Position Title: VP, Medicine Security Programs
Department: Medicine Security
Reports to: SVP, Medicine Security
Direct Reports: 8+ direct reports
Location: The role is remote with up to 20% travel to HQ, partners and country office locations throughout the year.
Remote in CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, TN, TX, VA, and WA
Salary and Benefits: $179,043 to 196,750 USD gross annually
You can review an overview of our benefits on our careers page under “U.S. Compensation and Benefits.”
We will determine where the salary offer will fall within this range based upon the evaluation of the qualifications during the stages of the recruitment process. Our transparent and equitable pay bands, as well as our salary offer based on the qualifications evaluated in our process, are integral parts of our organizational systems and intentional culture. The salary offer is not negotiated as we know that negotiation is not aligned with equity and best practices for ensuring fair pay for employees of all identities and backgrounds.
Start Date: February 2026
About Americares:
Americares is a global health and disaster relief organization that helps people and communities around the world access health in times of disaster and every day. Each year, Americares reaches 80 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.
Americares Values:
We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated.
We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice.
We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace.
We are better together; partnership is at our core.
We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow.
We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive.
About Americares Medicine Security Work and Vision: Medicine security ensures all people have quality medicines and medical supplies when they need them by expanding access to essential medicines and supplies, empowering communities to achieve better health outcomes. At present, significant barriers prevent widespread access to quality medicines. These barriers—such as high costs, insufficient healthcare infrastructure, regulatory challenges, limited supply chain resilience, and socioeconomic determinants—do not exist in isolation. Instead, they are interconnected, reinforcing one another and deepening disparities. Addressing these challenges requires a systematic approach that not only improves supply chains but also strengthens health systems, removes financial barriers, and fosters collaboration.
To improve health outcomes for patients and communities, Americares increases accessibility, availability, affordability and acceptability of medicine and supplies for partner health providers. We are one of the leading global nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies, distributing over $1 billion in medicine and supplies to 85 countries on average each year from ten warehouses across the globe (combination of Americares owned and third party). Medicines and medical supplies are typically sourced through donations from pharmaceutical partners as well as procurement. As a deeply collaborative organization whose model is rooted in global-local partnership, we have an unrivaled network of over 4000 local, national and international health and social service partners receiving our health commodities. Moving forward, Americares is looking to redefine its Medicine Security strategy by engaging more deeply with existing partners, diversifying its global network, and leading scalable and high-impact initiatives that expand product access.
Role Description:
The Vice President, Medicine Security Programs position will engage deeply with existing and new U.S. and international partners to optimize global product donations, ensuring access aligns with both partner and patient needs. The role will develop initiatives that strengthen and expand partner capacity, driving innovative approaches to improve sustainable access to essential medicines worldwide
In the first 90 days, the role will:
-Learn and live Americares values.
-Build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including this leader’s immediate team and other program teams (e.g. humanitarian programs, country offices, quality impact & learning, Americares clinics, and regional teams), modelling leadership credibility, trust, willingness to learn and best practices.
-Develop a deep understanding of the organization’s medicine security vision, existing product donation programs, and partner ecosystem.
-Conduct an initial assessment of current programs and performance, identifying opportunities and bottlenecks in access, distribution, and partner engagement.
-Establish early priorities and success measures for the Medicine Security Programs team in partnership with senior leadership.
In the first 6 months, the role will:
-Develop and continually refine FY’27+ strategy in partnership with Medicine Security leadership.
-Begin implementing process improvements (with core partners) and efficiencies that optimize product donations to enable greater access, including but not limited to product selection, forecasting, order development, and importation.
-Based on gap assessments with core partners, deliver a strategic framework for partner engagement and capacity-building, outlining short- and medium-term initiatives to optimize access.
-Define KPIs to monitor program impact, efficiency, and reach in partnership with Quality, Impact and Learning team.
-Identify pathways for onboarding new and diverse sets of partners to increase and diversify gift-in-kind donations.
-Strengthen coordination across internal teams to enhance program integration and transparency.
