Senior Manager, Health Finance - GL E - Defined Duration until December 2028 - French Speaking

Senior Manager, Health Finance - GL E - Defined Duration until December 2028 - French Speaking

Reporting to the Head of Health Finance, the Senior Manager, Health Finance plays a pivotal role in the evolution and adaptation of the Global Fund’s health financing agenda, driving efforts to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of specific regional and national responses to fight HIV, TB, and malaria and strengthen systems for health (including community systems). As the global funding landscape evolves and countries progress toward universal health coverage (UHC), decreased reliance on external financing and greater integration of HTM responses into health systems, the Manager has operational responsibility in driving the Global Fund’s evolution from a primarily grant-based funding model to a catalytic enabler of long-term, domestically financed, self-reliant and country-owned health systems in accordance with country ownership principles and compliance with the board approved STC Policy.

The Senior Manager, Health Finance serves as a key technical advisor and health financing expert to the Global Fund’s Regional Teams, country teams and in-country stakeholders in the development and execution of health financing levers that accelerate financial sustainability, autonomy, investment optimization, and policy innovation for Global Fund supported countries. They support and influence senior management decision-making, trade-offs and policy choices across the Global Fund and at country level.

At the core of this role is the technical and operational oversight of a progressive financial sustainability transition agenda for specific regions of the Global Fund grant portfolio — designed to support countries in reducing dependence on external aid while strengthening fiscal space, institutional capacity, and health reforms to sustain the impact of Global Fund’s investment in HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, community and systems for health. The Senior Manager, Health Finance in close collaboration with department heads, technical experts and country teams, will lead the use and implementation of diverse financing modalities to unlock increased and improved domestic public spending, including (but not limited to) national health insurance and health financing schemes, social contracting, strategic purchasing modalities, performance-based financing, blended financing, and other financial instruments such as Debt2Health, impact investing, and public-private partnerships (PPPs), as appropriate in the specific country context. This position plays a central role in driving country ownership, transition planning and execution to accelerate stronger self-reliance, strategic co-financing, and domestic and innovative resource mobilization across government and civil society implementers.

They advise on and execute health financing activities and strategic shifts as part of the embedded technical resources in the design, development, approval, and implementation of Global Fund grants within the Global Fund country team ecosystem ensuring efficient, effective, and equitable use of all sources of funds.

In addition to health finance, effective transition and financial sustainability leadership, the Senior Manager, Health Finance plays a key people management and culture-building role, directly leading a highly focused team of Health Finance professionals. The role is expected to foster a high-performance environment rooted in psychological safety, inclusion, and trust, where technical excellence, integrity, and collaboration thrive. Through ongoing mentorship, technical coaching, and capacity-building, the Senior Manager, Health Finance ensures that the team is not only operationally effective but also forward-looking, adaptive, and ready to evolve with the dynamic evolution of the Global Health Financing landscape and the Global Fund’s strategic needs.

Key Responsibilities

In strong collaboration with relevant grant management Regional Managers, Department Heads, Country Teams, Technical Teams across the Global Fund secretariat, teams within the F&A and Health Finance, and country stakeholders, the Senior Manager, Health Finance has the following responsibilities:

1. Country-Led Financial Sustainability and Transition

• Lead the development, rollout and operationalization of country-specific financial sustainability and transition roadmaps in collaboration with Country Teams and national stakeholders as part of overall financial sustainability and transition planning.
• Facilitate the integration of financial sustainability objectives, principles and self-reliant transition pathways across the grant lifecycle — from funding requests to implementation to performance review / evaluation.
• Facilitate technical and political engagement to increase country ownership and embed long-term financing strategies within national planning and budgeting frameworks.
• Ensure robust operational monitoring and oversight in the execution of the agreed financial sustainability and transition roadmap by the country and country teams to facilitate cross-country learning and dynamic adaptation of transition plans within a very volatile and evolving financial landscape.

2. Co-Financing and Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM)

• Provide expert guidance to Country Teams and governments in designing and negotiating credible, strategic co-financing commitments, aligned with the Global Fund’s Sustainability, Transition and Co-Financing (STC) Policy and designed to strengthen financial sustainability, improve domestic financing, and reduce dependence on Global Fund financing.
• Support and undertake fiscal space analyses, resource tracking, and tracking of health financing trends to inform policy dialogue, including relevant partners.
• Integrate and leverage calls for action and agreed roadmaps resulting from country-led national health finance dialogues to effectively monitor the implementation of agreed health financing reforms, the increase of domestic public investment in health, and increase of health’s share in national budgets.
• Work closely and collaboratively with partners (e.g., WB, IMF, GFF, bilateral partners) to align DRM efforts with national reform agendas and partner financing strategies.

3. Technical Assistance and Capacity Strengthening

• Coordinate and deliver high-quality technical support to countries in relevant technical areas based on country context, such as (but not limited to) health insurance and health financing schemes design and strengthening, HRH financing, payment mechanisms, social contracting, financing of community systems, resource tracking, etc.
• Promote demand-driven, country-owned technical assistance aligned with broader sector reforms and country context specific strategic priorities.
• Leverage the Grant Financial Management Public Financial Management expertise to co-create and strengthen in-country capacities for multi-year budgeting, sustainability and transition planning, and financing data systems.

