Position title: Manager, Strategy Design & Delivery. Contract type/duration: Up to 12 month fixed-term contract. Location: Geneva. Department: Strategy, Policy & Foresight. Team: Strategy Design & Delivery Team. Reports to: Head, Strategy Design & Delivery. Career Step: 3.
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 (anticipating trends, navigating uncertainty, and helping reshape the global health ecosystem); Strategy (leading development of Gavi's five-year strategies such as Gavi 6.0 and sub-strategies, 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); and Delivery Acceleration (accelerating implementation of strategy delivery where cross-functional collaboration is essential). Through its two teams - Strategy Design & Delivery and Policy - the department operates with a structured, data-driven and solution-oriented approach. The core objective of the role is to design and deliver high-impact strategic programmatic initiatives that shape Gavi's future direction.
Key Responsibilities: 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.
Your Experience and Skills: At least 5 years of professional experience, including at least two years in a top tier management consulting firm and/or at least two years in the private sector; significant experience in 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, medicine, public policy, economics, international development or equivalent required. Excellent analytical skills including excellent knowledge of global health; structured strategic thinking; excellent project management skills; ability to manage stakeholders and influence outside formal hierarchical structures; excellent writing, communication and presentation skills; confidence dealing with senior leadership; ability to work independently, under pressure and with resilience. Fluent in English; other languages desirable, particularly French.
Closing date: 2026-08-29
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via Gavi's applicant portal, quoting Vacancy No. VN2523.
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