Manager, Strategy Design and Delivery

Job Description

Position title: Manager, Strategy Design & Delivery

Contract type / duration: 5-year fixed-term contract

Location: Geneva

Department: Strategy, Policy & Foresight

Team: Strategy Design & Delivery Team

Reports To: Head, Strategy Design & Delivery

N° of positions supervised (if applicable): N/A

Career Step: 3 Through its two teams - Strategy Design & Delivery Team (SDD) and Policy - the department operates with a structured, data-driven, and solution-oriented approach.

• About the Role The Strategy, Policy and Foresight Department serves as Gavi’s strategic compass – guiding the organisation through complexity with clarity, credibility, and collaboration. The department focuses on four work areas:
• Foresight:
  Ensuring the Alliance remains fit-for-purpose over the long term by anticipating trends, navigating uncertainty, and helping reshape the global health ecosystem.
• Strategy:
  Leading the development of Gavi’s five-year strategies (e.g. Gavi 6.0) and sub-strategies and getting them ready for roll‑out, grounded in evidence, and responsive to country needs.
• Policy:
  Crafting evidence-based programmatic, funding and vaccine policies and investment cases that are country‑driven, impactful, equitable, and resource‑efficient.
• Delivery Acceleration:
  Accelerating the implementation of strategy delivery where cross‑functional collaboration is essential to drive impact (e.g. programmatic ‘must wins’).

The core objective of the role is to design and deliver high-impact strategic programmatic initiatives that shape Gavi’s future direction. The Manager will develop high-quality, evidence-based options and recommendations, facilitate stakeholder engagement across the Secretariat, Alliance and broader global health ecosystem, and ensure strategic priorities are translated into practical implementation plans.

Responsibilities include:

• Strategic analysis and option development:
  Prepare robust evidence bases, actionable options and recommendations, and implementation plans aligned with Gavi’s strategic priorities, working closely with cross‑Secretariat project teams
• Senior decision‑making support:
  Contribute to high‑quality, insight‑driven deliverables—including strategy documents, presentations and decision memos for Gavi’s CEO, executive leadership, and Board
• Stakeholder engagement and alignment:
  Engage stakeholders across the Alliance and broader global health ecosystem at technical and leadership levels, facilitating transparent, inclusive processes and fostering alignment
• Implementation planning and delivery follow‑through:
  Translate strategic priorities into practical implementation plans, including facilitating integration into Gavi Secretariat guidelines, processes, and programmes

As examples, the questions that the Manager may work on include:

• What are the implications of key trends in the multilateral, global health and immunisation ecosystem for the Alliance’s long‑term value proposition and operating model?
• How will Gavi adapt the Gavi 6.0 Strategy in light of shifting resource availability? What are the implications for strategy roll‑out?
• How should Gavi’s approach to engaging the private sector evolve in Gavi 6.0?
• How will Gavi’s collaboration with the Global Fund and other global health institutions evolve in the context of the reshaping global health architecture?
• How will Gavi drive the deployment of a more effective, sustainable, and integrated model for delivering immunisation campaigns?

Note:

The essential functions listed in this section are not exhaustive of the job responsibilities; other duties may be assigned consistently with the department's needs.

• Your Experience and Skills Professional
  
  Experience:
• At least 5 years of professional experience, including at least two years of experience in a top tier management consulting firm and/or at least two years of experience in the private sector required
• Significant experience in the field of strategy development is essential
• Experience in global health and/or the non‑profit sector is an asset
• Advanced degree in business administration, public health, epidemiology,…