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) division 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 (TB), neglected tropical diseases, enteric and diarrheal diseases, pneumonia and maternal, newborn and child health.
Our TB and HIV work is combined under a joint TB/HIV Program Strategy Team (PST) which focuses on research, development and delivery of new products and tools. The foundation’s Tuberculosis (TB) team aims to address key gaps along the TB care pathway through new approaches to protect against infection, preventing progression from infection to disease, and improving diagnosis and treatment. Our efforts are diversified based on the understanding that vaccines, diagnostics, drugs, and innovative healthcare delivery are all essential to addressing the TB epidemic. Planning and introducing these new tools will be central to our activities.
We focus our HIV efforts on some of the countries hardest hit by HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in populations at greatest risk of infection, including adolescent girls and young women. While treatment scale-up has led to significant declines in new infections and mortality, the rate is not rapid enough to reach globally agreed targets and there remains a persistently high incidence and mortality in several countries in SSA. The HIV team’s strategic vision is to accelerate the reduction in the incidence of HIV infection in high-burden geographies and populations, with a focus on the development of new and affordable prevention and treatment interventions, including long-acting drugs, vaccines and biologics, and to enable their effective use.
Your Role
The TB&HIV Delivery Team is recruiting a Deputy Director, TB Delivery, who will support the Director, HIV & TB Delivery and Program Strategy team (PST) in achieving its impact goals by supporting the development and implementation of the foundation’s HIV & TB Delivery portfolio. As the Deputy Director, you will report to the Director, HIV & TB Delivery and will integrate with key technical/functional colleagues within the team and across the matrix (across teams). Responsibilities will include managing the execution of a growing and complex portfolio of investments in HIV & TB Delivery and focusing on strengthening partnerships with global health institutions to meet the PST’s strategic objectives.
You will work to also entail building the capability of the PST to ensure impact across the HIV & TB Delivery portfolio. You will own the management, integration, & oversight of portfolios of foundation investments (grants and contracts) through a highly matrixed organization while also working with external partners to drive progress toward our goals. You will participate in cross Global Health efforts to enhance our integration, accelerate impact, and maintain a cohesive and dynamic culture.
What You’ll Do
- Be accountable for innovations in designing and implementing strategies to assist our focus countries to reduce TB incidence and mortality
- Work with members of the TB delivery team and assist them to plan and execute their strategies with fidelity
- Work with the team to plan and implement new technologies e.g., diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines as they come on stream
- Provide strategic guidance in crafting grants and contracts that require research, modeling and analytics
- Facilitate development of annual and multiyear investment plans and budgets, develop and modify and implement strategies under the leadership of the Director
- Lead partnerships with internal and external partners and grantees to advance the foundation’s priorities for TB
- Accountable for the identification and assessment of key portfolio risks and the development and management of mitigation plans
- Work with foundation leadership as requested to address cross-cutting issues and improve functions and performance
- Advise, mentor and support colleagues within the TB Delivery team and their grantees in the design, enhancement and execution of the innovation for delivery strategy
- Participate in and learn from the program strategy and other teams, practice Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) efforts to ensure that we are continuing to make progress towards realizing our commitments.
Investment Relationship and Management
- Identify promising areas of implementation science research and innovation to fill key gaps in our knowledge of the interventions needed for more rapidly reducing the burden of TB as well as develop and/or guide the development of related Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and specific proposals.
- Provide strategic guidance in crafting grants and contracts that require complex research or analytics.
- Make and manage investments as requested by the Deputy Director including managing internal processes and progress while ensuring appropriate documentation, budgeting and reporting.
- Consult with grantees and other partners to maximize the impact of projects and ensure optimal learning.
- As requested by the Deputy Director, have relationship manager responsibilities with key partners.
- Contribute to the design of new strategies, collaborations and implementation plans to ensure long-term sustainability and impact.
- Collaborate with foundation colleagues in related program areas to take advantage of cross-sector grant making opportunities.
- Conduct high-quality interactions and clear and consistent communications with partners in the field.
- Consult with grantees and other partners to maximize the impact of projects and ensure optimal learning. This may include conducting site visits, providing operational guidance and convening meetings of key stakeholders.
- Represent the foundation with stakeholders who may include public and private entities, partner organizations, other funders, universities, think tanks and government agencies. May serve on external boards and working groups.
Your Experience
The foundation is seeking a global expert specializing in evidence generation and innovative delivery at national and global levels with a preference for HIV prevention experience. The ideal candidate will be a respected member of the HIV & TB communities.
The ideal candidate should have:
- Advanced degree, PhD preferably in statistics, data science or epidemiology with at least 10 years of field experience
- Experience leading and managing and creating a conducive environment for others in the delivery team to learn and grow
- Experience working in diverse cultural settings
- Demonstrated experience in delivery value through the utilization quantitative and qualitive data for design and implementation of programs
- Demonstrated expertise and experience in statistics, modelling, machine learning, data analysis and interpretation of data for innovative programming
- Demonstrated experience with interpreting outputs from advanced statistical and geo-mapping software
- Demonstrated ability to scope and manage the quality of quantitative and qualitative work products of others
- Demonstrated ability to work with multiple data sets to generate new knowledge and insights
- Excellent ability to convert analytics into visualizations, narratives that reflect novel insights for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Self-starter with an ability to work with agility, ambiguity, flexibility, efficiency and enthusiasm in a fast-paced and complex organization, including with regional and country offices
- Demonstrated ability in leadership, problem solving, ability to build trust and motivate others
- Experience of working in the HIV and TB space in country and globally and knowledge of the latest data on progress and challenges in HIV and TB service delivery
- Ability to work sensitively across language, culture and distance
- Committed to the core values and mission of the foundation whilst holding oneself to the highest ethical standards
- Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgement in developing methods, techniques and evaluating criteria for obtaining results.
- Demonstrated excellence in scientific writing and data analysis, modeling, written and oral communication skills, and experience advocating and communicating with a broad and diverse audience.
- Demonstrated capacity and initiative to solve problems with energy and a positive attitude and experience in a role requiring collaboration (both internally and externally), prioritization and results-orientation in a fast-paced, complex organization.
- Demonstrated successes in architecting consortia in the HIV prevention space that are functional, productive, and collaborative. Experience with consortia that include partner institutions in high burden HIV countries preferred.
- Intellectual quickness, curiosity, discipline, resourcefulness and resilience.
- Demonstrated ability to work with efficiency, diplomacy, and flexibility particularly as part of a team. Experience working on teams with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
Other Attributes:
- Strong oral and written communications
- Strong initiative, organizational skills and ability to work autonomously and cross functionally while remaining flexible to changing tasks, priorities, and roles and responsibilities
- Effective meeting and relationship facilitation
- Ability and comfort working within a highly matrixed organization
- Strong negotiating skills
The salary range for this role is $267,000 to $413,800 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 $293,600 to $455,200 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. 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
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Candidate Accommodations
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you have a disability or medical condition and need an accommodation at any stage of the application or interview process—such as an ASL interpreter, alternative interview format, or physical accessibility support—we’re happy to help. Please contact HR@gatesfoundation.org with the position number and a brief description of your accommodation needs. Requests will be handled confidentially.
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.
