Chief Impact Officer

Arthan

Posted: 5 months ago
Openings: 10
Applicants: 0

Job Description

About the job Chief Impact Officer

Role Summary:

Our client is seeking a Chief Impact Officer to lead their impact operations globally across Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. This is a strategic, entrepreneurial, and multinational leadership role that will guide both internal funded programs and externally funded initiatives. The CIO will play a critical role in scaling the impact while ensuring financial sustainability, operational excellence, and brand credibility.

Responsibilities:

1. Impact Strategy & Oversight:

Lead the design, management, and evaluation of the organizations impact campaigns across multiple continents - both internal initiatives and external partner-funded programs.
Align regional programs with global strategy to ensure scalable, sustainable impact.

2. Business Development & Fundraising:

Identify and build relationships with donors, foundations, multilaterals, relevant corporates, and CSR funders.
Lead the development of funding proposals, impact models, and partnership frameworks.
Ensure long-term funding pipelines to sustain and grow Impact operations.

3. Strategic Projects and Initiatives:

Support a range of digital and insight implementations to build and expand these foundations.
Source and work with relevant third-party innovators and embed within impact operations when required.

4. Team Leadership & Cross-Regional Management:

Manage regional teams in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
Foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and operational consistency across markets.
Build high-performing, impact-driven teams.

5. Financial Management & Sustainability:

Own the P&L for all impact programs.
Ensure financial accountability and efficient use of resources.
Drive performance and outcomes-based funding models.

6. Operational Management:

Handle hiring, people management, KPI and OKR setting and tracking, etc.

7. Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning:

Implement robust impact measurement frameworks.
Use data to guide strategic decisions and continuous improvement.

8. External Communications & Brand Building

Represent the organization at conferences, donor forums, and media engagements.
Strengthen the organizations thought leadership and brand as a leading access innovator.

Requirements:

15+ years of experience in public health, with significant leadership roles.
Experience working in Africa, India, or both; ideally across multiple countries.
Exposure to private sector health delivery and innovation, ideally including social marketing
Deep knowledge of barriers to healthcare access in low-resource settings.
Strong experience with community health, CHWs and primary care systems.
Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset and ability to lead new initiatives.
High attention to detail and strategic thinking skills.
Willingness to travel frequently across regions (up to 50%)
Experience managing program budgets and financial performance (P&L).
Deep commitment to health equity and improving access to care.
Familiarity with the pharmaceutical industry and how it intersects with access work.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.