Senior Global Technical Lead

Role Description

The Senior Global Technical Lead serves as the primary technical leader for the global LEAP Global portfolio and provides strategic technical oversight to all embedded LEAP Global Technical Advisors worldwide. The Lead serves as the principal technical liaison to the Department of State Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and GHSD technical leads on portfolio technical performance, implementation progress, deliverable quality, travel clearance, and alignment with USG directives. The Director ensures that all embedded advisors effectively support partner ministries while advancing U.S. Embassy and DOS strategic foreign assistance objectives.

Responsibilities

• Global Technical Leadership & Portfolio Oversight
  • Provide technical leadership, oversight, and direction across all technical domains within the LEAP Global portfolio.
  • Ensure advisor activities align with approved Statements of Work (SOWs), Presidential Executive Order directives, Life Saving Humanitarian Assistance (LHA) priorities, and U.S. Embassy foreign assistance objectives.
  • Identify, synthesize, and scale up evidence-based best practices and innovative methodologies across countries.
• Quality Assurance & Report Review
  • Conduct technical quality control for all weekly progress updates and monthly reports submitted by Advisors.
  • Evaluate Advisor deliverables for technical accuracy, measurable outcomes, and alignment with national strategic plans.
  • Maintain standardized review rubrics, quality assurance SOPs, and technical evaluation tools for portfolio deliverables.
• Strategic Technical Analysis & Senior Executive Support
  • Synthesize country-level data and monthly advisor reports into executive briefings and quarterly portfolio analyses for DOS/GHSD leadership.
  • Identify implementation bottlenecks, policy/regulatory barriers, and operational risks.
• Travel Review & Technical Clearance
  • Evaluate all Advisor international and country-level travel requests for technical justification and cost-effectiveness.
  • Issue formal technical recommendations to the COR and PMO within established turnaround times.
• Technical Coordination & Knowledge Management
  • Lead weekly technical coordination calls with Advisors to track progress and solve technical bottlenecks.
  • Facilitate quarterly portfolio learning sessions and technical Communities of Practice.
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Risk Management, & Compliance
  • Oversee portfolio performance metrics and tracking indicators.
  • Identify technical, political, or operational risks to program implementation.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), PhD in Public Health, MD/MPH, or equivalent advanced medical or public health degree.
• Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible international experience leading, designing, and managing complex global health portfolios in low- and middle-income countries.
• Minimum 10 years directly supervising multidisciplinary teams of senior public health advisors and technical specialists.
• Demonstrated technical expertise across one or more core LEAP domains.
• Proven experience supporting or working directly with the U.S. Department of State, USAID, CDC, PEPFAR, WHO, or the Global Fund.

Performance Measures

• 100% on-time submission of weekly executive summaries to the DOS COR.
• ≥ 95% of Advisor Monthly Technical Reports reviewed within 5 business days of receipt.
• ≥ 95% of Advisor travel requests reviewed within 3 business days.
• ≥ 90% regular participation of embedded Technical Advisors in weekly/monthly technical coordination calls.

Benefits

• Healthcare insurance in addition to other staff welfare benefits and perks.