Strategy Associate

Who are we looking for?

Title: Strategy Associate

Arrangement: Full-time contract

Start Date: July onwards

Location: Eastern or Southern Africa

Reporting to: Commercial Director

reach52 is seeking a Strategy Associate that would support reach52’s mission to build access to healthcare for 52% of the world, who currently cannot access it. You will work to support our access strategy through sub-Saharan Africa and have an opportunity to drive and develop our operational business model. You should have a strong knowledge of the healthcare sector in Africa and experience analyzing healthcare data and building strategies to address gaps in access or coverage. Direct experience in the pharmaceutical sector will be a plus. As the business grows, you will be central to accelerating progress in driving access. Innovative thinking and willingness to try new approaches is ideal.

What you’ll do

The core role scope and responsibilities of the role will be:

• Market research into African healthcare trends and access gaps.
• Support the development of the African operational strategy.
• Support the operationalization of the program including distributor and partner section and management.
• Identify, evaluate, and build relationships with potential partners in prioritized African countries.
• Monitor and guide the commercial operations of local distribution partners, including ensuring they have access to reach52 technology and intelligence and that price and availability commitments are met.
• Support partners with the development of commercialization strategies to maximize reach and revenue.
• Provide market intelligence to manufacturing teams on product prioritization strategies.
• Develop forecasts and order targets for relevant markets.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure commercial targets are met.
• Proactively and swiftly identify bottlenecks and challenges and develop strategies to improve speed and efficiency of new product entry.
• Support regional and global leadership when government engagement is required.
• Provide insights to the design and development reach52’s supporting tech platform; helping ensure it supports user and wider stakeholder needs, modern standards and expectations.
• Evaluate existing processes and partnerships, then lead and own improvement projects (e.g. evaluation of warehouse locations, vendor comparison, etc.)

Who you are (probably!)

We’re reasonably sure you should have a profile like this, but we can flex sometimes:

• 5+ years of healthcare strategy development experience.
• Strong understanding of health system dynamics within Africa.
• Extensive experience in strategic planning, market analysis, and business development.
• Experience in a loosely-structure, start-up-like setting and demonstrated ability to think quickly and independently.
• Strong ability to build financial models and compelling PowerPoint presentations.
• High autonomy, entrepreneurial mindset. Ability to see the big picture and support achieving the details.
• A passion for healthcare access, innovation, and social impact – 52% of the world can’t access healthcare, our goal is to solve this.
• An agile, hardworking and growth mindset, able to thrive in a fast-paced environment – grow, pivot, grow.
• Robust analytical skills and an ability to process complex information to define clear direction and strategy – we love data-driven impact models.
• Love dynamism and an ever-changing set of challenges and projects to work on – we have a lot going on, but it’s working!

Keywords

healthcare strategymarket analysisbusiness developmentfinancial modelssocial impactanalytical skillsdata-driveninnovationagile