEPFAR and/or private sector health programming preferred.
• Experience with capacity building and/or knowledge management desired.
• Excellent understanding of USAID systems, structures, and process, in particular health programming.
• Ability to manage multi-cultural team with diverse skill sets to achieve results.
• Strong track record to lead and support winning proposals including the ability to conceptualize and write technical proposals.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.
• Awareness of, sensitivity to, and experience in working with multi-cultural staff and groups, preferably having lived, and worked in one or more low resource settings.
• Ability to work in complex environments charged with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and intense pressure to perform.
• Proficiency in one or more foreign languages.
• Willingness to travel internationally, primarily to developing countries.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with PEPFAR and/or private sector health programming.
• Experience with capacity building and/or knowledge management.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Paid holidays
• Vision insurance