NASTAD seeks a visionary leader with exceptional management and collaboration skills to lead and grow its Syndemic Approaches portfolio, which includes Drug User Health, Hepatitis, and HIV Prevention. This role will lead NASTAD in developing a vision and strategy for implementing syndemic approaches to HIV in public health, oversee more than $18 million in complex braided funding, and expand and diversify the portfolio in a sustainable way. The Senior Director, Syndemic Approaches will also lead NASTAD’s approach to collaboratively integrating syndemics work throughout the organization. This includes big-picture thinking, stakeholder alignment, strategic planning, and managing implementation projects, timelines, and workflows that build concrete deliverables and measurable results. Ideal candidates will demonstrate their ability to uphold NASTAD values while navigating a dynamic political landscape.  The Senior Director, Syndemic Approaches will oversee the Drug User Health team, the Hepatitis team, the HIV Prevention team, and syndemic technical assistance staff. Essential Duties:Lead the collaborative development of a vision and strategy for NASTAD’s Syndemic Approaches portfolio of work, advancing people-centered integrated approaches to HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs, drug user health, and other intersecting public health priorities. Establish and drive a cohesive vision for syndemic approaches, translating emerging public health needs, evidence, and opportunities into organizational strategy and action. Lead integration across organizational programs, teams, funding streams, and work products to strengthen coordination, reduce fragmentation, and maximize collective impact. Coach and develop Directors and Associate Directors to excel in their roles, build their leadership skills, and facilitate their ability to develop and implement a vision and strategic priorities for their teams. Foster collaboration, accountability, innovation, and shared ownership across teams.  Lead the development and management of complex budgets and staffing models. Ensure NASTAD’s syndemic work remains responsive to the evolving needs of state, territorial, and local health departments and strengthens integrated approaches within governmental public health. Provide strategic oversight of major federal cooperative agreements, grants, and initiatives within the syndemic portfolio, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and intended outcomes. Serve as principal investigator (PI) on federal grants. Grow and diversify NASTAD’s portfolio of funding by identifying emerging partnerships, funding opportunities, and new areas of work that strengthen the organization’s mission, vision, and strategy. Serve as a senior organizational voice with federal agencies, health departments, funders, national organizations, community partners, and other stakeholders on syndemic and integrated public health approaches. Establish measures of success and use data, evaluation, implementation experience, and stakeholder feedback to assess impact and inform data-driven syndemic strategies.  
