Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

At Axmed, we foster a collaborative environment that empowers individuals to excel and make a meaningful impact. Our Axmates are dedicated to pioneering breakthroughs that transform lives, and increase access to pharmaceutical products across Low and Middle Income Countries. We are recruiting passionate and fearless team members, so join us in our mission ...

Responsibilities or duties

Strategic Leadership

• Lead the design of market access, portfolio, and go-to-market strategies for clients across the pharmaceutical and global health ecosystem.
• Provide senior-level insights and recommendations that shape client decision-making and drive measurable impact in LMIC contexts.
• Anticipate market dynamics and advise on innovative solutions to unlock access barriers.
• Design and advise on innovative financing models that enable sustainable access to medicines in LMICs, and guide clients in engaging funders, investors, and governments to implement them.
• Guide the agenda for client engagements, ensuring outputs are rigorous, relevant, and actionable.

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client counterparts, building long-term relationships that position the team as a partner of choice.
• Facilitate high-level workshops, strategy sessions, and negotiations with clients and external stakeholders.
• Engage directly with LMIC stakeholders—including ministries of health, funders, industry partners, and implementing organizations—to shape practical pathways to access.
• Represent the organization in external fora and thought leadership spaces, building visibility and credibility in global health access.

Team Development & Delivery

• Oversee delivery of multi-workstream projects, ensuring teams produce high-quality, client-ready outputs on time.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level team members, building their skills in analysis, communication, and client management.
• Provide input on team resourcing and help shape the professional growth pathways within the advisory practice.
• Model ownership, collaboration, and a culture of open, respectful feedback across the team.

Practice Building & Growth

• Contribute to business development, including scoping opportunities, shaping proposals, and cultivating client relationships.
• Strengthen internal intellectual capital on LMIC healthcare access, financing, and delivery models.
• Help evolve the organization’s strategic direction by identifying new areas of opportunity and innovation in global health advisory.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in consulting, global health advisory, or life sciences, with sustained exposure to LMIC settings
• Proven track record of leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects end-to-end
• Deep expertise in one or more of the following: market access, go-to-market strategy, portfolio prioritisation, innovative financing, or delivery models in LMIC contexts
• Experience working directly with senior decision-makers (e.g. ministries of health, funders, industry leaders, implementing partners)
• Strong strategic analysis, structured problem-solving, and communication skills
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including mentoring and managing teams
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and evolving environments

Experience needed

8+ years of experience in consulting, global health advisory, or life sciences, with sustained exposure to LMIC settings.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

At Axmed, we foster a collaborative environment that empowers individuals to excel and make a meaningful impact. Our Axmates are dedicated to pioneering breakthroughs that transform lives, and increase access to pharmaceutical products across Low and Middle Income Countries. We are recruiting passionate and fearless team members, so join us in our mission ...

• Lead the design of market access, portfolio, and go-to-market strategies for clients across the pharmaceutical and global health ecosystem.
• Provide senior-level insights and recommendations that shape client decision-making and drive measurable impact in LMIC contexts.
• Anticipate market dynamics and advise on innovative solutions to unlock access barriers.
• Design and advise on innovative financing models that enable sustainable access to medicines in LMICs, and guide clients in engaging funders, investors, and governments to implement them.
• Guide the agenda for client engagements, ensuring outputs are rigorous, relevant, and actionable.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client counterparts, building long-term relationships that position the team as a partner of choice.
• Facilitate high-level workshops, strategy sessions, and negotiations with clients and external stakeholders.
• Engage directly with LMIC stakeholders—including ministries of health, funders, industry partners, and implementing organizations—to shape practical pathways to access.
• Represent the organization in external fora and thought leadership spaces, building visibility and credibility in global health access.
• Oversee delivery of multi-workstream projects, ensuring teams produce high-quality, client-ready outputs on time.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level team members, building their skills in analysis, communication, and client management.
• Provide input on team resourcing and help shape the professional growth pathways within the advisory practice.
• Model ownership, collaboration, and a culture of open, respectful feedback across the team.
• Contribute to business development, including scoping opportunities, shaping proposals, and cultivating client relationships.
• Strengthen internal intellectual capital on LMIC healthcare access, financing, and delivery models.
• Help evolve the organization’s strategic direction by identifying new areas of opportunity and innovation in global health advisory.

• Strategic analysis
• Structured problem-solving
• Communication skills
• People leadership
• Mentoring
• Managing teams
• Client management
• Market access
• Go-to-market strategy
• Portfolio prioritisation
• Innovative financing
• Delivery models in LMIC contexts

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in consulting, global health advisory, or life sciences, with sustained exposure to LMIC settings
• Proven track record of leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects end-to-end
• Deep expertise in one or more of the following: market access, go-to-market strategy, portfolio prioritisation, innovative financing, or delivery models in LMIC contexts
• Experience working directly with senior decision-makers (e.g. ministries of health, funders, industry leaders, implementing partners)
• Strong strategic analysis, structured problem-solving, and communication skills
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including mentoring and managing teams
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and evolving environments