Description
Position Title: Manager, Health Financing and CostingPosition Classification: Temporary role; Exempt; Full-Time; 40 hours/week; 2-year positionReports To: Associate Director, Health Financing and CostingLocation: For this role we consider candidates who would work:
- From Kigali, Rwanda
- From our Boston, MA office, remotely within the U.S. or a hybrid of these two options. In either location, this role requires the ability to travel up to 30%, depending on project needs and global travel restrictions.Work Authorization: Please note that eligible candidates being considered for US-based roles must have work authorization in the US.Position OverviewThe Manager, Health Financing and Planning role offers a unique opportunity to provide strategic technical advising and accompaniment to Partners In Health (PIH) teams and government partners advancing universal health coverage reforms. The Manager will support PIH care delivery sites and Ministries of Health, strengthen PIHโs global health financing strategy, and serve as a core member of a mission-driven, rapidly growing health financing team.A key component of this role is helping PIH demonstrate the scalability, affordability, and replicability of its health system interventions by generating rigorous costing, operational, and economic analyses that directly inform government decision-making. The Manager will work across PIH programs to ensure that high-quality data, analysis, and financing insights feed into policy development, budgeting, and long-term system reform.The Manager will collaborate closely with PIHโs Policy & Partnerships team, PIH site-based health financing staff, University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) and other academic collaborators, and cross-program technical teams (Mental Health, Primary Health Care, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, & Adolescent Health (RMNCAH), Community Health). The portfolio spans multiple PIH-supported countries with consistent engagement with government and multilateral partners.ResponsibilitiesStrategic Technical Advising & Accompaniment โ 40%
- Provide technical advising, management and accompaniment to PIH site-based health financing teams, helping shape workplans, coordinate priorities, and ensure analytic rigor and consistency across countries.
- Support the development of costed strategic plans, investment cases, and financing strategies in partnership with site leadership, Health Financing leads, Policy & Partnerships colleagues, and Ministries of Health.
- Translate government policy priorities into actionable, costed implementation pathways aligned with national budgeting and planning cycles.
- Support focal-area workstreams including TB elimination and RMNCAH, ensuring technical quality and alignment with national and PIH priorities.
- Oversee or quality-assure technical outputs from external consultants and collaborators, including partners conducting economic analyses and transmission modeling.Technical Analysis & Capacity Strengthening โ 40%
- Conduct quantitative analysesโincluding costing, economic evaluation, costโbenefit analysis, fiscal space analyses, and financial or operational modelingโto inform health system reforms.
- Develop and refine costing tools, budgeting templates, dashboards, and standardized methods that enhance rigor and consistency across PIHโs health financing work.
- Strengthen government and PIH teamsโ capacity through hands-on training, coaching, and workshop facilitation on costing, planning, budgeting, and data use for decision-making.
- Ensure that analytic outputs are rigorous, interpretable, well-documented, and fully integrated into government decision-making and planning processes.Global Strategy & Knowledge Development (Future of Global Health) โ 20%
- Contribute to PIHโs Future of Global Health learning agenda by contributing to case studies, technical briefs, synthesizing global evidence, and producing internal guidance.
- In collaboration with PIH and UGHE colleagues, document and disseminate financing evidence that strengthens PIHโs policy influence and highlights pathways for scalability.
- Support the articulation and documentation of PIHโs approach to equitable and sustainable health financing across countries.QualificationsRequired Experience, Education, Licenses or Certifications
- Advanced degree required (e.g., MPH, MPA/MPP, MSc in Health Economics, Health Policy, Global Health, Public Policy, Public Administration, MBA, or related field).
- 5โ7+ years of increasingly responsible experience in health financing, health economics, financial management, health systems strengthening, management consulting, or health policy.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects, ideally in partnership with government or public-sector institutions.
- Experience working with bilateral and multilateral funders including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM).
- Direct experience working with government institutions, including contributions to strategy development, policy formulation, or operational planning.SkillsRequired
- Strong analytical, economic, and quantitative modeling skills, including development of costing models.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distill complex analyses into clear messages and compelling data visualization.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, with the ability to learn new tools quickly.
- Ability to think strategically, operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced, mission-oriented environment.Preferred
- Prior work experience in low- and middle-income country health systems.
- Demonstrated interest and commitment to social justice, equity, and global health.
- Prior experience working on costing and financing programs related to TB and RMNCAH.
Core Values and Competencies
- Demonstrates the organizationโs core values of: Commitment, Humility, Integrity and Pragmatic Solidarity/Accompaniment
- Accountability โ Able to accept responsibility for one's actions, outcomes, and those of their team.
- Achieving results โ Able to set realistic goals, put plans into action, monitor progress, evaluate outcomes, and apply lessons learned.
- Adaptability โ Able to adapt to change, to balance multiple demands, consider new approaches, and persist towards solutions in changing circumstances.
- Teamwork โ Able to work well with others to achieve common goals. Exemplary interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate effectively with staff across departments and countries.
- Leading & Supervising โ Able to build effective teams, direct and develop staff, and manage others to meaningful outcomes. Other Requirements
- Travel up to 30%, depending on project needs and global travel restrictions.Please note that we do not sponsor U.S. work authorization for this role. Candidates must be able to legally work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship. This vacancy may be used to fill similar positions. Organizational Profile Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities around the world. PIH focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care. PIH partners with the worldโs leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governmentsโ efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems. As of today, PIH runs programs in 11 countries (Haiti, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Navajo Nation, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, United States), where it provides direct care to millions of patients, through public facilities and community engagement. Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities. For US Based Candidates, Partners In Health participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of applicable background checks. Pay and Benefits The expected starting salary range for new hires based in the United States in this position is between $70,000-$85,000 and may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market for the position, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The position belongs to a class of roles that have a salary range between $70,000-$100,000. Within the US, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan with automatic employer contribution, as well as participate in organization-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employeeโs eligible dependents. PIH offers professional development and home office reimbursements as well as a flexible paid time off policy with no maximum, generous holiday time, summer and winter breaks, and a sabbatical leave policy. For candidates based outside the US, the expected starting salary range and benefits varies by country of residence. This information will be shared with all candidates who advance during the recruitment process. Partners In Health will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If a reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: [email protected].