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Chief Program Officer
About this role
Living Goods is seeking a Chief Program Officer to lead its global health programmes, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based delivery at scale. The role provides strategic direction for the organisation’s program portfolio, including performance, learning, innovation, and country incubation, and links programme work with digital health and data tools. The CPO oversees strategy, budget stewardship, and fundraising alignment, and acts as a bridge between programme and technology. It involves multi-country leadership, donor engagement, and representing Living Goods with external partners. The position reports to the CEO and is part of the Global Executive Team, with substantial travel expected.
What you would do
- Set global program strategy and priorities across existing and new initiatives.
- Shape geographic expansion, portfolio evolution, and criteria for scale, focus, or exit.
- Lead the innovation pipeline and pathways to country adoption and scale.
- Build and manage partnerships, including new government collaborations.
- Guide fundraising priorities and decisions based on strategy and performance insights.
- Strengthen country-level delivery using shared frameworks, digital tools, and performance oversight.
- Develop and maintain global program frameworks, standards, and delivery models.
- Oversee the performance operating system and ROI-focused practices across countries.
- Ensure digital health tools are integrated with frontline delivery and aligned with user needs.
- Foster cross-country learning and improve collaboration between global and country teams.
What they are asking for
- Master’s degree or equivalent (public health, international development, business admin or related preferred; bachelor’s required).
- 15+ years of progressive leadership in global health or international development, with substantial experience in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Proven track record leading large-scale, multi-country programmes, ideally in primary healthcare or last-mile delivery.
- Experience working at the intersection of programmes and technology, translating digital health investments into impact.
- Experience managing senior teams across geographies and cultures.
- Track record in donor engagement, fundraising, and grant management.
- Private sector experience is an advantage.
- Bilingual French and English is an advantage.
- Willingness to travel 30%+ of the time.
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