Background

Touch Health is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening healthcare systems in Sub-Saharan Africa by overcoming barriers to access through innovative programming. Touch focuses on:

• Healthcare workforce planning and optimization
• Improving access to care for women and children
• Health systems strengthening

Founded in 2004 and incubated at McKinsey & Company, Touch uses management consulting principles to design sustainable, government-owned health programs. Success in Tanzania has supported expansion across multiple African countries, alongside partnerships with major institutions and funders.

Responsibilities and Duties

1. Project Management

• Lead, monitor, and drive the GAINS project to achieve deliverables, timelines, budgets, and impact targets.
• Adjust strategies proactively based on data and implementation realities.
• Ensure high-quality internal and external communication, documentation, and reporting.
• Provide strategic thought leadership to refine the GAINS program in alignment with national priorities and Touch methodologies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, field staff, and partners for seamless implementation.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, risk registers, and mitigation strategies.

2. Digital Health Strategy Development

• Collaborate with senior leadership to refine Touch’s digital health strategy.
• Generate structured insights and contribute to strategy and design workshops, including slide decks, needs analysis, and innovation proposals.
• Provide field insights to inform strategic decision-making and organizational priorities.
• Oversee pilot testing, iteration, and optimization of digital tools and platforms with technical teams.

3. Stakeholder Engagement

• Represent Touch and GAINS in meetings with government, donors, and technical partners.
• Share program updates, findings, and innovations with key stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships to support sustainability and scale-up.
• Engage partners regularly to align on progress, challenges, and future plans.

4. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

• Support MEL framework development and adaptation to measure performance and impact.
• Ensure data-driven decision-making through routine data analysis and feedback loops.
• Contribute to learning agendas, research summaries, and knowledge products that inform broader systems-strengthening initiatives.

Qualifications

Experience & Education

• 3–5+ years leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects within international development, global health, or health systems strengthening.
• Strong project management background; top-tier management consulting experience strongly preferred.
• Proven entrepreneurial mindset and ability to drive implementation at scale.
• Experience working with government and donor stakeholders in Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania preferred but not required).
• Prior experience managing and tracking complex budgets.
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, learning, and reporting.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple workstreams with minimal oversight.
• Excellent attention to detail and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong analytical skills (quantitative & qualitative).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; high proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and strong relationship-building skills.
• Sound judgment and professionalism in representing Touch Health.
• Flexibility to work across time zones when needed.

• Lead, monitor, and drive the GAINS project to achieve deliverables, timelines, budgets, and impact targets.
• Adjust strategies proactively based on data and implementation realities.
• Ensure high-quality internal and external communication, documentation, and reporting.
• Provide strategic thought leadership to refine the GAINS program in alignment with national priorities and Touch methodologies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, field staff, and partners for seamless implementation.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, risk registers, and mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to refine Touch’s digital health strategy.
• Generate structured insights and contribute to strategy and design workshops, including slide decks, needs analysis, and innovation proposals.
• Provide field insights to inform strategic decision-making and organizational priorities.
• Oversee pilot testing, iteration, and optimization of digital tools and platforms with technical teams.
• Represent Touch and GAINS in meetings with government, donors, and technical partners.
• Share program updates, findings, and innovations with key stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships to support sustainability and scale-up.
• Engage partners regularly to align on progress, challenges, and future plans.
• Support MEL framework development and adaptation to measure performance and impact.
• Ensure data-driven decision-making through routine data analysis and feedback loops.
• Contribute to learning agendas, research summaries, and knowledge products that inform broader systems-strengthening initiatives.

• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple workstreams with minimal oversight.
• Excellent attention to detail and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong analytical skills (quantitative & qualitative).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; high proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and strong relationship-building skills.
• Sound judgment and professionalism in representing Touch Health.
• Flexibility to work across time zones when needed.

• 3–5+ years leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects within international development, global health, or health systems strengthening.
• Strong project management background; top-tier management consulting experience strongly preferred.
• Proven entrepreneurial mindset and ability to drive implementation at scale.
• Experience working with government and donor stakeholders in Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania preferred but not required).
• Prior experience managing and tracking complex budgets.
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, learning, and reporting.