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
The Gender Equality Division’s mission is to ensure women and girls in Africa and South Asia can enjoy good health, make their own choices, earn their own money, and be leaders in their societies. The Gender Equality (GE) Division builds off our existing strengths as a foundation in areas like global health and data, partnering closely with all our global divisions.
The Gender Impact Accelerators (GIA) team includes the Data & Insights portfolio and the Digital Connectivity portfolio. The aspirations of these teams are described below:
• Gender Data & Insights brings health and economic data expertise to bear to advance GE division goals by supporting generation of primary data and novel research, stronger in-country modelling capabilities, and a deliberate, strategic approach to leveraging AI. The team also provides in-house modelling support, develops data platforms/tools as a public good, and helps drive a data-driven culture across the division.
• The Digital Connectivity team aims to reduce the gender gap in digital adoption for women and girls to drive productive use of digital technology to advance the Gates Foundation’s health and development goals. The team is currently a learning agenda with a data and evidence pillar and a partnerships pillar.
Your Role
You lead high-impact projects in collaboration with directors and deputy directors to define, refine, and execute against priority strategic projects and initiatives. You are responsible for shaping and driving strategy efforts, including providing strategic thought partnership, project management, analytical support, content development, and facilitation. You will lead on complex projects that involve stakeholders from different foundation teams and at times include external partners. You’ll also provide ad hoc support as needed for shorter-term strategy needs that emerge, including supporting the team on priority investments and leadership touchpoints. This may require developing content, conducting analysis, making and managing investments, and coordinating across partners internal and external to the foundation.
What You'll Do
- Lead strategic thinking and problem solving for a collaborative functional team; build strong partnerships with internal teams, technical experts, and country offices.
- Scope, lead, and execute high-priority strategic initiatives in partnership with GIA leadership and key stakeholders—this includes ongoing thought leadership, stakeholder engagement, research and analysis, content development, and potentially investment-related decision-making.
- Contribute to initiatives such as leveraging AI to advance foundation goals; researching economic interventions' impact on health outcomes for women and girls; and shaping a long-term vision for sustainable, country-led health and development data systems.
- Deeply engage in programmatic work to quickly build context and accelerate impact.
- Design and implement creative approaches to guide group processes, manage conflict, and foster alignment.
- Use strategic frameworks and critical thinking to assess options, challenge assumptions, and inform decisions.
- Model inclusive behaviors, support a strong team culture, and elevate concerns to the appropriate stakeholders as needed.
- Lead the development of high-quality communications—including strategy reviews, learning sessions, and leadership briefings—by synthesizing input, crafting recommendations, and ensuring clarity and rigor in deliverables.
- Collaborate closely with the Sr. Manager overseeing strategic planning, investment development, and operational processes such as budgeting, forecasting, and annual planning.
Your Experience
- An advanced degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as global health, data and engineering, or business administration
- Expertise aligned with GIA’s focus areas, including global health data systems, AI, research methods, and digital connectivity
- Broad understanding of global health and economic development; experience working in-country or with grantmaking is a plus
- Demonstrated mastery of strategy development and end-to-end project management, including process design, team structure, stakeholder engagement, and creation of strategic communications
- Experience leading large, complex projects independently, particularly within a strategy consulting environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure complex challenges, develop strategic frameworks, and generate insights
- Proven ability to translate analysis into persuasive narratives, visualizations, and presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Quick learner with the ability to synthesize new content, identify patterns and implications, and collaborate effectively across internal and external teams
- Skilled in navigating ambiguity, constructively challenging ideas, and driving clarity in unstructured situations
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and organizational skills; adept at working across cultures, languages, and geographic distances
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly in using visuals (tables, charts, graphs) to convey complex ideas
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally
*Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.
The salary range for this role is $169,700 to $254,500 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 $185,000 to $277,400 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hire salaries are typically between the range minimum and the 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
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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.