Principal Business Analyst, African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (Africa CDC)

Organization Information

Reports to: Director of APPM
Directorate/Department: African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM)
Division: African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM)
Number of Direct Reports: 0 
Number of Indirect Reports: 0
Number of Positions:1
Job Grade: P4
Contract Type: Appointment for Limited duration (ALD)

Purpose of Job

The African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM) is a strategic Africa CDC instrument designed to improve access to affordable, quality-assured health products by aggregating demand, shaping markets, and strengthening African manufacturing.

At scale, APPM’s success depends on high-quality, policy-relevant analysis that informs procurement strategies, market-shaping interventions, financing mechanisms, and political decision-making. The Principal Business Analyst serves as a principal analytical authority within APPM, providing evidence-based advice to leadership and supporting deliberations of the African Market Shaping Council.

Main Functions

The Principal Business Analyst will:

• Lead strategic, economic, and market analysis underpinning APPM Business Model
• Provide senior-level analytical advice on procurement strategies and financing tools to APPM leadership and governance bodies;
• Generate and translate APPM datasets to provide market intelligence reports with clear options and recommendations for decision-making
• Contribute to design of Market shaping interventions including target price negotiation; volume commitment and innovative financing tools such as volume guarantee, advance financing that will support the market outcomes expected from APPM.
• Design modeling options on the procurement and financing strategies that will support the adoption of innovative procurement and financing instruments that will improve the APPM business model

Specific Responsibilities

Strategic Business Model  Analysis

• Lead analysis on the Business Model of the APPM linking the operational, financial and management structures to support assessment on the viability and sustainability of the APPM
• Use existing Market Intelligence data of priority health products, including vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics, and essential commodities to identify business models to facilitate decision-making on the APPM model;
• Identify structural barriers to access, including pricing dynamics, supply concentration, financing gaps, and regulatory or market failures;
• Produce forward-looking market intelligence to support strategic planning.

Market-Shaping Design and Assessment

• Engage in the design and modelling of market-shaping instruments using analytical data to support decisions on, for example::
  • Demand aggregation and volume commitments scenarios
  • Price preferences and subsidies for African manufacturers;
  • Advance purchase guarantees and volume commitments
  • Supplier diversification and procurement strategies
• Assess expected impacts of interventions on pricing and supply outcomes

Financing Tools assessment and Adoption

• Engage in the assessment on financing tools such as volume guarantees, advance financing, blended financing structures, commercial financial engagement and its implications on market and financial outcomes

Support to the African Market Shaping Council

• Serve as a principal analytical resource to the African Market Shaping Council;
• Prepare options papers, scenario analyses, and briefing notes to inform Council deliberations;
• Translate Council guidance into structured analytical workplans and follow-up recommendations for APPM implementation.

Evidence Generation

• Set analytical standards, assumptions, and methodologies used across APPM;
• Oversee development and maintenance of analytical models, datasets, and dashboards;
• Ensure analytical outputs are robust, transparent, and decision-oriented.

Stakeholder Engagement and Advisory Role

• Engage AU Member States, DFIs, donors, and technical partners to validate assumptions and inform analysis;
• Represent APPM in technical and policy discussions related to procurement economics and market shaping;
• Provide analytical inputs to resource-mobilization and financing discussions.

Flagship Analytical Outputs (Illustrative)

The Principal Business Analyst will be responsible for leading or overseeing delivery of flagship analytical products, including but not limited to:

1. African Market Shaping Briefs
   • Product-specific analyses (e.g. vaccines, diagnostics, PPE) outlining pricing dynamics, supplier concentration, access risks, and recommended interventions.
2. Pricing Structure  Frameworks
   • Evidence-based proposals for price preferences  for African manufacturers, including fiscal implications and impact modeling.
3. Volume Guarantee and Advance Purchase Models
   • Scenario analyses assessing the impact of pooled demand, volume commitments, and advance purchases on pricing, supply security, and manufacturer scale-up.
4. Access and Affordability Dashboards
   • Comparative dashboards tracking prices, availability, lead times, and supplier diversity across regions and products.
5. Market Readiness and Risk Assessments
   • Identification of supply bottlenecks, financing constraints, and market vulnerabilities for priority products and disease areas.
6. Briefs for the African Market Shaping Council

• Options papers and decision notes translating technical analysis into clear strategic choices for political and policy leaders.

Academic Requirements and Relevant Experience

• Master’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Public Policy, Global Health, Finance, or a related field with a minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in Market analysis, economic analysis, or strategic advisory roles for Health commodities, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, or other regulated markets of which Six (6) should be at expert level and three (3) years in a supervisory role

OR

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Public Policy, Global Health, Finance, or a related field with a minimum of 12 years of relevant professional experience in Market analysis, economic analysis, or strategic advisory roles for Health commodities, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, or other regulated markets of which Six (6) should be at expert level and three (3) years in a supervisory role.
• Demonstrated expertise / experience in market design on health products, understanding products dynamics, cost structures and pricing models,
• Experience in developing briefing notes influencing senior-level decisions in multilateral or public-sector environments.

Required Skills

• Advanced analytical and economic modeling skills;
• Strong understanding of market dynamics, cost structures including COGS;  pricing, and market-shaping interventions
• Ability to translate complex analysis on operational, financial and institutional structures into clear strategic choices
• Excellent writing and presentation skills for senior decision-makers.

Leadership Competencies

• Building relationships:
• Managing Risk….
• Strategic Insight

Core Competencies

• Foster Accountability Culture
• Building Partnership:
• Communicating with impact

Functional Competencies

• Job Knowledge and information sharing:
• Drive for Result ….
• Conceptual thinking ….

TENURE OF APPOINTMENT:

The Appointment will be for a period of Eleven (11) Months, of which the first three (3) months will be considered as a probationary period. Thereafter, the contract may be renewed subject to funding availability, satisfactory performance, and agreed deliverables.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING:

The Africa CDC is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

REMUNERATION:

The salary attached to the position for the eleven month period is US$  101,705.53  (P4 Step 5) inclusive of all allowances for internationally recruited staff, and US$ 85,128.97 inclusive of all allowances for locally recruited staff of the African Union..

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Applications must be submitted no later than July 24, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EAT.

Only candidates who meet all job requirements and are selected for interviews will be contacted.

Consideration will be given only to those candidates who have submitted a fully completed online application with a curriculum vitae (CV), an African passport, and the required academic qualifications, such as Diplomas, Bachelor’s degrees, Master’s degrees, and any relevant certificate in line with the area of expertise.

The African CDC is an equal opportunity employer, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Candidates from less-represented countries within the African Union are strongly encouraged to apply for positions that fit their profiles.

These countries include: Algeria, Angola, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Sahrawi D.R., Sao Tome and Principe., Seychelles, Somalia and Tunisia.