Chief Innovation Officer

Responsibilities:
Play a key leadership role in setting vision for building influence in the maternal health landscape.
Manage and expand our portfolio of innovation and research projects, encompassing global best practices in continuous quality improvement, mobile health, and behavioral economics.
Manage, mentor, and build our team of project managers, research managers, quality improvement and data specialists.
Contribute Jacaranda’s insights into maternal health-seeking behavior, behavioral economics, human centered design, and demand generation.
Help coordinate our partnerships with government facilities and other implementing partners – and insights into build health systems, and use our evidence to influence local policy and practice.
Coordinate strategic planning around Jacaranda’s research activities, identifying and securing partnerships and funding for implementation science research.
Support our capacity for technology innovation (our creative customer-facing SMS and WhatsApp programs)
Expand Jacaranda’s influence in the maternal and child health landscape through publication of academic papers and presentation at conferences
Qualifications and Experience
Relevant advanced degree preferred, and 10+ years of experience
Proven experience building partnerships and securing resources:
Experience leading and building diverse, high-performing teams
Exceptional communication and project management skills
Success securing grants and contract partnerships
Strong grasp of maternal health challenges and opportunities
Strong data, analytical and decision-making skills
Experience working with academic partners and liaising with researchers: you don’t have to be a researcher but should be comfortable managing them.
Desired: experience with Kenyan government partners at the county or ministry level.
Two-year minimum commitment required
Logistics: 
The position is based full-time in Nairobi, Kenya