Deputy Director, AI Delivery & Government Partnerships

What You’ll Do Country Delivery Leadership Lead end-to-end design and implementation of AI-enabled programs in African LMIC settings working closely with the Africa Data and Digital team and have a shared understanding of core principles and preconditions necessary for successful AI deployment and data and digitalization maturity levels, with a clear emphasis on institutional adoption, operational feasibility, sequencing, equity of access, and sustainable pathways to scale. Translate strategic opportunities into funded, governed programs with clear goals, timelines, budgets, and measurable outcomes, including cost reduction, productivity gains, service quality improvements, user satisfaction, equity performance across languages and demographic groups, with measurable program impact for the Foundation’s three goals . Develop practical delivery playbooks built for real-world constraints: low bandwidth, intermittent connectivity, workforce shortages, limited public budgets, and multilingual environments. Government Partnerships & Trust-Based Adoption Serve as the Foundation’s senior Africa-facing partner to Ministries and public institutions (including ICT/Digital Economy, Health, Education, Agriculture, Finance, and subnational authorities), building the trust required to unlock data access, workflow integration, and sustained institutional use. Establish effective governance mechanisms with government counterparts: clear roles and accountabilities, data safeguards, human-in-the-loop protocols, incident response pathways, and transparent documentation standards. Support countries to move from pilots to scale through structured adoption pathways: training, change management, procurement readiness, and integration with national digital systems. ​​​​​​​ AI Platform Partnerships

• Africa Execution Owner Lead testing and implementation of AI platform partnerships across Africa, enabling frontline health facilities to leverage AI-enabled tools that improve workflows, including clinical documentation support, local language access, triage optimization, and knowledge accessibility. Initial deployment includes Horizon 100 across Rwanda, Kenya, and South Africa. Support testing and implementation with other AI platform provider partnerships focusing on solving tangible problems and use cases Ensure deployments are genuinely fit-for-purpose: user-centered design, integration with existing tools, clear operational guardrails, and continuous improvement informed by frontline feedback. Build the partner ecosystem necessary for delivery i.e., implementers, training institutions, local innovators, and digital platforms, while proactively managing delivery risk. Drive “one-plan” approaches with country teams so AI investments reinforce, rather than fragment, broader reform and delivery agendas. Ensure effective and critical triage of investments and partners with a keen eye on costs, duplication of efforts and a focus on strengthening local ecosystems. Ecosystem Bu