Communications Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent demonstrated experience; preferably in public policy, public health, health economics, international relations, or international development.
• 15+ years of progressive, senior-level experience leading and developing senior teams and leading policy, advocacy, and financing initiatives in global health and global development, or equivalent.
• Experience working in or with governments in low- and middle-income countries, ideally in Africa or South Asia, and with multilateral agencies, development banks, and global health institutions.
• Professional or lived experience of health systems in low- and middle-income countries and credibility with leaders of governments and institutions in the Global South.
• Deep knowledge of health financing and health systems, including budgeting, domestic resource mobilization, and how global health initiatives finance and deliver programs.
• Demonstrated record of mobilizing resources across bilateral, multilateral, development bank, and philanthropic funders, ideally in global health.
• Mastery-level expertise in advocacy and influencing related to resource mobilization, policy analysis, communications, coalition building, and partnership development with diverse constituencies.
• Ability to turn data, economic analysis, and implementation evidence into investment cases and policy proposals that decision-makers act on.
• Hands-on advocacy credibility, including the ability to discuss tactics, strategy, and partners in detail and steer multiple complex, interdependent workstreams.
• Experience in strategy development and execution, impact measurement, portfolio management, and prioritization in a changing resource environment.
• Working knowledge of digital public infrastructure, data, and AI, and related health-system policy, financing, and governance questions.
• Ability to learn technical health subject matter quickly, earn the respect of program strategy teams and technical experts, and navigate complex, politically sensitive environments.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to translate technical program strategy into clear, compelling asks for different audiences and cultures.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and drive outcomes within a complex, matrixed organization, define what can and cannot be achieved, and constructively challenge senior colleagues while preserving partnerships.
• Excellent leadership, judgment, intellectual curiosity, and diplomacy; ability to lead through influence, build and develop high-performing inclusive teams, and lead through change.
• Willingness to travel a minimum of 30%, much of it in Africa and Asia.
• Successful completion of a background check is required as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in public policy, public health, health economics, international relations, or international development.
• Experience across government, multilateral, academic, nonprofit, and private sectors.
• Campaign or strategic communications experience.
• Professional working proficiency in French or Portuguese.

Responsibilities

• Set and implement Global PAC Health strategy, defining where the team engages and ensuring strategy quality and delivery of outcomes.
• Lead Global PAC Health’s contribution to GPA priorities in Maternal & Child Survival, Health R&D, Innovation Introduction, and Health Financing through integrated advocacy, financing, policy, and communications plans.
• Partner with program strategy teams and division leadership, lead Program Partner leaders, translate technical priorities into policy and financing asks, and bring regional and country perspectives into strategy development.
• Co-design advocacy strategies, asks, and plans with Africa and India teams; clarify roles, share intelligence, and establish joint accountability for results.
• Carry country evidence and leadership into global platforms and decisions, including replenishments and major global moments.
• Broker South-South exchange on approaches such as AI tools, regulatory reform, local manufacturing when economically viable, and health innovation supply.
• Define policy and financing asks for program priorities and coordinate advocacy contributions to replenishments, pledging moments, and deal teams.
• Work with GPA teams and the Resource Mobilization Hub to align financing needs and sources, deal ownership, and escalation.
• Support countries’ shift from aid dependence through domestic resource mobilization, stronger budget execution, and blended and innovative finance.
• Help shape global health architecture reform in ways consistent with country-led platforms; promote one national plan, budget, and accountability framework in each country.
• Steward health advocacy partners, build coalitions, convene stakeholders, and develop investment cases and cross-market learning to strengthen country and regional advocacy.
• Lead advocacy and partnerships on AI for health, including policy, financing, governance, procurement pathways, data and compute foundations, and standards for safety, equity, and evidence.
• Oversee Health Communications, including evidence-based narratives and communication assets, strategic media engagement, campaigns, and management of communications and reputational risks.
• Work with the GGO team to make the case for health as an investment in productivity, jobs, and economic growth.
• Partner with the Director, Global PAC GGO, to set shared direction, operating model, standards, budget and portfolio decisions, and portfolio and strategy reviews.
• Pilot and assess advocacy approaches, measure results including value for money and defense of past gains, document lessons, and share learning across PAC and GPA.
• Lead, coach, develop, hire, and onboard team members; set expectations, provide and seek feedback, support development, foster an inclusive team culture, and lead through organizational change.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums.
• Generous paid time off.
• Paid family leave.
• Foundation-paid retirement contribution.
• Regional holidays.
• Opportunities to engage in employee communities.