Job description
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic planning, growth and expansion: Guide the organization’s strategy and business model, and build a strong team capable of executing on our goals at scale. Help evaluate and drive investments for new clinics and scale-up models, for bringing new services to the market. Work with the board to secure investment for expansion, and manage growth of a hospital network.
Business and financial leadership: Ensure that we are on track with goals for profitability, overall P&L oversight, work with our finance team to strengthen financial systems and controls, and drive cycles of forecasting, procurement, and budgeting. Build our electronic systems – such as point of sale, inventory, and ERP – and business analytics.
Service delivery and quality: Maintain our reputation as the highest quality maternity care in East Africa, and work with the clinical team to ensure that we stay on the cutting edge of clinical governance, patient safety, compliance, and the overall delivery of high quality, cost effective services — that puts our patients and customers first.
Human resources and talent growth: Oversee Jacaranda’s talent strategy. Work closely with the team on long-term planning, incentive structures, and acquiring and developing great people. Mentor and develop the management team and prepare them to lead. Help build an organizational culture that is inclusive, mission-driven, and ambitious – where all staff, whatever their background and role, feel supported and engaged and put the needs of patients first.
Strategic Relationships: Manage strategic relationships with key external stakeholders: our board, investors, referral institutions, academic research partners, insurers, and government partners.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree; Masters preferred
Professional qualifications in health systems management, business, or finance;
At least ten (10) years’ experience leading significant teams, and excellent people management skills — the ability to mentor a senior team and build a strong organizational culture;
The attitude and enthusiasm of a start-up entrepreneur: this is not a “behind-the-desk” job — you will be working hand in hand with a dedicated clinical team running a 24/7 operation, and will need to respond to emergencies, meet deadlines, and inspire investors;
A robust understanding of business dynamics of the health sector in East Africa;
Excellent financial management with the skills to:
Interpret and derive business insight from financial statements
Oversee finance and accounting teams: budgeting, financial controls, cost accounting
Develop financial models and projections for strategic planning
Build financial fluency and responsibility among line managers
Strong systems orientation: continue to improve on clinical and operational systems, marketing, technology systems, policies and programs;
Ability to engage and communicate strategically and build strong relationships with stakeholders