In the first year, the role will:
-Lead the execution of a multi-year Global Medicine Security strategy, including a roadmap for partnership expansion and capacity building.
-Begin rolling out capacity building programs aligned with gap assessments and strategic framework.
-In partnership with development and other internal teams, identify and pursue high-impact funding opportunities to expand Medicine Security partner programming.
-Drive demonstratable improvements in access outcomes and metrics, particularly as it relates to product utilization and distribution, reduced wastage, and expanded partner capacity.
-Onboard several new high-impact product recipient partners that have the ability to increase and diversify product donations.
-Establish the organization as a trusted partner of choice for local and global health actors seeking product access and supply-chain collaboration.
-Build and mentor a high-performing global team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and innovation across regions.
Duties and Responsibilities:
-Create, cultivate, and manage strategic partnerships with global and local stakeholders including Ministries of Health, NGOs, private sector, and bilateral/multilateral organizations to expand sustainable access to essential medicines and supplies.
-Develop and enhance the capacity building strategy in partnership with external and internal stakeholders to optimize product access and gift in-kind donations, including but not limited to support around supply chain management, procurement, forecasting, distribution and IT solutions.
-Proposal development in collaboration with development and other internal functions to secure financial and/or product support for Medicine Security programming and initiatives.
-Drive operational excellence in partnership with other Medicine Security departments by developing and executing frameworks that optimize donation processes, enhance transparency and data availability, and ensure quality, compliance, and efficiency.
-Establish and monitor performance metrics to evaluate program effectiveness, partner impact, and alignment with patient and country needs.
-Lead and inspire a globally distributed, diverse team, fostering a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous growth—while maintaining strong engagement, well-being, and shared purpose.
-Collaborate cross-functionally within Medicine Security and other departments to create a unified Americares strategy. Bring mission based and values aligned leadership, fostering organizational culture and effectiveness, working with peers and counterparts across the organization to identify areas for continuous improvement, while suggesting and implementing solutions.
-People manage staff, ensuring their success in meeting objectives while also supporting their professional growth.
-Actively model and contribute to Americares values, work culture and mission.
-Engage in and contribute to team spaces with openness, global competencies, and a growth mindset.
-Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Competencies required for the role:
-Deep understanding of global health commodity market dynamics and product access pathways, in addition to understanding the key foundational elements to introducing medicines & programs in resource-limited settings.
-Extensive global expertise in health commodity supply-chain and logistics.
-Demonstrated global partnership work with local governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders to best assess and strategize for short and long-term medicine security needs and strengths- with demonstrated experience in creating collaborative sustainable supply chain solutions based on local health commodity needs.
-Proposal development experience to either foundations, corporations or other major funders
-Collaborative leadership style, fostering transparency, coordination, and alignment across matrixed teams and departments.
-Breadth across therapeutic areas, with demonstrated agility in quickly mastering new product domains.
-Comprehensive network of relationships with leading global and local health organizations, alliances, private sector, and consortia.
-Exceptional strategic thinking, problem solving, decision-making and judgement.
-Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage externally across a range of different stakeholders.
-Budget leadership to ensure cost-effective and impactful resourcing for the work.
-High level skillset in quantitative analysis, forecasting, and utilizing data to inform priorities and strategy.
-Ability to travel up to 20% of the time (globally and within the U.S.)
Preferred qualifications for the role include:
-Fluency in languages that are spoken in at least one of our core locations (India, Philippines, Tanzania, El Salvador, Colombia, etc.), in addition to English.
-Prior experience with U.S. free and charitable clinic context.
Additionally, our core competencies as an organization are:
Ownership and results
Communication
Problem solving
Equity and inclusion
Teamwork and conflict resolution
Leadership
Prioritization
Management
Strategy and planning
Decision making
What you can expect, if you move forward in the different stages of the recruitment process:
1) Written application (Resume, cover letter, and application questions)
2) People and Talent initial screen interview (Videocall for 1 hour)
3) Interview with SVP, Medicine Security (Videocall for 1 hour)
4) Presentation and panel interview (Video call: 10-minute presentation and 50-minute interview)
5) Reference checks
6) Offer
7) Background check
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