4. Catalytic, alternative, and new / innovative financing modalities

• Identify and actively co-develop opportunities to apply blended, alternative, and/or catalytic financing modalities and instruments (e.g., blended finance, Debt2Health, impact investing, PPPs, RBF, etc.) at the country level, as part of  a cross-functional effort to strengthen financial sustainability, optimize investments, improve alignment with other development financiers, and support effective transition from external financing within the Country Team ecosystem.
• Support the Head of Health Finance and work closely with the Specialist, Blended and Innovative Finance and Specialist, Debt2Health and Manager, Innovation, Strategy and Operations in structuring and negotiating new, alternative, and/or innovative financing arrangements in collaboration with Ministries of Finance, development banks, DFIs, and private sector partners for specific countries.
• Track implementation, monitor impact, and generate lessons learned to inform scale-up and adaptation of new, alternative, and innovative financing tools.
• Actively engage and collaborate with the Manager, Innovation, Strategy, and Operations as part of continuous improvement to influence the development, maintenance and adaptation the Global Fund’s various health financing modalities and ensure tools remain fit-for-purpose.

5. Strategic Coordination, Analytics, and Reporting

• Provide and use country-level intelligence and data to inform strategic decision-making at the Secretariat and to inform and support governance reporting.
• Ensure operational monitoring of performance indicators for financial sustainability, co-financing compliance, effective transition, and health financing policy reforms.
• Lead internal alignment between Health Finance, Grant Management, and Secretariat technical teams to ensure coherent financing approaches and provision of technical support for the grant portfolios, including integrating financial sustainability principles and improvements in trade-off decisions.
• Prepare and contribute to technical briefs, country updates, and strategic publications on health finance, financial sustainability, investment optimization, and transition.
• Leverage the centralized functions across the secretariat within Finance, Grant Management, Strategy & Policy Hub and propose improvements to the Health Finance country data and related analytics to ensure efficiency, accuracy and effectiveness of evidence-based decision-making on financial sustainability and effective transition.

6. Stakeholder Engagement and Regional / Country Influence

• Serve as a trusted counterpart to national governments, civil society, technical partners, and donor platforms in shaping country specific sustainable financing solutions and supporting effective transitions from external financing.
• Represent the Global Fund in country and regional platforms.
• Advocate for the Global Fund’s catalytic role in domestic financing and co-investment with external partners, including at the country and regional level.

7. People Leadership, Mentorship, and Culture Building

• Lead and manage a technically focused team of health finance professionals driven by technical excellence, strategic thinking, and collaboration.
• Proactively foster a culture of psychological safety, encouraging open dialogue, continuous learning, and accountability.
• Provide regular mentoring, performance feedback, and career development guidance aligned with future capability needs.
• Model inclusive, ethical, and adaptive leadership that strengthens the team and the wider department’s resilience and engagement.

Subject to change by the Executive Director at any time at their sole discretion.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Advanced University Degree in economics, health economics, health financing, health policy and planning / financing, health, or a comparable, relevant field

Desirable:

• Specialized qualification in health economics, economics, health financing or other specifically related technical field
• PhD in health, health economics, economics, health policy and planning / financing, or other related, relevant field

Experience

Essential:

• Significant, demonstrated experience with the provision of technical support, technical assistance, and technical advisory in the health financing, health economics, and development financing space
• Demonstrated experience overseeing and supporting implementation of development financing initiatives in the global health and/or the development fields, including at the country level
• Proven ability to work with and influence high-level diverse stakeholders, including senior managers senior technical experts, senior government representatives, technical partners, and other country stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence, including with in-country partners and national stakeholders (government, communities, private sector, civil society, communities, etc). This includes experience engaging with country stakeholders to support the implementation of health financing, financial sustainability, and or transition from external financing initiatives, reforms, and/or programs at the country level.
• Strong ability to navigate significant change, adapt leadership style, and effectively coordinate across a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Impeccable collaboration skills and demonstrated willingness / ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders to achieve common objectives, including working across teams and beyond silos.
• Demonstrated ability to bring to all professional efforts a solution oriented, practical, positive, optimistic, outcome-oriented approach to identifying and solving problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to represent institutions credibly and effectively in external presentations / engagements.  
• A strong track record of leading a highly effective team, people management and culture building

Desirable:

• Significant experience in multi-stakeholder context (multilateral institutions, public sector, large corporations) with special emphasis on Global Health financing and/or development finance.
• Minimum (12) years of demonstrated experience in health financing, health economics, development financing, public health, relevant management consultation, and/or comparable professional experience, including demonstrated experience working directly at the country level.
• At least six (6) years of experience in leading a team of health financing and/or public health professionals coming from a diverse background;
• Advanced demonstrated technical expertise in specific technical areas, including (but not limited to): health economics, financial sustainability & transition, cost-effectiveness, resource tracking, performance and results-based financing, social contracting, revenue raising, development and implementation of health insurance and/or health financing schemes, etc.
• Experience with the development and implementation of diverse financing modalities to support stronger financial sustainability and transition from external financing, including results-based financing, blended and joint financing, and/or other alternative / innovative financing mechanisms
• Specific experience with the management or implementation of Global Fund grants (or comparable development financing initiatives)

Competencies

Languages:

• An excellent knowledge of English and preferably a good working knowledge of French. Knowledge of other languages would be an asset. Any further language requirements will be specified at the time of recruitment.

Functional Competencies:

• Analytical – Level 3
• Business – Level 2
• Country-context – Level 3
• Disease-knowledge – Level 2
• Geopolitical Awareness – Level 3
• Global Public Health – Level 3
• Multicultural Understanding – Level 3
• Negotiations – Level 3
• Operational Policy - Level 3
• Project Management – Level 3

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Job Posting End Date

25 January 2026