Program Lead – Maternal Newborn and Child Health

About the role

Jhpiego is seeking a visionary Program Lead to manage a flagship newborn health initiative in Kenya, focusing on reducing preventable newborn deaths and improving quality of care for small and sick newborns.

Key responsibilities

• Lead strategy, planning, budgeting, implementation, and performance management of the Healthy Birth Initiative.
• Build and manage partnerships with global partners, government, donors, professional associations, academia, and implementing partners.
• Provide technical leadership in maternal and newborn health, quality improvement, and introduction of innovations.
• Strengthen health systems, workforce capacity, referral networks, and data‑driven decision making.
• Oversee financial management, compliance, risk mitigation, and partner performance.
• Lead monitoring, evaluation, learning, research, and knowledge‑sharing initiatives.
• Supervise and mentor a multidisciplinary team of technical, programmatic, and M&E professionals.
• Support resource mobilization and growth opportunities.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in Public Health, International Development or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience managing public health programs, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• At least 5 years in maternal, newborn, and child health programming.
• Demonstrated experience managing large donor‑funded programs and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong experience working with regional, national and county governments in Kenya.
• Deep familiarity with Kenya’s Maternal, Newborn and Child Health landscape.
• Expertise in health systems strengthening, quality improvement, resource mobilization and stakeholder engagement.