Director, Global Health

Description

About FSG

At FSG, we are passionate about finding better ways to solve social problems. Established as the Foundation Strategy Group by co-founders Mark Kramer and Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter in 2000, FSG is a non-profit consulting firm which works across all sectors by partnering with foundations, corporations, school systems, nonprofits, and governments in every region of the globe. Our goal is to help organizations—individually and collectively—create greater social impact.

Our approach is founded on the beliefs that:

• Funders and nonprofits can play a catalytic role in driving social impact, using evidence-based strategies and strategic evaluation and learning processes to solve targeted social problems
• Corporations can create shared value by using their core capabilities in ways that contribute to both social progress and economic success
• Better alignment within the social sector can lead to a collective impact that no single organization alone could achieve.

The FSG team cares deeply about social impact. We have a passion for solving problems—and the right combination of on-the-ground experience and world-class skills to achieve results. Our employees work across the globe and are dedicated to achieving impact by:

• Creating fresh ideas and practical tools that boost the success of social change makers in all sectors. FSG applies innovative thinking, experience, and research and evaluation skills to generate insights leading to new levels of cross-sector social impact.
• Consulting with clients to build strategies that lead to powerful results. FSG provides tailored advice drawn from assessment and analysis of complex issues and broad exploration of effective approaches and solutions.
• Connecting peers and communities to each other and to effective practices, so each gains from the knowledge of all. FSG brings together leaders who are hungry to exchange information, elevate learning and create collective impact on shared priorities for social change.

Although FSG projects are vastly diverse in subject areas and objectives, many projects have been concentrated in the following issue areas:

• Community-Based Philanthropy
• Corporations & Society/ CSR
• Education & Youth
• Environment
• Global Development
• Global Health
• Learning & Evaluation
• US Health

A sampling of our Global Health clients includes:

• Foundations such as The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Top global pharmaceutical and medical companies such as Eli Lilly and Company, Medtronic and BD
• International non-profit organizations such as  Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), PATH and Management Sciences for Health

For a complete list of Foundation, Corporate, Non-Profit, School System and Government Organization clients, please see: http://www.fsg.org/Clients/FullClientList.aspx

The Director Position

FSG is looking for an experienced professional to serve as a Director, Global Health, in one of our US offices (Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C.).  Directors at FSG are expected to be generalists, moving effectively among many of the different content areas that matter to FSG clients.  For this Director position, however, FSG is seeking an individual who would bring experience, expertise, and relevant professional networks in Global Health to our Global Health impact area. Working closely with FSG Managing Directors, Directors at FSG are expected to take leadership roles in all aspects of the firm’s work including the following:

• Lead teams of consultants in client work
• Represent the firm, develop new business, and secure funding for initiatives
• Build and maintain client relationships
• Advance the intellectual capital of the firm
• Lead aspects of the firm’s growth and infrastructure development as a member of the Leadership Group
• Play a lead role in building the capacity of FSG staff and the field in the area of Global Health

Job Requirements

The ideal candidate will possess a combination of the following experiences, skills and qualities:

• More than 10 years’ experience in the field of Global Health in a strategy-setting role that required project, team, client management, and analytical skills;
• More than 3 years’ experience at a top global strategy consulting firm
• Program management experience (through a nonprofit, foundation, company, or academic position) in one or more of the following global health issue areas: HIV, maternal/children health, TB, non-communicable diseases, malaria;
• Ability to exhibit structured thinking in the face of complex concepts; data-based decision making; results orientation; and a client service mentality/approach;
• Strong Global Health networks including: foundation, multilateral, bilateral  funders; corporations; multilateral and governmental organizations; and global health nongovernmental organizations;
• Proven ability to work effectively and diplomatically within a complex, multi-player environment involving both private sector and public sector stakeholders
• Excellent analytical, written and verbal communication and presentation skills (particularly speaking at conferences); Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint;
• Interested in and committed to developing intellectual capital on innovative and forward thinking Global Health topics;
• Passion and drive to lead change and drive social impact in the Global Health arena internally for our firm and externally for the field;
• Intellectual curiosity coupled with a sense of humor;
• M.B.A., M.S., M.P.H., D.P.H, Ph.D., or similar preferred