Director, Global Agencies

The Department of Global Pediatric Medicine at St. Jude is seeking a Director of Global Agencies to provide strategic leadership and vision, and drive impact across its partnerships with major international organizations, including the World Health Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, UNICEF, and the Pan-American Health Organization.
This role will oversee a portfolio of flagship initiatives—the Global Initiative on Childhood Cancer, the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, and Rays of Hope for Childhood Cancer—ensuring that St. Jude’s investments deliver measurable value, strengthen global health systems, and advance the mission of improving outcomes for children with cancer worldwide.
Driving processes for team management such as goalsetting, performance, development, and engagement are also crucial for this leadership role.
This role is eligible for remote work.
**Please submit a cover letter to be considered**

Overview: 

The Department of Global Pediatric Medicine (GPM) is a growing department looking for professionals who are eager to help implement the St. Jude Global (SJG) mission by training the clinical workforce, developing and strengthening health systems and patient-centered initiatives, and advancing knowledge to sustain continuous improvement through research. 

 

A key part of St. Jude Global’s work is its engagement with global agencies such as the World Health Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, UNICEF, and the Pan-American Health Organization.  This includes three flagship initiatives (the Global Initiative on Childhood Cancer, the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, and the Rays of Hope for Childhood Cancer) that represent major investments of both technical and financial resources on the part of St. Jude.  A new leadership position is being created to oversee the portfolio that includes these initiatives, reporting to the Vice President, Regional Programs. 

 

Responsibilities: 

 

The Director, Global Agencies will be responsible for: 

• Providing overall programmatic leadership for St. Jude Global’s work with global agencies; 

• Serving as the day-to-day lead in engagement with key partners around the Global Initiative on Childhood Cancer, the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, and Rays of Hope for Childhood Cancer; 

• Coordinating the involvement of key internal teams to ensure successful engagement with global agencies; 

• Leading the process of ensuring that the engagement with global agencies is achieving impact and delivering value for St. Jude, including by regularly reassessing the modalities and levels of support and the partners chosen; 

• Preparing materials to ensure the continued support of the St. Jude Board for the engagement with the global agencies; 

• Coordinating efforts to ensure that the work with global agencies contributes to generating knowledge that advances St. Jude’s mission; 

• Managing the Global Agencies team. 

 

Skills and Abilities: