Job Title: Senior Director, Global Access
Location: New York City
Reports to: Vice President, Global Access and Market Insights
Position Summary: Reporting to the Vice President, Global Access and Market Insights this position will be responsible for the development and operationalization of IAVI’s global access strategies to help ensure timely and broad access to HIV vaccines, HIV biomedical prevention technologies, TB vaccines and other innovations for those populations who need them the most. IAVI works with local research institutions in five countries in Africa and India to plan and implement research and development including clinical trials and related epidemiology, end-user research, community engagement and policy and advocacy. Much of this work is conducted with at risk populations, such as men who have sex with men (MSM), female sex workers (FSW), fishing communities and adolescents.
The incumbent will have key responsibilities in several areas, including developing global access plans for each product candidate supported by IAVI in collaboration with development partners, convening key stakeholders and support consultations to understand access needs and facilitate solutions, ensuring a robust understanding of end-users’ preferences and their environmental context and supporting fundraising to secure resources for access planning and implementation. He/she will lead key aspects of this work, ranging from developing objectives, undertaking analysis of policies and practices, leading execution of access initiatives, providing guidance and direction to regional teams and partners and monitoring progress and re-directing as needed.
Responsibilities will include oversight of contractors, consultants, and other staff; development and oversight of work-plans and budgets (both internal and donor-specific); reporting of achievements and lessons learned; and representing IAVI’s mission, scientific strategy, network and value as a partner externally. The candidate will work closely with IAVI’s R&D, Policy, Communications organizations and Regional Offices in Africa and India as well as a broad network of partners to help ensure that the needs of communities most affected by the AIDS and TB epidemics are integrated throughout product development.
Key Responsibilities:
Overall
• Lead development and implementation of IAVI’s access strategies to help ensure broad and timely availability and affordability of innovations supported by IAVI. These innovations include HIV biomedical prevention approaches such as antibodies, long acting anti-retroviral drugs for HIV, HIV vaccines and TB vaccines.
• In collaboration with R&D and other key groups at IAVI, guide both internal staff and external consultants/partners in key aspects of access implementation
• Champion the generation of evidence throughout product development that will enable future access (e.g. user acceptability, health economic data, feasibility, programmatic suitability, etc.)
• Help build out the nascent global access function at IAVI to meet long term goals and objectives
Strategy and Planning
• Develop global access plans for each product candidate supported by IAVI, in collaboration with R&D and development partners, with a focus on policy recommendations, pricing, financing/procurement and health systems delivery
• Ensure integration of access objectives throughout the product development continuum by contributing to product development documents and strategies including Target Product Profiles, Product Development Plans, Prescribing information, Clinical and regulatory strategies, etc., in close collaboration with R&D functions at IAVI
• Lead development of health economic models, pricing and contracting strategies and the articulation of the public health value proposition for HIV and TB prevention
• Develop and oversee work plans, budgets, and reporting and/or monitoring and evaluation systems (both internal and donor-specific).
Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
• Convene key stakeholders and/or support consultations to identify access needs and facilitate solutions
• Identify evidence needed for effective public policy making and explore potential public policy pathways to accelerate access to IAVI’s innovations
• Strengthen existing relationships with leading global health organizations that share IAVI’s access goals (e.g. WHO, CDC, UNAIDS, the Global Fund, GAVI and UNICEF, etc.), government agencies, industry, product development partnerships and academia
• Seek and manage external input into access strategies through engagement with IAVI Board of Directors, existing advisory groups at IAVI or the creation of an advisory board or other advisory mechanisms
• Advance IAVI’s access objectives at the regional and national levels in collaboration with Communications, Policy and Regional/Country offices
• Champion IAVI’s mission, scientific strategy, network, value as a partner and positions on access internally and externally
Implementation
• Consistent with the global access framework, develop and implement access initiatives (e.g. generate evidence for WHO and national recommendations/guidelines for product use)
• Lead the design and execution of end-user and other market research projects to inform product development plans and enable global access through a robust understanding of needs, preferences and behaviors
Funding
• Contribute to expressions of interest, proposals, work plans, MOUs and other funding opportunities to secure resources for access planning and implementation
We recognize each candidate brings a unique set of skills and expertise and therefore we prioritize the following core competencies:
Experience and Skills:
• More than ten years of professional experience in product commercialization, global market access, public policy, public health or global health; experience with vaccines, HIV/AIDS or TB preferred.
• Advanced degree in Public Health, Global Health, International Policy, Health Economics or a Science related field.
• Demonstrated experience engaging Global and National organizations (e.g. WHO, CDC, UNAIDS, Global Fund, UNITAID, CHAI, BMGF, national governments and national policy making organizations) to formulate health policies, recommendations for use, financing and/or procurement
• Market research, end-user research, socio-behavioral research, market analytics and health economics expertise highly desired.
• Industry experience a plus.
• Healthcare experience with Low / Middle Income Countries (LMIC) with a focus on Sub Saharan Africa and India is desired
• Excellent judgment, proven ability and skills to present programs to all audiences ranging from high level political organizations to lay community groups.
• Strong organizational and communications skills with proven experience in fostering collaborations and building coalitions.
• Established track record of managing teams and projects, supervising staff, and ensuring that key activities are completed within deadlines and budgets.
• Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills and experience, and ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from a wide range of disciplines, countries and cultures.
• Track record as a strong strategic & conceptual thinker who can drive quickly to a clear and concise synthesis of even the most complex issues and concepts
Travel – up to 20% of time.
Organizational Overview:
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) is a nonprofit scientific organization whose mission is to translate scientific discoveries into affordable, accessible public health solutions to help the people who need them the most. Since its founding in 1996, IAVI has provided scientific, research and development, and policy leadership to address the needs of communities and key populations at risk for HIV infection around the world. IAVI works with more than 100 academic, industry, government, civil society, clinical, and community partners in more than 25 countries. IAVI is committed to supporting the broad field of HIV vaccine research and to fostering collaborations that accelerate the development and availability of new prevention tools. In pursuit of our goals, we work to catalyze and support novel partnership models that engage partners from both the public and private sectors across the product development continuum.
IAVI’s global reach, including its clinical research network in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in India, has allowed IAVI to make fundamental contributions to understanding of the epidemiology, transmission, natural history, virology, and immunology of HIV infection. This work played a key role in facilitating the structure-based 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. IAVI’s integrated capabilities in vaccine discovery, development, and clinical research take advantage of biopharmaceutical industry expertise to accelerate the development and testing of novel HIV vaccine candidates.
In addition to its core HIV vaccine effort, IAVI is working to amplify its global health impact by working with partners to address other urgent unmet public health needs – such as vaccines for other infectious diseases – where our existing technologies, assets, and experience can add unique value.
IAVI Core Values
Dedication to the Mission: We are committed to the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccines for use throughout the world to achieve a world without AIDS
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 glocal teamwork and the belief that by working as one we can make a difference
Leadership and Communication
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.
All IAVI employees are expected to follow and abide by the legal, financial, regulatory, safety, and other general guidelines of IAVI, and to conduct their activities in a manner consistent with the highest personal and professional standards.
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.
