TB Diagnostics Manager

Recruitment Team

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) works to broaden access to life-saving therapy for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria patients in the poorest parts of the world. CHAI approaches health access challenges with simultaneous and intensive engagement on both the demand and supply sides of the market. Based on the premise that business oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets and more effective national and sub-national level management.

The TB Diagnostics team focuses on addressing both the supply-side and demand-side barriers to ensure access to accurate and affordable Tuberculosis diagnostics to patients in both the private and public sector. Current diagnostic procedures in the private sector are focused on the usage of sub optimal tests that are inaccurate, costly, and slow in diagnosing resistance to first line antibiotics. The access team is tasked with creating a market shift towards increased usage of WHO endorsed diagnostics that are accurate, affordable, and (geographically) accessible.

The TB Diagnostics team works closely with diagnostic and drug manufacturers, private sector labs, multilateral organizations, normative bodies and other stakeholders to lower prices of WHO endorsed diagnostics, encourage adoption of quality diagnostics, and accelerate the entry and uptake of new improved products.

Role:

The TB Diagnostics Manager will play a critical role in leading CHAI's India TB initiative, which aims to ensure continued and increasing uptake of newer, validated diagnostic technologies, and to set up mechanisms for ensuring appropriate TB treatment in the private sector.

These efforts require leading a team that has been working on a deep engagement with private sector diagnostic labs and physician groups, formulation and execution of demand generation activities, market analysis and intelligence, advocacy for expedited development of new products, and other operations and administrative tasks. The Manager will need to develop strong relationships with various teams within CHAI, including senior management, with donor organizations and with other partner organizations working in the Tuberculosis landscape in India and beyond. She/he will be required to guide the strategic thinking that will determine the shape and size of newer projects under the TB Team. The position will require travel to meet key stakeholders.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding credentials, analytical ability, structured thinking processes and strong communication skills. The Manager must be able to function with flexibility and have a strong commitment to excellence. CHAI places great value on personal qualities including resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

• Guide and oversee the TB team's overall work, which includes:
  • Engagement with private sector labs/hospitals to accelerate uptake of quality diagnostics in their test portfolio
  • Development and implementation of an intensive demand generation plan to educate private sector physicians of WHO endorsed diagnostics
  • Implementation of a