Healthcare Business Development – Investment Advisor for the HDX Hub

at  Value for Good

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Please note that the successful candidate will not be contracted as a full-time employee of Value for Good. Value for Good is merely facilitating the recruitment for an external position to support the HDX Hub team.

KEY SKILLS

• Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills with experience building and managing relationships across different types of organizations (public, private, commercial, non-profit) and geographies
• Proactive and self-driven with proven experience in building a pipeline / securing financing for investment opportunities in the healthcare sector, preferably within Sub Saharan Africa
• Patient and supportive approach to working with partners - able to build trust and support partners every step of the process to ensure outcomes are achieved with high satisfaction by all partners involved
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, project manage partners, set priorities and drive forward work independently and with limited direction
• Deep networks in the healthcare sector – across a range of organizations from pharmaceutical companies, manufacturing companies, investors and industry partners
• Strong expertise / knowledge on investment requirements / structuring of debt opportunities, preferably from both an investor (buy-side) and investee side (sell-side)

EXPERIENCES

• 15+ years’ experience within the healthcare and investment sector
• Experience with healthcare investments – either within an investment company or healthcare company
• Experience working with DFIs, IFIs or MDBs
• Experience working in Sub Saharan Africa

ABOUT US

Value for Good GmbH is an impact strategy consultancy that envisions a world that takes effective action to solve societal challenges. Since 2014, we have built a reputation for delivering top-quality advisory services to the world’s leading companies, public and international organisations, foundations, and NGOs.
Please find more information on our website www.valueforgood.com
The Value for Good Foundation is the sole owner of the GmbH and promotes impactful, sustainably financed and scalable solutions in the areas of Tech for Good, Finance for Impact and Impact Management.
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THE ROLE

HDX is looking for individuals with deep healthcare sector expertise and networks to support the team with building a pipeline of investable opportunities in the healthcare manufacturing, R&D and supply chain sectors within LMICs, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa. The individuals should come with proven experience in building investment pipelines / managing investment portfolio for investors (fund managers, investment companies, healthcare companies) and should have a combination of strong industry sector experience, as well as a solid investment background, primarily with experience in debt or venture capital. The individual will need to be entrepreneurial, proactive and decisive, able to quickly understand the investment mandate / requirements and confident to quickly identify / screen relevant opportunities and present investable opportunities to the team. Given the small team size, the individual should also be comfortable with coaching / supporting other team members in building knowledge / understanding of the healthcare sector. Above all, the individual needs to be a people person – able to build trusted relationships, manage relationships diplomatically and confidently represent HDX in various events.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Proactively identify prospective investment opportunities in the global health manufacturing, R&D and supply chain sector (primary focus in Sub Saharan Africa, but also extending to wider LMICs)
• Working with prospective investees, co-investors and partners to structure / construct deals, bringing partners together to create investable opportunities for HDX
• Proactively initiating, managing and driving business development / relationship management activities with a range of partners / stakeholders
• Representing HDX through participation in sector conferences, panel discussions and client meetings / workshops
• Knowledge sharing / support for building up sector expertise within the HDX team
  Contract Type: Part-Time / Contract position
  Location: Preferred location in Sub Saharan Africa