JOB DETAILS:
As a Senior Market Shaping Specialist on this high-impact team, you will:
• Participates fully as a member of R4D by contributing, assisting, and participating in projects, activities, and initiatives as requested by management

Provide day-to-day thought and technical leadership
• For the Tanzania MSP portfolio, work closely with the MSP Tanzania team to lead the structuring of analytical problems and the development of technical qualitative and quantitative analytical methodologies and products (i.e. stakeholder mapping and landscaping analyses, analysis of quantification and procurement data) including through coaching team members on analytics

• Draw insights from analyses and lead development of high quality and actionable government, donor and partner-facing documents
• Identify creative ways to expand current work in Tanzania, in close coordination with MSP and R4D leadership, and effectively contribute to and eventually lead components of business development processes

Lead internal and external partner engagement
• In close coordination with MSP leadership, actively cultivate new relationships and effectively manage key ongoing relationships with partners in Tanzania, including the Ministry of Health, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Medical Stores Department (MSD), Pharmacy Council, Tanzania Medicine and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA), TAMISEMI, National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), supply chain actors, NGOs, private sector importers, distributors, wholesalers, and associations, and donor agencies and foundations
• Develop knowledge management and communication strategies to promote the dissemination and uptake of our work

• Represent Tanzania aspects of the MSP portfolio within R4D, and actively collaborate with others in the organization

Effectively manage high-impact projects and teams
• Provide day-to-day management of 1-3 projects ensuring effective execution of all programmatic workstreams. Develop project work plans and ensure timely execution of activities, including proactively and creatively managing problems that arise and anticipating ways to avoid them
• In coordination with MSP leadership, provide people management, by providing direction, input, and coaching to team members based in Tanzania; this may include supervisory responsibilities.
• Contribute to the continued evolution of a positive and collaborative team culture

You’re a Great Fit If You Are
• Genuinely passionate about markets-based approaches to drive sustainable impact
• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, able to vary one’s style based on the audience and distill complex concepts into clear messaging,
• Energized by managing and executing on complex projects in global contexts, specifically in low- and middle-income countries
• Highly analytical, and a structured and creative problem solver
• A culturally sensitive relationship manager who is enthusiastic about supporting team members’ professional growth
• Collaborative, approachable, and invested in enabling a positive working environment
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally, per project need

Your Experience Should Include
• Master’s degree in public health, public policy, business/management or other related advanced degree preferred
• Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience. Preference is given to candidates with experience conducting market research or analysis, developing product introduction/scale-up strategies, developing and implementing commodity financing strategies and/or expanding access to healthcare, specifically in low- and middle-income countries
• Track record of building trust, forging partnerships, and conducting advocacy across a wide variety of stakeholders in multicultural environments and across public and private sector actors; experience working closely with the Tanzanian government is particularly relevant
• Demonstrated experience leading the development of high-quality analysis from conceptualization to completion and leveraging that analysis to drive action by decision-makers for ultimate impact
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including demonstrated ability to develop and deliver compelling presentations
• Experience managing teams across multiple workstreams and enthusiastic about supporting team members’ professional growth
• Ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity and work in a fast-paced, open-structure, multicultural environment, and geographically distributed team
• Significant experience in Tanzania or East Africa strongly preferred
• Fluency in Kiswahili a plus