Head, Private Sector Partnerships and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland

## Head, Private Sector Partnerships and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland - Organization:GAVI Alliance - Office:GAVI Alliance, Geneva Job Title:Head, Private Sector Partnerships and Innovation Team:Innovative Partnerships & Development Finance Reporting to:Director, Innovative and Development Finance Job Description:Position title:Head, Private Sector Partnerships and Innovation - Lead the Private Sector Partnerships and Innovation team and grow Gavi's portfolio of corporate, philanthropic, investor and innovation partnerships. - Develop and implement strategies that generate private sector financing, expertise, technology and assets in support of Gavi priorities. - Build and manage senior stakeholder relationships across target industries, foundations, investors, AI companies and global corporations. - Secure and steward multi-year funding partnerships through effective engagement, negotiation and transparent reporting. - Represent Gavi at high-level external forums and strengthen Gavi's value proposition with private sector audiences. - Lead innovation platforms, including INFUSE and innovation scale-up initiatives, to identify and scale impactful solutions. - Develop partnerships with AI and technology organisations to support improved immunisation and health outcomes. - Create ecosystems of investors, accelerators, donors and innovators that advance Gavi's innovation agenda. - Ensure strong cross-secretariat collaboration and alignment on private sector engagement opportunities. - Drive private sector participation in key events including WEF, UNGA, Skoll, SOCAP, replenishment and other strategic forums. - Typically 10 -15 years or more of experience in private sector fundraising and partnerships building. - Demonstrated experience securing major funding commitments and developing partnerships across public and private sector organisations. - Experience engaging and influencing senior executives across multinational companies, foundations, investors, and other external partner organisations. - Experience leading teams and delivering partnership or innovation initiatives that contribute to organisational priorities. - Experience operating within complex, multi-stakeholder environments and building collaborations across sectors. - Essential: University degree in public affairs, global health, business administration, social entrepreneurship, international development or a related field - Good to have: Master's degree or equivalent. - Strategic partnership development, advanced functional capability: Developing and expanding partnerships with companies, foundations, investors, and innovation organisations. - Resource mobilisation and fundraising, advanced technical and functional capability: Structuring, securing, and stewarding major and multi-year funding commitments. - Senior stakeholder engagement and negotiation, advanced functional capability: Building trusted executive-level relationships, negotiating commitments, and aligning diverse stakeholder interests. - Innovation platform and portfolio leadership, advanced functional capability: Leading mechanisms that identify, assess, and scale solutions addressing immunisation and health challenges. - Innovation ecosystem development, advanced functional capability: Connecting investors, accelerators, donors, technology organisations, and innovators around shared objectives. - External representation and strategic communication, advanced functional capability: Presenting Gavi's value proposition and partnership opportunities to senior private sector audiences and at high-level forums. - Cross-functional partnership coordination, advanced functional capability: Aligning internal stakeholders around private sector engagement opportunities and organisational priorities. - Innovative finance, working knowledge: Understanding of financing approaches relevant to private sector partnerships and impact investing. - AI and digital technologies, working knowledge: Experience engaging AI or technology organisations or applying digital technologies to partnership and innovation initiatives. - Global health and immunisation ecosystems, working knowledge: Understanding of the stakeholders and perating context relevant to Gavi's mission. - Fluent English is required - Additional languages are desirable - Stakeholder Partnership and Collaboration: Builds trusted relationships across diverse stakeholders, fostering collaboration, understanding business needs, and delivering practical, value-driven solutions. - Sound Judgement and Insight: Applies strong analytical thinking, sound judgement and a balanced perspective to synthesise complex information into actionable recommendations and informed decisions. - Resilience and Results Orientation: Thrives in a fast-paced environment, adapts effectively to changing priorities, and maintains a strong focus on delivering high-quality outcomes under pressure. - Integrity, Inclusion and Cultural Agility: Demonstrates the highest standards of integrity and ethics while fostering an inclusive environment and building effective relationships across diverse cultures, backgrounds and perspectives. - One Gavi Mindset: Thinks and acts with Gavi's and the Alliance's best interests in mind, role models values and behaviours, fosters shared accountability, promotes and exhibits strong collaboration within and across departments. - Agile Leadership: Adapts quickly to shifting contexts, guides teams through uncertainty, and drives decisions that balance long-term strategy with short-term responsiveness. - Strategic-Pragmatic: Balances long-term vision with operational realities, translating strategy into clear, outcome-driven actions. - Influence and Drive Change: Builds alignment and commitment among diverse stakeholders, driving progress through diplomacy, credibility, and shared purpose. - Talent Development: Grows talent with an organisation-wide perspective, cultivates high-performing teams by setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, and mentoring talent to thrive in a dynamic, mission-driven environment.