Director, Health Systems Strengthening and Integration (HSSI)

Company Description

NASTAD is a leading non-partisan, non-profit association that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs in the U.S. Our mission is to advance the health and dignity of people living with and impacted by HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and intersecting epidemics by strengthening governmental public health systems and leveraging community partnerships. Our vision is a world committed to ending HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and intersecting epidemics.

Our work advances NASTAD’s four strategic priorities: 1) Strengthen public health systems for HIV and hepatitis prevention, surveillance, and care; 2) Advance health and racial equity, and stigma elimination, focusing on disparately impacted communities; 3) Implement integrated approaches to address HIV, hepatitis, STIs, harm reduction, and the social determinants of health; 4) Strengthen organizational excellence within NASTAD and its member jurisdictions.

NASTAD employs a diverse team of passionate staff with deep expertise in HIV and hepatitis public health. We center racial justice, anti-racism, and anti-white supremacist principles as we approach and conduct our work.

Job Description

Position Title: Director, Health Systems Strengthening and Integration
Reports to: Senior Director, Public Health Systems
Supervises: 2-3 direct reports and a total team size of 4-8
Department: Public Health Systems
Salary Range: $119,000 – $132,000 and commensurate with experience 
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
 

Position Summary

The Director, Health Systems Strengthening and Integration (Director, HSSI) is a pivotal leadership role responsible for shaping and guiding the strategic direction of NASTAD’s efforts to strengthen and integrate governmental public health systems across the country, with a focus on Ryan White, ADAP, and Medicaid programs and surveillance infrastructure. The Director, HSSI will lead initiatives that support health departments in modernizing data systems, improving service delivery integration, and aligning federal funding streams like Medicaid, Ryan White, and other public health programs to maximize public health impact. This individual will lead a multidisciplinary team and partner with senior leaders at health departments to drive systems-level change that improves health outcomes for communities impacted by HIV, hepatitis, STIs, and substance use.

Essential Duties

• Create a vision and plan for short- and long-term efforts at strengthening public health systems across the country that is aligned with NASTAD’s strategy and available (or potential) resources for new business development.
• Lead business development efforts, including identifying new grants or other fiscal resources to advance our Health Systems Strengthening and Integration work, writing grant proposals, and cultivating partnerships.
• Lead and manage the planning, design, and execution of complex projects across NASTAD’s portfolio, but especially our technical assistance and capacity-building efforts related to Medicaid, Ryan White, ADAP, surveillance modernization, and the alignment and integration of these programs.
• Supervise and mentor staff across multiple projects, supporting professional development and designing systems for cross-collaboration.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with federal partners (e.g., HRSA, CDC), external consultants, and health departments.
• Ensure programmatic deliverables are met, budgets are managed, and project reporting and evaluation are conducted on time.
• Promote the use of equity-informed and community-engaged approaches to systems strengthening.
• Provide strategic thinking and problem solving related to organizational, operational, programmatic, and policy development as a member of the Organizational Leadership Team (OLT).
• Represent NASTAD in national conversations on health systems integration, and disseminate lessons learned via publications, presentations, and convenings.

Qualifications

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to design health systems integration strategies for complex programs like Ryan White, ADAP, and/or Medicaid
• Strong knowledge of health-related data systems such as surveillance platforms, Medicaid data systems, Ryan White Services Reports (RSR), or ADAP Data Report (ADR) systems.
• Deep understanding of the policy landscape impacting HIV, hepatitis, and drug user health programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing teams and foster collaborative, inclusive work environments.
• Commitment to racial justice, equity, and anti-racism in public health systems.
• Excellent oral and written communicatio