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Description:

PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships, and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing health challenges.

PATH is currently recruiting for an Associate to join the rapidly growing Market Dynamics Program within the Program and Innovation division at PATH. The Market Dynamics Associate will work on a variety of other projects in the Market Dynamics program across a multitude of health areas as part of our Consulting Services practice area.  These fast-paced projects will require strong collaboration with other programs within PATH, external donors (including those from the private sector), and other global health stakeholders.  The successful candidate will work to define unmet health needs, conduct appropriate quantitative analyses tailored to the specific project, and make strategic recommendations on how to improve access to life-saving products and interventions.  To provide more context, one recent project was focused on gaining insights on the value proposition for a novel pipeline drug aimed at preventing one of the leading causes of maternal death (postpartum hemorrhage) in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs).  For this project, we worked closely with a leading pharmaceutical company to generate a concept card to understand perceptions of the novel drug to solve unmet needs.   The team also conducted modeling to understand the market size in select LMIC countries.   Analysis was used to inform a potential in-licensing decision.  Another project example was focused on understanding the cost-effectiveness in a single country in Asia of expanding access to oral HIV PrEP in high-risk populations.  We leveraged health impact modeling tools and experts in cost analysis to estimate the cost-effectiveness to inform national insurance coverage. These projects have been completed but highlight a sample of the types of market dynamics project work that the team conducts.

In addition, the Market Dynamics Associate will contribute to the Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) project. TIMCI is a multi-year project funded by Unitaid and led by PATH to accelerate availability, adoption and scale-up of tools to identify severe illness and decrease mortality in children under five years of age. TIMCI has two major goals that both seek to improve detection of severe disease in children under five: 1) to improve healthcare workers’ ability to diagnose severe disease by equipping them with pulse oximeters (POX) and electronic decision support tools (eCDSTs); and 2) to accelerate the development and market entry of non-invasive devices that augment the features of a standard POX with one or more additional vital sign measurements (multimodal devices). Project work will include program implementation, evidence generation, market strengthening, and research utilization to influence scale-up and will take place in five countries: India, Kenya, Myanmar, Senegal, and Tanzania.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Conduct and/or contribute to country and market landscaping efforts and create data visualizations to foster their interpretation for country or global stakeholder presentations.
• Analyze primary program data and secondary data sources, including cataloging relevant external research and literature to generate insights and provide strategic direction.
• Support development and implementation of market intervention strategies for project markets to inform decisions of governments, donors, and other stakeholders.
• Support development of multi-country, scenario-based demand forecasts and cost tool estimates that support in-country advocacy and scale-up plans
• Collaborate with PATH external partners including multilateral organizations, manufacturers, nonprofits, and country governments to coordinate supply and delivery of essential health products.
• Provide support to overall project activities and timelines while leading sub-component(s) (either market or geography specific) of the project, including managing relevant stakeholder engagement.
• Prepare project deliverables – in conjunction with others and the Market Dynamics project leads- for submission to donors and present work to external audiences.   
• Contribute to business development activities through preparation of materials and support of strategic design of proposals.
• Contribute to regular strategic discussions for project implementation or for the broader Market Dynamics program.

Required Experience

Required skills:

• Creating quantitative models and/or conducting and analyzing market research studies to inform global or country-level decision-making.
• Ability to derive strategic insights for country and global stakeholders from qualitative and quantitative data and analysis. 
• Experience building costing tools, demand forecasts, health impact models, etc.  
• Superb verbal and written communication skills.
• Passionate about addressing health issues in low-resource settings.
• Proven effectiveness working in a team-based environment, but capable also of working independently and taking initiative.
• Demonstrated ability to balance multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines. 
• Comfortable with working openly and transparently, sharing work-in-progress, failures, successes, and lessons-learned.
• Self-starter and comfortable in ambiguous situations.
• Receptive to and values open and honest feedback from colleagues and stakeholders.
• Versatile and responsive working virtually and collaboratively with teams across the world.

Required qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Public Policy, Public Health, or equivalent plus 1-2+ years’ experience that involves data and/or market analysis or a Bachelor’s Degree plus 2-3+ years’ experience. Advanced degree preferred.
• Technical knowledge of market analysis to inform decision-making, experience working with healthcare products, and/or technical product analysis, preferably within the context of LMICs.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word required.  Experience in analytics or statistical software (e.g. R or STATA), data visualization software (e.g. Tableau), and/or geospatial mapping a plus. 
• Direct experience working in low-and-middle-income countries a plus.
• Fluency in English is required.
• French language fluency is a plus.
• Management consulting experience is a plus.

Other:

• Ability and willingness to travel internationally approximately 20-30% of the time.
• Must have legal authorization to work in in the US