Director, Innovation, Access to Medicines and Health Technologies

Grade:

D-1

Salary - Annually:

Step I - 117,953.00 USD

Post Adjustment - Annually:

65,817.77 USD

Contractual Agreement:

Staff - Professional Post

Job Posting:

February 13, 2026

Closing Date:

March 13, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Primary Location:

Washington, D.C.

Organization:

IMT Innovation, Access to Medicines and Health Technologies

Schedule:

Full time

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The position is responsible for coordinating and managing the Organization’s program of work in innovation, access, quality and the rational use of medicines and other health technologies. The IMT department provides normative, policy and strategic guidance to countries to improve equity in access to quality medicines and other health technologies. This includes supporting other technical departments, centers and special programs within the Organization in areas related to innovation, selection, quality assessment, and the inclusion or exclusion of medicines and other health technologies in public health programs. The Director IMT oversees technical units leading the technical programs of work in Access to Medicines and Health Technologies and the Quality and Regulation of Medicines and other Health Technologies, as well as the Special Program, Innovations and Regional Production Platform to Advance the Manufacturing of Vaccines and other Health Technologies. She/he supervises a diverse team of expert professionals and support staff to achieve the objectives of the biennial work program. Additionally, the Director IMT leads partnership development and resource mobilization efforts for the Department and provides strategic and policy guidance to the Director and Assistant Director in the development and implementation of the department’s work program.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the general supervision of the Director (D), and the direct supervision of the Assistant Director (AD), the incumbent is responsible for, but not necessarily limited to, the following assigned duties:
a) Provide strategic policy and normative guidance to countries in the development of policies, strategies, and plans that promote innovation, affordable and equitable access to medicines, vaccines and other health technologies for health systems, overseeing the implementation of PAHO mandates in this area and leading the development of technical policy documents for the Department to be presented to PAHO Governing Bodies;
b) Develop and consolidate the leadership of the Organization in the areas of access, quality and the rational use of medicines and other health technologies for health systems, and in PAHO leadership and regional action to increase manufacturing capacity for vaccines, medicines and other health technologies required for public health programs in the Americas;
c) Support and foster the continued growth and leadership of PAHO multi-stakeholder initiatives and networks in Health Technology Assessment (HTA), regulatory harmonization and convergence for medicines and health technologies, and the rational use of medicines and other health technologies, amongst others; provide guidance and oversight of the development of PAHO Regional Platform to Increase Manufacturing of vaccines and other medicines and health technologies to support increased manufacturing for essential medical products in the Americas and the development of enabling ecosystems;