Position: Associate Director
Location: New Delhi / India Country Office (Frequent travel to project states and to national-level meetings)
Reporting to: Senior Director
An international non-governmental organization seeking highly motivated candidates for the position of Associate Director at New Delhi.
We are seeking an accomplished and dynamic senior leader to provide leadership across its HIV programmes in India, and to help grow the portfolio into integrated care, integrated health information systems and new resource partnerships.
This is a high-impact position for an experienced public-health professional who combines strong programme expertise with strategic thinking, strong government relationships, proven programme management and a track record of securing new funding and partnerships.
Working closely with the Senior Director, the incumbent will help shape and drive the strategic direction, implementation and performance of the portfolio. The role spans programme strategy, technical quality, government engagement, integration of HIV with the wider health system, digital and data systems, resource mobilisation, team leadership and sustainability.
The successful candidate will operate confidently at both national strategic and state implementation levels, engaging senior government officials and development partners, while ensuring that strategy translates into measurable results on the ground. The role offers an opportunity to contribute to the next phase of India's HIV response through government ownership, people-centred integrated care, interoperable information systems and sustainable financing.
Portfolio focus areas
•HIV programmes: prevention, testing, treatment, retention and differentiated service delivery in line with the National AIDS and STD Control Programme (NACP).
•Integrated care: people-centred models that link HIV with TB, STIs, viral hepatitis, non-communicable diseases, mental health and maternal and child health across the continuum of care.
•Integrated information systems: interoperable digital health and data systems that connect HIV information with the wider health system for better care and decision-making.
•Resource mobilisation: diversifying and growing the portfolio through new donors, government, CSR and private-sector partnerships.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Direction:
• Serve as a key member of the senior leadership team for the HIV and integrated health portfolio.
• Support the Senior Director in setting strategic priorities and translating them into implementation strategies, workplans and measurable results.
• Provide strategic oversight across multiple states, technical areas and implementation partners.
• Keep portfolio strategy aligned with NACP priorities, national guidelines, NHM and other government systems, and donor expectations.
• Anticipate emerging challenges and opportunities, and give evidence-based recommendations on priorities, resource allocation, partnerships and implementation approaches.
• Drive a culture of excellence, accountability, innovation and measurable impact.
2. HIV Programme & Technical Leadership:
• Provide high-level technical and programme leadership across HIV prevention, testing, treatment, retention and differentiated service delivery.
• Translate India's national HIV priorities into practical, scalable programme approaches.
• Provide strategic guidance on combination prevention, advanced HIV disease, elimination of vertical transmission of HIV and syphilis, and services for key and vulnerable populations.
• Guide the development, adaptation and scale-up of evidence-based HIV interventions, including decentralised and client-centred models.
• Ensure consistent technical quality across all HIV projects while respecting project-specific requirements.
• Identify opportunities to reach underserved populations and improve outcomes along the HIV cascade.
3. Integrated Care:
• Lead the design and implementation of people-centred integrated care models that address the full health needs of people living with and affected by HIV.
• Strengthen integration of HIV services with TB, STIs, viral hepatitis, NCDs (including diabetes and hypertension), mental health, and sexual, reproductive, maternal and child health.
• Promote convergence between NACP, NHM, NTEP and other national programmes, including linkages with Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, public health facilities and Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY.
• Strengthen referral pathways, care coordination and continuity of care across public, private and community providers.
• Develop care models that respond to an ageing population of people living with HIV and their growing co-morbidities.
• Generate evidence on the effectiveness, cost and scalability of integrated care for adoption by national and state governments.
4. Integrated Health Information Systems:
• Provide leadership on integrated, interoperable information systems that connect HIV data with the wider health system.
• Work with NACO, SACS and state health departments to strengthen use of SOCH and its linkage with platforms such as Ni-kshay, HMIS, U-WIN and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
• Support standards-based data exchange, unique-identifier linkage and longitudinal client records to enable continuity of care.
• Promote data quality, dashboards and analytics for real-time programme management at facility, district, state and national levels.
• Ensure strong data governance, confidentiality and client privacy, consistent with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and national HIV data-protection requirements.
• Support the responsible, programme-approved use of digital technologies and AI-enabled tools for decision support, follow-up and performance monitoring.
5. Resource Mobilisation & Business Development:
• Lead or contribute to the portfolio's resource-mobilisation strategy, building a pipeline of opportunities across HIV, integrated care and digital health.
• Identify and pursue funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, foundations, the Global Fund, corporate CSR, private-sector partners and national and state governments.
