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About the Role

The Deputy Director, Supply Chain Business Development and Program Delivery is a senior global role responsible for ensuring IRC's supply chains are equipped for scale across its most ambitious health and humanitarian programming commitments. This role translates strategic program targets into operational supply chain solutions at the country level, while also ensuring country realities inform global supply chain strategy.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary Global Supply Chain (GSC) lead and contributor to business development, identifying, designing, and positioning supply chain funding opportunities with institutional and non-traditional donors.
Lead supply chain sections of competitive proposals.
Provide support across IRC's Impact at Scale (I@S) thematic supply chains, driving end-to-end performance from demand planning and forecasting through sourcing, pre-positioning, and last-mile delivery.
Build country and regional capacity to sustain health supply chain improvements over time.
Provide direct technical support and deploy to high-priority contexts.
Harmonize tools and SOPs across country programs in collaboration with Regional Supply Chain Directors (RSCDs) and other relevant GSC units and IRC stakeholder departments.
Act as the primary GSC focal point within I@S agile working groups and cross-functional scaling teams, ensuring supply chain planning is embedded in program design from the outset.
Implement strategic direction for cross-cutting supply chain enablers including pooled procurement, global pre-positioning frameworks, harmonized delivery models, and digital systems.
Oversee the development and rollout of supply chain enablers across priority country programs.
Provide supply chain leadership and oversight for the addition of any new I@S Ready to Scale thematic areas.
Ensure new commodities and delivery models are integrated into IRC's global supply chain architecture without creating fragmentation or duplication.
Serve as GSC's coordinating focal point with the Research and Innovation Department, contributing to supply chain innovations including AI-enabled solutions.
Operationalize the BD strategy, assembling inputs to create compelling bids, gap filling in the BD process, and driving bid success.
Flag, track and route relevant funding opportunities to GSC Leadership.
Work closely with internal stakeholders to plan for staff needs and business development capacity requirements.
Lead or co-lead the technical design of supply chain sections for proposals where GSC has a primary role.
Contribute to bid assessment, probability-of-winning analysis, and positioning strategy for supply chain funding opportunities.
Develop and maintain GSC supply chain capability statements and value propositions.
Participate in the BD review cycle for proposals with significant supply chain components.
Mobilize opportunities with non-traditional partners such as Airlink to improve program delivery and increase cost savings.
Enable increased use of GIK goods and services, enabling program delivery whilst making IRC more cost effective.
Build and maintain donor intelligence on supply chain funding streams.
Support pre-award activities including donor engagement, capture visits, and key personnel recruitment.
Coordinate with Regional Supply Chain Directors and country programs to ensure country-level supply chain needs and evidence are reflected in proposals.
Contribute to after-action reviews following award decisions.
Identify and evaluate opportunities for business development & partnerships with academic or research centers.
Strengthen global forecasting and demand planning systems for key health commodities.
Collaborate with Global Procurement to define sourcing strategies, monitor supplier performance, and ensure security of supply.
Lead global visibility efforts by consolidating country-level data on demand, pipeline status, consumption, and stock risks.
Collaborate with GSC Systems and Data to digitalize as many aspects of this as possible.
Work with country teams to improve quantification, storage, distribution planning, and last-mile delivery.
Translate I@S targets into actionable supply chain plans with milestones, KPIs, and risk controls.
Design and support the rollout of cross-country improvements.
Support the implementation of the supply chain I@S bodies of work.
Escalate and advise GSC Leadership on global priorities, risks, and mitigation strategies impacting success of I@S activity plans.
Provide specialized technical support to country supply chain and health teams.
Strengthen country practices in forecasting, contingency planning, supplier management, and stock-out prevention.
Support countries facing pipeline risks or operational bottlenecks; deploy to high-priority locations as needed.
Promote best practices and harmonize tools, guidance, and SOPs across all countries, regions and departments.
Train country and departmental staff as required.
Develop e-training as funding permits.
Develop supply chain KPIs aligned to IRC’s LMIS, BD and I@S objectives.
Produce timely reports on global health supply chain performance, risks, and mitigation actions.
Document lessons learned and drive continuous improvement.
Maintain updated knowledge of global markets, procurement trends, supplier landscapes, regulatory shifts, and donor funding priorities relevant to supply chain programming.

