Market Dynamics Advisor

The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:

• Measurement: You use hard evidence to make decisions and guide your work. You set clear goalposts in advance and explain clearly if you need to move them.
• Pragmatism: You’ll strive to deliver the best possible result with the resources available. You won’t be paralyzed by a need to make things perfect.
• Honesty: You own your mistakes and are open about your shortcomings – it’s the only way you’ll learn and improve.
• Collaboration: You’ll quickly establish a mental map of whom you can rely on for what, on your team, at headquarters, and in our country offices – if you try to do it all yourself, you won’t succeed.
• Trust: You accept limits to your sphere of control and give colleagues the benefit of the doubt
• Commitment:  You are in it for the long-haul and want to grow with the organization, just like PSI serves its consumers and partners with host-country governments through thick and thin

Education & experience:

• Minimum five years in market analysis, healthcare management consulting or other relevant private and public sector experience.
• Three or more years of experience working in the area of global health markets. Knowledge of procurement, new product introductions and developing country markets is required.
• Knowledge of reproductive health and family planning.
• Solid technical knowledge of market analytics including:
• Building, implementing and analyzing market research studies and quantitative models to inform global or developing country decision-making, e.g., demand forecasts and impact models.
• Analysis of product development and introduction scenarios to chart pathways for new product introduction.
• Ability to identify key trends from complex and ambiguous datasets.
• Ability to synthesize project findings and translate into programmatic and policy recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain close and effective relationships with partnering organizations at local, national, and international levels.
• Demonstrated experience in project planning/management and balancing multiple projects and priorities.
• Proven effectiveness working in a team-based environment, but capable also of working independently.
• Experience working with and managing external consultants.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in assessing both private and public sector markets a plus.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally up to approximately 25% of the time.
• References will be required.
• The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check. 
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.  N.B. PSI will not consider work visa sponsorship and relocation expenses will not be covered for this position.

What would get us excited?

• Strong prior experience in the roll out of new health innovations ideally in the family planning and reproductive health space,
• Experience with key partners in market dynamics such as CHAI, PATH, Global Fund, RHSC, etc.
• Commercial experience in taking a new product to market,
• Innovative: develops new, better and/or transformative approaches to learning across a project and organization;
• Analytical: able to use data to drive decisions and strategy;
• System-oriented: looks at problems holistically and drives solutions that attack root causes;
• Communicative: a great communicator able to to translate complex material into powerful, digestible materials;
• Accountable: holds self and others accountable for all work activities, follows through on commitments and focuses on activities that have the greatest impact on meeting measurable, high-quality results;
• Strategic: envisions and executes a learning strategy that clearly focuses on achieving project goals, while also being able to adapt easily with change;
• Collaborative: able to work across a complex network of departments, country teams, partners and donors.