• Lead or contribute to concept notes, proposals, technical approaches, budgets and costing, working with the business development, finance and technical teams.
• Position the organization with state governments, including support for inclusion of priorities in NHM Programme Implementation Plans and state budgets.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with current and prospective donors and strategic partners; participate in donor meetings, reviews and strategic discussions.
• Ensure implementation is consistent with donor commitments,policies and government requirements, and flag budget or implementation risks early.
6. Government & Stakeholder Engagement:
• Build and maintain trusted, senior-level relationships with NACO, SACS, NHM, NTEP, state health departments and other government stakeholders.
• Represent the organization, as delegated, in high-level government meetings, technical working groups, programme reviews and national and state forums.
• Facilitate strategic dialogue with government leadership on programme priorities, implementation bottlenecks, integration and systems strengthening.
• Position the organization as a credible technical partner supporting India's HIV response and government-owned solutions.
• Strengthen partnerships with development partners, community-based organisations and networks of people living with HIV, professional associations, private providers and academic institutions.
7. Programme Performance, Quality & Adaptive Management:
• Provide leadership and oversight for timely, high-quality delivery of approved workplans, milestones and targets.
• Establish and maintain strong performance-monitoring and management mechanisms with State Leads, Technical Advisors and MERL teams.
• Review programme data routinely, identify gaps and drive timely corrective action.
• Champion data-driven decision-making, data quality and continuous performance improvement across teams and partners.
• Lead or support technical briefs, case studies, reports and learning products for government, donors and the wider sector.
• Ensure learning is systematically captured and translated into better implementation and scalable models.
8. People & Team Leadership:
• Build and lead a high-performing, diverse and collaborative team.
• Promote clear accountability, ownership and performance across programme functions.
• Foster collaboration between technical, programme, MERL, digital, finance, operations, business development and communications teams.
• Identify capacity-development needs and support the professional growth of team members.
• Create an environment that encourages innovation, problem-solving, learning and respectful collaboration.
9. Systems Strengthening, Sustainability & Transition:
• Lead or support strategies that move from project-driven service delivery towards stronger systems, institutional capacity and government ownership.
• Support the institutionalization and scale-up of successful approaches through government systems and budgets.
• Strengthen private-sector engagement and referral networks to expand access, quality and continuity of services.
• Embed sustainability and transition planning throughout implementation, and strengthen government and partner capacity to sustain supported interventions.
• Oversee transition and close-out planning so that technical deliverables, documentation, learning and handover are completed to a high standard.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
• Master's degree in Public Health, Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Systems, Health Management, Health Informatics, Social Sciences or a related discipline.
• MD, MPH or another advanced clinical, technical or management qualification is an advantage.
Essential experience:
• Minimum 12 years of progressively senior experience in public-health programmes, including senior-level experience in India.
• Experience working with national and state government health programmes.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex, multi-state or national projects or programmes.
• Proven experience in strategic programme management, technical leadership, systems strengthening and implementation oversight.
• Demonstrated success in resource mobilisation, writing or leading winning proposals, and building donor or government partnerships.
• Experience managing and mentoring multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience working with major donors, international organisations, development partners and/or large implementing organisations.
• Strong track record of engagement with senior government and institutional stakeholders.
Preferred:
• Experience in HIV or other infectious-disease programmes in India.
• Experience designing or implementing integrated care models linking HIV with TB, NCDs, mental health or maternal and child health.
• Experience with health information systems and digital health, for example SOCH, Ni-kshay, HMIS or ABDM, including interoperability and data use.
• Prior senior leadership as Deputy Director, Project Director, Deputy Project Director, Programme Director, Senior Technical Advisor, Team Lead or equivalent.
• Experience in transition, sustainability, government institutionalisation or scale-up of health interventions.
• Experience in private-sector engagement, CSR partnerships or health financing
Core Competencies:
• Strategic thinking and the ability to turn strategy into results.
• Credibility and diplomacy with senior government and development partners.
• Business development orientation and strong written communication.
• Systems thinking across programmes, data and financing.
• People leadership, collaboration and a commitment to equity and client-centred care.
Reporting Line:
The Associate Director will report to the Senior Director.
Location: New Delhi, India Country Office.
Travel Requirements:
The position requires frequent travel within India to provide above-site technical assistance, strengthen state-level implementation, participate in review meetings, and support multi-state coordination and monitoring activities.
Interested candidate can send their resume with cover letter at ingojobs29@gmail.com