Senior Associate, Business Development, CEO Office

Senior Associate, Business Development, CEO Office CountryUnited StatesCityor CHAI Program CountryTypeFull TimeProgram (Division)CHAI LeadershipAdditional Location DescriptionThis role is flexible to be based in a CHAI program country in Africa, pending leadership approval and work authorization. Overview The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems. CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally. At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication, and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skill sets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work:http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture. Position Overview As a member of the team supporting CHAI's CEO, you will help build a new, lean business development and partnerships function that powers the CEO's donor engagement and CHAI's most strategic funding relationships. Working closely with the Chief of Staff to the CEO, you will support the resourcing of programs with transformational impact – such as ending HIV in Africa and building AI-native health systems – across a diverse portfolio of donors and prospects. This is a practical, execution-focused role for someone who can operate with minimal direction, right-size their effort to what the moment requires, and move quickly. You will research and map CHAI's priority funders and identify prospects for new opportunities; build the pitch decks, proposals, and investment cases that turn CHAI's priorities into a compelling ask; prepare the CEO and senior leadership for donor meetings and key convenings; and stand up the tools and coordination that hold a lean function together. Central to the role, you will build and maintain the AI-powered tools that make this function work – including a custom donor CRM – and use AI to accelerate prospecting, enrich donor profiles, and surface relationship insights. This is a unique opportunity to help stand up a new function from the ground up, work directly with senior leadership, and contribute to the resourcing of some of global health's most ambitious initiatives. Responsibilities Research&prospecting - Donorstrategy and relationship mapping:Developing engagement strategies and mapping relationships, networks, anddecision-makersfor CHAI's key donors andprospects, andidentifyingthehighest-potentialpaths to deepen them. - Prospecting and research:Conducting donor prospecting and research toidentifyand qualify new funding opportunities, using AI tools to accelerate research and build and enrich donor profiles. Collateral & writing - Pitch development:Workingwith program, country, and functional teamstogather inputs andbuildcompelling donor pitch decks, proposals, and investment cases that translate CHAI's priorities into a clear ask for a range of funder audiences. - RFPs and proposals:As needed,compilingandcoordinatingresponses to general RFPs and funding solicitations, working across program and functional teams to assembletimely, high-quality submissions. PreparingtheCEO forsuccess - Briefing notes and talking points:Preparing high-quality briefing notes and talking points for the CEO and senior leadership ahead of key donor meetings and external engagements. - Conference andconvenings:Coordinating CHAI's presence at key conferences and convenings, including planning, scheduling, materials, and follow-up to maximize relationship-building and visibility. Tracking& coordination - Buildingand maintainingAI-basedtools:Designing, building, and maintaining a custom AI-powered donor CRM and the broader toolkit that runs the function–tracking relationships and touchpoints, generating regular digests and updates for the CEO and leadership, and keeping donor data current and actionable. - Development operations:Managing theCHAIDevelopment inbox,maintainingdonor portal logins, and handling the day-to-day operational tasks that keep the function running. - Gathering org-wide BD needs:Systematically gathering input from program, country, and functional teams on their BD needs, and translating it into a coherent strategy and lightweight tools to collect input and report back across the organization. Qualifications We areseekingexceptional andhighly motivatedindividuals with a genuine desire to maximize global health outcomes. An ideal candidate will be described as: - Independent –You plan an efficient approach to practical problems, proactivelyidentifyand take next steps, and reliably deliver with minimal direction. - Communicative –You respectfully and effectively navigate varied and sensitive stakeholder environments, from in-country teams to senior donor executives. You are an exceptional writer of memos and presentation materials. - Adaptable –You are comfortable with ambiguity and shifting scope, quick to ramp up on new topics,capable ofallocatingeffortacrosscompetingpriorities,andwilling toembrace steep learning curves. - AI-forward –You are anAI superuser who not only uses modern tools but builds them. You can stand up sophisticated AI-powered workflows and applications — adonorCRM, digests, input-collection tools — and are eager to apply them to make a lean function far more productive. There is no 'perfect' candidate for this role. We areseekingdedicated and passionate individuals who want to make a difference in global health outcomes. Whatever your background, if this role excites you, please apply. Requirements - Minimum of5-6years of work experience in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment (e.g., fundraising or development, strategy consulting, investment banking, business development, or a high-growth startup). - Experience developing proposals, pitches, or fundraising materials, and communicating persuasively to senior stakeholders. - Demonstrated ability to build sophisticated AI-powered tools and workflows (e.g., a CRM or tracker, automated digests, datacollection tools), with examples you can point to. - High levelofproficiencyin Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. - Superb communication skills in English, both writte