PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships, and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing health challenges.

The Center of Digital and Data Excellence (CoDE) at PATH works with government ministries of health, the private sector, and donors to advance the digital transformation of global health.

Digital Square is CoDE’s global flagship initiative leading this complex multinational transformation. This $150M+ initiative is PATH-led and funded by more than 15 donors, including USAID and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, leading more than 50 partners across 33 countries to advance digitally enabled health services to help close the health equity gap; it is a marketplace - or ‘square’ - where supply and demand come together to accelerate health equity.

Conceived from the lessons of the inefficiencies, redundancies, and fragmentation of prior investments in digital technologies for international development, Digital Square:

• works with ministries of health to align adaptable, interoperable digital technologies with local health needs
• bring partners at all levels together to improve how the global community designs, uses, and pays for digital health tools and approaches
• advances seamless digital health tools by working closely with governments, technology experts, and everyday users to strengthen local capacity to adapt digital health global goods into local goods and to implement and manage digital health programs
• Shape the field’s narrative and norms by contributing to and guiding strategic communications
• Set an example of courageous leadership aligned with PATH and Digital Square’s values, bringing moral imagination and ethical lenses to the field of digital health
• Frame and position the initiative’s work within a larger history and fight for global health equity and better accessibility to digital health tools
• Influence public policy and funding to advance digital transformation and global health
• Serve as the final point of contact for key partners, including funding partners
• Find and create alignment with leaders across the ecosystem
• Represent PATH and Digital Square as well as their values, and participate in high-impact events
• Advocate on behalf of the initiatives to strengthen, expand, and diversify existing investor networks, exploring and catalyzing new financing models for digital transformation.

PATH is currently seeking a unique leader who can take Digital Square into its next chapter of growth, while also nurturing and strengthening the existing global digital health ecosystem. Reporting to PATH’s Chief Digital Officer, this role requires a leader who can cultivate a culture of innovation and inspiration while managing and providing direction for some of the most skilled and visionary experts in the field of global digital health. The successful candidate will shape and champion Digital Square’s vision and influence the future of the ecosystem through their work across funders, government, and local community leaders. A key focus of this role will be on building strong private sector partnerships, attracting new funding avenues, and enhancing connectivity across the digital ecosystem. This role provides a rare opportunity to not only make a significant contribution to the field of work, but to directly shape and influence the digital transformation of country health systems and global health as a whole. Managing a team of approximately 85 people, the Head of Digital Square will be a strong team leader and integral member of the CoDE leadership team, driving program strategy across PATH and collaborating with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Organizational:

• Drive vision and leadership by anticipating issues and trends, leading efforts to frame strategy and Digital Square’s agenda, in collaboration with Digital Square’s leadership
• Serve as an ally to local communities and governments in their respective leadership of local health systems into the digital age
• Ensure the financial health of the initiative through successful fundraising, planning and execution as well as the implementation of new revenue strategies in partnership with PATH and the CoDE team
• Engage, influence and share the vision and mission of Digital Square with new and diverse audiences, leaning into new geographies, investors, and market opportunities.
• Inspire and catalyze action within the team and larger global health community while effectively communicating the why, what, and how of strategy and tactics to all stakeholders
• Ensure advisory board members are engaged and their expertise is harnessed, upholding a high standard for good governance and productivity at the board level
• Lead efforts to recruit, retain, and ensure inclusion for a diverse group of 85+ teammates in key roles; foster diversity, equity, and inclusion across all aspects of the initiative
• Serve on CoDE’s leadership team to implement the PATH Digital Strategy

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Required Experience Background

• Humble but confident, steady and grounded, values-driven, adaptive and learning, entrepreneurial, attentive and responsive to complex dynamics - whether around the world or in the room
• Experience with development, projects and initiatives internationally and a demonstrated passion for collaborative and community-led approaches - understands how to build wholes greater than the sum of their parts, particularly in the developing world and emerging economies
• Strategic, visionary, strong business acumen and enthusiasm for building opportunities, teams, and partnerships for the greater good
• Demonstrable experience leading and being at the heart of innovative fundraising initiatives and resource mobilization
• Brings a viable, wide-ranging and accessible network that can be leveraged to assist the initiative in maintaining financial strength and in diversifying long-term funding approaches through new and innovative investment models for global health
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in digital transformation, international development, venture capital or leadership in related fields

Digital and Technology Ability

• Demonstrated strong ability to clearly and simply articulate and rally stakeholders behind a vision for the opportunities of digital transformation
• Demonstrated understanding of the needs of digital health developers, implementers and the ways the LMIC market and capacities for digital technologies will evolve
• Demonstrated strong understanding of the risks of digital transformation to equity issues and associated mitigation strategies of those risks
• Experience with technology ecosystems, products, and enterprise-wide digital transformation approaches

Leading Teams

• The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and manage performance; widely viewed as a strong and inclusive developer of others
• The ability to persevere in the face of challenges, and exhibit a steadfast resolve and relentless commitment to higher standards, which commands respect from followers
• A leader who is self-reflective and aware of their own limitations; leads by example and drives the initiative's performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement
• Demonstrated high level of emotional intelligence and excellent people management skills with a commitment to building a shared vision of the future, setting standards, and managing senior leaders and large teams in diverse and multi-cultural environments

Setting Strategy

• The ability to create and articulate an inspiring vision for the initiative, not only for the areas they are directly responsible for, but the global digital health field as a whole
• The inclination to seek and analyze data from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the initiative’s overall strategy
• An entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the initiative and push the boundaries within the industry
• The ability to effectively balance the desire/need for broad change with an understanding of how much change the initiative is capable of handling, to create realistic goals and implementation plans that are achievable, successful, and sustainable
• Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively
• An ability to inspire trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in their beliefs, and active drive
• Encourages others to share the spotlight and visibly celebrates and supports the success of the team.
• Creates a sense of purpose and meaning for the team that generates followership beyond their own personality and engages others to the greater purpose for the initiative as a whole
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to interact culturally, linguistically, and diplomatically with diverse internal and external individuals; experience working with low- and middle-income countries is strongly preferred

Executing for Results

• The ability to set clear and challenging goals while committing the initiative to improved performance; tenacious and accountable in driving quality resultsand deliverables
• Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty; the ability to adapt nimbly and lead others through complex situations
• A risk-taker who seeks data and input from others to foresee possible threats or unintended circumstances from decisions; someone who takes smart risks
• A leader who is viewed by others as having a high degree of integrity and forethought in their approach to making decisions; the ability to act in a transparent and consistent manner while always taking into account what is best for the initiative

Relationships and Influence

• Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively An ability to inspire trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in their beliefs, and active drive Encourages others to share the spotlight and visibly celebrates and supports the success of the team. Creates a sense of purpose and meaning for the team that generates followership beyond their own personality and engages others to the greater purpose for the initiative as a whole Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to interact culturally, linguistically, and diplomatically with diverse internal and external individuals; experience working with low- and middle-income countries is strongly preferred