JOB SUMMARY:
The Senior Director, Strategic Information/Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (SI/MEL), Health Programs is a strategic leader within FHI 360, responsible for the technical leadership and strategic direction of strategic information, monitoring, evaluation, analytics, data systems, and learning (SI/MEL) across the Health Programs (HP) portfolio within the Programs and Research Group (PRG). The Senior Director also provides scientific and technical leadership in epidemiology, surveillance, health informatics, and data use. This role provides technical and operational oversight to a division comprised of multiple project SI/MEL teams, fosters innovation, and ensures the delivery of high-quality, timely, and actionable data aligned with organizational objectives and funder requirements. The Senior Director establishes and continually refines SI/MEL frameworks, approaches, tools, and activities; identifies specialized partnership needs; and engages qualified partners to ensure technical performance. Working across FHI 360 Health Programs projects and country portfolios, the Senior Director strengthens the integration of surveillance, MEL, data management, analytics, and digital health systems, in close collaboration with project SI/MEL leadership teams to ensure coherence, technical alignment, and mutual learning across initiatives. The Senior Director leads one integrated SI/MEL team that serves all Health Programs projects, so that each country has a single SI/MEL point of contact across awards, with shared standards, harmonized indicators, and staffing and level of effort planned across the portfolio. The Senior Director collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to gather and share evidence, lessons learned, and best practices to drive continuous improvement and organizational impact. The Senior Director serves as a recognized technical leader and thought partner in strategic information, surveillance, epidemiology, and health informatics . They also contribute technical leadership to new business development and represent FHI 360 as a thought leader in strategic information, health informatics, and data-driven program improvement. Engagement with country and field teams is exercised primarily through project SI/MEL leadership; direct, hands-on support to field teams is expected on bilateral awards and is provided to global projects at the request of project leadership. Their decisions are guided by organizational strategy and have significant short- and long-term impacts on public health and development outcomes.
RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:
Complexity & Problem Solving:
Navigates complex and technically demanding SI/MEL challenges inherent in project implementation, requiring innovative approaches and deep analytical skills.
Offers strategic direction and innovative SI/MEL solutions for portfolio-specific challenges.
Analyzes project performance against indicator targets, data quality assessments, and portfolio-level trends, and identifies areas for improvement.
Recommends actionable solutions to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
Fosters innovation and shares best practices to drive organizational impact.
Contributes to achieving sustainable development goals.
Resolves methodological and measurement problems that cross awards (conflicting indicator definitions, non-comparable denominators, data quality gaps, and evaluation design trade-offs) and sets the technical standard to be applied across the portfolio.
Strengthens institutional data governance, interoperability, and integration of information systems, including DHIS2, EMRs, LMIS, and custom databases.
Ensures project data systems meet funder reporting standards (e.g., DATIM, DHIS2, MER indicators) and support programmatic decision-making at all levels.
Provides technical leadership in the design, implementation, and utilization of surveillance systems and public health evaluations.
Leads efforts to strengthen the collection, analysis,…