Position Title: Director of Impact and Planning

Reports to: Principal, Chief Finance and Systems Officer

Location: Employees in this role can work from our Boston, MA office, remotely within the U.S. or hybrid of these two options. (up to 10% international and domestic travel)

Position Type: Full Time

Position Summary;

The Director of Impact and Planning is responsible for driving organizational efforts to operationalize the Partners In Health (PIH) Strategic Plan, including managing a team to support effective prioritization, organizational work planning, project management and budget management. The Director of Impact and Planning will also lead efforts to advance PIH’s organizational impact strategy and ensure staff are equipped with the resources and tools needed to communicate impact effectively. This position will play a key role in facilitating data-driven decision-making by organizational leadership on strategic priorities and new initiatives, ensuring key stakeholders are well-informed.

Key Responsibilities:

Planning and strategy development (40%)

• In collaboration with leadership and organizational stakeholders, drive activities that support the operationalization of the PIH Strategic Plan, including the development and maintenance of tools and systems to support planning and track progress.
• Inform, support, and carry out new processes that facilitate data-driven decision-making by organizational leadership and sequencing of priorities aligned with the PIH Strategic Plan.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure collaboration and alignment with other organizational efforts, including multi-year financial planning and multi-year fundraising initiatives.
• Partner closely with fundraising colleagues on the translation of programmatic strategy into external resources, messaging, and tools used to support fundraising across all revenue streams.

Organizational project management (30%)

• Design and oversee the implementation of a project management workstream that ensures organizational priorities and new initiatives are properly resourced, managed, and monitored.
• Create processes and systems that promote cross-functional collaboration and accountability across the PIH U.S. Coordination Site to ensure effective support of care delivery and university sites on implementation of strategic priorities and new initiatives.
• Oversee the Impact & Planning team budget and support leaders at care delivery sites in monitoring and managing relevant project budgets tied to Impact-related funding streams.

Impact (30%)

• Advance PIH’s strategy to systematically synthesize, document, and communicate the impact of PIH’s work around the world.
• Oversee the continued design, implementation, and management of a structured plan to establish an organizational vision for impact, ensuring stakeholder buy-in and organizational readiness for implementation of new systems and processes.
• Oversee activities to collect, analyze, visualize, and leverage organizational impact indicators (i.e., core metrics) aligned with the PIH Strategic Plan.
• In close partnership with the Strategic Information Systems Managing Director, advance organizational change management efforts to accompany leadership and key stakeholders to use data to inform strategy and planning.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work experience including in organizational impact, strategy development, data-driven decision making, and system design, including at least 4 years of team leadership.
• Advanced degree in public health, business, or a related field preferred.
• Experience working with diverse teams and stakeholders, cross-functionally and cross-geographically.
• Experience in overseeing complex organizational projects, including design, implementation, project management, budget management, and evaluation.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively through written and verbal channels to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to solve problems creatively to meet organizational goals and objectives.
• Flexibility, adaptability.
• Passion for PIH’s mission and ability to effectively serve as an ambassador for the organization.

Organizational Profile

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities around the world. PIH focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care. PIH partners with the world’s leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governments’ efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.

As of today, PIH runs programs in 11 countries (Haiti, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Navajo Nation, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, United States), where it provides direct care to millions of patients, through public facilities and community engagement.

Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.

Partners In Health participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.