Program Manager - Partnerships
Job Description
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Title: Program Manager - Partnerships Reports to: Director of Program Strategy & Partnerships
Status: Full-time Salaried, Exempt Location: Seattle, WA, or Remote Home Office
Foundation Overview:
The Max Foundation is a leading global health nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating health equity. For more than 26 years, Max has pioneered practical, scalable, high-quality solutions to bring life-extending treatments and patient-centered health care to more than 100,000 people living with cancer and critical illness in low- and middle-income countries. Max believes in a world where all people can access high-impact medicines, where geography is not destiny, and where everyone can strive for health with dignity and with hope. Learn more at www.themaxfoundation.org.
Role Summary:
The Program Manager - Partnerships will report to the Director of Program Strategy & Partnerships and serve in our Program Partnerships department in support of our organizational mission to accelerate health equity globally. The Program Manager will be responsible for managing partnerships that are essential to delivering medication, technology, and services to patients facing cancer and other critical illnesses. While managing key partnerships, they will contribute to program planning and provide collaborative support for program strategy, implementation, and operational processes.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and grow strategic partnerships, representing The Max Foundation in external engagements, including meetings, calls, and site visits
- Manage development and submission of funding proposals, donation requests, reports, and other key deliverables for Max Access Solutions programs
- Support business development initiatives by identifying and cultivating new opportunities for partnerships to expand Max Access Solutions
- Conduct program monitoring and evaluation, reporting program outputs and outcomes to external stakeholders
- Manage confidential patient information and/or requests for data between affiliates with sensitivity and discretion
- Support the implementation of program policies and procedures
- Build and maintain relationships with patient advocacy groups, key opinion leaders, and other relevant organizations
- Provide strategic and operational support on The Max Foundation’s global health systems strengthening and social determinants of health programs, including the development and tracking of project work plans, timelines, milestones, and reporting
- Facilitate trainings for programs team-members, including identifying relevant topics, scheduling, tracking participation, and collecting feedback Guide regional team-members in implementing Patient Access Tracking System (PATS) functions
- - e.g., opening countries for new drugs, approving new physicians, sending Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and drug label signature and review requests
- Support onboarding of new team members, responding to the dynamic needs of a global team
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree in a related field preferred
- 5-7+ years of professional work experience in global health programs
- Robust experience in program and stakeholder management
- Proven ability to navigate complex organizational structures and evolving reporting responsibilities
- Cultural awareness and familiarity serving international populations
- Strong analysis and technical writing skills, pharmacovigilance reporting experience a plus
- Self-starter who takes ownership over tasks and has meticulous attention to detail
- Critical thinker and problem solver with excellent judgment and decision-making skills
- Competence with software applications (Microsoft Suite, database management, project management)
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills; Verbal and written fluency in French, Spanish or another language a plus
- Mission-driven and willing to conduct yourself by our organizational values and guiding principles
Skills and Attributes:
- Passionate about The Max Foundation’s mission and vision, and determined to lead and accomplish all goals related to current and future strategic plans
- High attention to detail and a high standard for quality work product
- Understanding of and comfortable in a global environment, with an emphasis on low and middle- income countries
- Passion for exceptional collaboration, and flexibility to do what it takes to elevate positive culture
- Comfort working in a complex, fast-paced, and high-workload environment
- Caring, humble, and people-oriented servant leader
- Resourceful, finds solutions using all available data to overcome challenges impacting the organization
Benefits Summary:
- Employer-sponsored benefits include:
- 100% medical (including a vision provision) and dental premium coverage for employees; 50% premium coverage for spouse and/or dependents
- Annual vacation accrual of 80 hours (increases over time), personal time accrual of 52 hours, 12 paid company holidays, and 2 floating holiday per year
- $10,000 Basic Life and AD&D insurance coverage; Short-term disability insurance
- Additional benefits include:
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Optional employee covered Long Term Disability and Supplemental Life insurance
- Eligibility for 401k plan after 3 months of employment
- Annual professional development fund ($500/year), monthly wellness benefit (earn up to $35/month), Costco membership, and WFH/Commuter Stipend ($1,800/year)
To Apply: Visit our website at https://www.themaxfoundation.org/careers to apply. Please include résumé and cover letter.
The Max Foundation is dedicated to diversity in staff and is an equal opportunity employer.
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