Requirements

Master's degree in public health, pharmacy, supply chain management, strategy development, international development, international relations, or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and work experience background is required or related field.
Experience in supply chain management in humanitarian settings, preferably with demonstrable experience in health supply chains, especially immunization, nutrition and sexual and reproductive health (SRH).
Proven experience in departmental or organizational strategy development in operations / supply chain in humanitarian organizations.
Expertise in forecasting, strategic sourcing, procurement, quality assurance, and distribution of health commodities including in the context of vaccine storage and distribution.
Experience in conducting assessments and evaluations of supply chain systems.
Experience engaging in business development processes, including writing and project design, proposal development, donor positioning, or capture for supply chain or health programming is strongly preferred.
Experience in developing and managing project concepts and funding proposals for humanitarian / development work with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.
Strong capacity to understand the humanitarian system and operating context and coordinate the relevant technical inputs from within and outside GSC.
Familiarity with donor landscapes for supply chain programming (e.g., ECHO, SIDA, USAID, Gates) and ability to contribute to donor engagement and positioning.
Familiarity with managing large-scale, complex portfolio and experience using strategic insights and data from varied sources to support portfolio management, pivoting and alignment to organizational and sectoral goals.
Experience in building partnerships for development and humanitarian funding as well as negotiation of programmatic and financial contractual arrangements with donors and partners.
Experience and comfort interrogating partnership practices and familiarity with emerging developments including growing attention to power-shifting, localization and technical assistance models for INGOs.
Proficiency in data analysis, visualization tools (Power BI), and performance monitoring.
Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills and ability to analyses trends based on a diverse set of data and insights.
Digital supply chain literacy: familiarity with LMIS platforms, supply chain technology ecosystems, and data interoperability standards in humanitarian or low-resource settings.
Experience with using AI-enabled solutions preferred.
Ability to identify fundable supply chain programming opportunities and experience in business development writing and proposal design.
Ability to translate operational supply chain experience into compelling proposal narratives and capability statements.
Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders at multiple levels and influence decision making.
Knowledge of public and private fundraising - appetite and curiosity about building collaborative pathways with philanthropy and private sector.
Fluent in English (required); proficiency in French, Spanish or Arabic.
Strong project management and coordination skills.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in supply chain optimization.
Good organizational skills and ability to prioritize competing priorities effectively.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities; skills; ability to work cross-functionally and across cultures.
A sense of curiosity about how things can be done, and a willingness to get creative on solutioning.
Attention to detail and ability to identify and address potential risks proactively.
Commitment to ethical standards and accountability.

Skills

Supply chain management
Health supply chains
Immunization
Nutrition
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH)
Forecasting
Strategic sourcing
Procurement
Quality assurance
Distribution of health commodities
Vaccine storage and distribution
Supply chain systems assessment and evaluation
Business development
Project design
Proposal development
Donor positioning
Capture strategy
Humanitarian system understanding
Data analysis
Data visualization tools (Power BI)
Performance monitoring
Digital supply chain literacy
LMIS platforms
Supply chain technology ecosystems
Data interoperability standards
AI-enabled solutions
Project management
Coordination
Analytical skills
Problem-solving skills
Organizational skills
Communication skills
Stakeholder management
Cross-functional collaboration
Intercultural collaboration
Ethical standards
Accountability

Location

United Kingdom
Kenya
Lebanon

Work Type

Remote
Standard office (location dependent)

Experience Level

Senior global role
Experience in supply chain management in humanitarian settings
Proven experience in departmental or organizational strategy development
Expertise in forecasting, strategic sourcing, procurement, quality assurance, and distribution of health commodities
Experience in conducting assessments and evaluations of supply chain systems
Experience engaging in business development processes
Experience in developing and managing project concepts and funding proposals
Experience in building partnerships for development and humanitarian funding
Experience and comfort interrogating partnership practices
Experience using strategic insights and data from varied sources to support portfolio management
Frequent travel to program countries will be required up to 20%

Education Level

Master's degree in public health, pharmacy, supply chain management, strategy development, international development, international relations, or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and work experience background is required or related field.

Salary/Compensations

£58,476-£69,440/yr

About the Company

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.
Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.
A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions.
If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Equal Opportunity

All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability.
In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation.
IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs.
IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.