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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Senior Strategy Implementation Officer, Clinical Vaccine Development in Seattle, Washington
The Foundation
We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.
The Team
Our Global Health (GH) program harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on the health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. Where tools exist, we support sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they don’t, we invest in research and development of new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. Our work in infectious diseases focuses on strategies to fight and prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, enteric and diarrheal diseases, pneumonia, and maternal, newborn and child health. These strategies are supported by functional & cross cutting teams that focus on Discovery and Translational Sciences, Vaccine Development, Innovation Introduction, and Integrated Development. The Vaccine Development (VDev) team’s vision is to ensure a secure and sustainable supply of consistently high quality, appropriately priced vaccines that are efficiently delivered to meet the needs of global health populations – whether through our direct product development efforts, functional support to program strategy teams, investments in technology development or technical advocacy in the vaccine development ecosystem.
Your Role
As a key member of the Clinical & HPV Domain, the Senior Strategy Implementation Officer is accountable for leading strategy development, execution and management of key initiative areas. You will partner closely with the Deputy Director, Clinical Vaccine Development (DD) and Deputy Director, Strategy Planning and Management (DDSPM) to contribute to the continued development of the team’s strategic vision including participating in the setting of the overall strategy and goals for the group. Role level may be adjusted based upon experience of candidate. This person will be a member of the Strategy, Planning, and Management team and report to our DDSPM.
What You’ll Do
Clinical Strategic Support
Partner with Deputy Director (DD), Clinical Vaccine Development, as well as other Clinical team members and experts across disciplines, to drive strategy development for new bodies of work and strategy refinement/refresh of existing bodies of work as needed
Act as “chief-of-staff” for the Deputy Director, Vaccine Development covering the Clinical initiative.
Provide day-to-day management of a portfolio of grants, tapping into technical expertise across team as needed
Manage content development for executive leadership meetings, partner discussions, and during annual planning/strategy review for relevant initiative areas
Lead the integration of strategies and execute plans across VDev, GH and other Foundation teams (e.g. Global Development)
Partner across our legal, finance and business support teams to expedite investment workflow process for investments in overall domain scope
Support facilitation, project management, stakeholder management, and follow-up on action items for cross-cutting initiatives
Support ongoing internal engagement with foundation leadership as it relates to domain Initiatives
Flex across the team to take on new projects as needs arise
Engagement with Internal and External Partners
Work with internal partners to identify and cultivate external partners to build coalitions and achieve objectives; manage partnerships to achieve impact
Attend internal meetings to represent Clinical and VDev, as well as being a representative of the foundation at external meetings
Work with internal partners to actively search for and create opportunities for partners and solutions to leverage available resources
Work with internal partners to search for and create opportunities to develop new partnerships and between external partners that will advance GH programs
This role is accountable for high quality interactions and clear and consistent communications with grantees and partners in the field
This role will require the ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.
Your Experience
We are looking for people who enjoy the opportunity of working on complex projects and collaboratively creating solutions that have the potential for transformational change. We seek a self-starter who can integrate a diverse set of perspectives to build consensus, structure and drive forward progress on complex topics, and provide both strategic and operational capacity to the Vaccine Development team.
We are looking for individuals with:
Proven program and stakeholder management skills: ability to coordinate inputs from many people; to track progress against targets and identify barriers to progress; to plan agendas and facilitate meetings; and to organize, evaluate, and communicate information succinctly and effectively in PowerPoints and memos
Strong judgment with a demonstrated ability to handle complex issues, multiple tasks, confidential information, and competing priorities with skill, discretion, a strong attention to detail, flexibility and diplomacy
Exceptional listening, verbal, and written communication skills, able to effectively calibrate input and synthesize information to connect with diverse audiences
Tolerance for ambiguity and ability to apply structure to simplify complex problems
Demonstrated ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, and enthusiasm in a fast-paced and complex internal and external environment
Master’s degree (MPH or MBA) plus 2+ years of management consulting experience
Demonstrated experience in data analysis, written and oral communication skills, and experience advocating and communicating with a broad and diverse audience
Proven ability to lead and influence data-driven strategic planning and implementation
Ability to synthesize technical and commercial information for communication and decision making
Excellent relationship management skills to develop trusting and productive relationships with a wide range of colleagues, dignitaries, leaders, grantees, consultants and other partners.
Intellectual quickness, curiosity, discipline, resourcefulness and resilience
Solid understanding of the realities and complexities of matrix-based organizations
Other Attributes
Experience with the vaccine industry, pharmaceutical product development or commercialization a plus
Experience working in LMIC settings a plus
Experience working on teams with diverse culture and professional backgrounds
Strong interpersonal and diplomatic skills.
Commitment to transparency and real-time information sharing
The salary range for this role is $166,300 to $249,500 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in Seattle and Washington D.C., where our offices are located. The range for this role in these locations is $181,200 to $271,800 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission and new hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary range between the minimum and the midpoint salary range. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidate’s job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process.
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Hiring Requirements
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Inclusion Statement
We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion — of voices, ideas, and approaches — and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.
All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/) works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Mark Suzman, under the direction of co-chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates and the board of trustees.