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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Senior Officer, Product Integration, IDev (24 month LTE) 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
The Gates Foundation Global Health 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 shown 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, biologics, 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 and pneumonia. These strategies are supported by functional teams that focus on Discovery & Translational Sciences, Vaccine Development & Surveillance, Integrated Development (IDev), and Innovation Introduction.
Integrated Development
The Integrated Development (IDev) team comprises 4 technical domains: Quantitative Sciences, Regulatory Affairs, Decision, Analyze, Communicate (DAC), Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC). IDev plays a significant role in advancing the development of products and interventions that support our disease team strategies across Global Health.
Your Role
Senior Officer, Product Integration will provide strategic and operational support to the Product Integration Lead (PIL) and the IDev leadership team in enabling smooth execution of our product development priorities. You will ensure that product development teams across the Foundation receive crucial strategic and operational support from all four IDev domains. This role is critical in leading cross-functional alignment, supervising program progress, coordinating critical initiatives, and ensuring efficient portfolio processes.
Your core responsibilities include supporting the PIL in fostering collaboration across IDev domains, building strong relationships with diverse product development teams, understanding their specific needs, and communicating the advantages for implementation of IDev’s expertise. You will support coordination of the domains in delivering impactful assistance, ensuring all efforts integrated and aligned with the Foundation’s overarching goal of improving access to quality health products in low-resource settings. Additionally, you will orchestrate initiatives to continuously gather feedback and implement improvements to optimize support, considering all of this in the context of growing applications for GenAI / LLM / Agents.
This is a 24-month limited-term position based in Seattle, WA. Relocation will be provided.
What You’ll Do
This Senior Officer, Product Integration will partner closely with the PIL to ensure effective and impactful cross-domain IDev support for product development teams at the foundation.
Strategy Development & Execution:
Aid the PIL and IDev leadership in planning, executing, and handling operations.
Assist in defining and refining product support offerings and tracking support impact.
Develop frameworks for evaluating product support opportunities and optimizing portfolio investments.
Lead cross-domain initiatives related to product support integration and organizational change.
Portfolio & Product Management Support
Partner with IDev domains and PIL to ensure product development teams receive timely support.
Supervise product development progress, ensuring alignment with global health objectives.
Maintain a dashboard for portfolio progress and key decision points.
Provide analytic and research support to facilitate data-driven decision-making.
Business Operations & Process Improvement
Optimize internal processes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of product support integration efforts.
Identify gaps in execution and recommend solutions to improve cross-domain collaboration and efficiency.
Implement operational processes such using GenAI / LLM / Agents to automate business workflows.
Lead budget management, financial analysis, and operational planning for product support initiatives.
Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management
Serve as a liaison between product teams and IDev domains, ensuring seamless integration of support.
Establish relationships with key internal and external partners to facilitate alignment and collaboration.
Organize and facilitate cross-functional team meetings, working groups, and leadership discussions.
Act as a trusted advisor to IDev leadership and PIL, providing insights to guide decision-making.
Communication & Knowledge Management
Develop and maintain strategy and portfolio review materials for leadership meetings.
Create and handle content for internal communications, presentations, and training materials.
Ensure effective dissemination of product support insights, standard processes, and lessons learned.
Support knowledge-sharing initiatives to enhance cross-team learning and collaboration.
Your Experience
We are looking for people who enjoy the challenge of working on problems to create solutions that have the potential for groundbreaking change. We seek a self-starter with validated program/project management skills who can enable IDev’s product support strategy.
Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public health, life sciences, or a related field. Master’s degree (MPH, MBA, MS, or equivalent) preferred.
7+ years of experience in program/project management, business operations, or execution planning; preferably in global health, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, or biotechnology.
Experience handling sophisticated product development programs, cross-functional teams, and business processes.
Familiarity with clinical development processes, regulatory pathways, and integrated product development planning.
Strong partner management skills, with the ability to collaborate across scientific, regulatory, and operational teams.
Proven track record of driving critical initiatives, process improvement, and operational excellence.
Strong financial competence, with experience in budget management, resource planning, and support impact tracking.
Exceptional communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to identify, organize, and frame issues clearly for discussion and decision making.
High adaptability and ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Passion for the Foundation’s values with a commitment to deliver results against our mission.
Experience in using GenAI / LLM / Agents to automate operational tasks to reduce resource burden and improve efficiency
Background in management consulting, change management, or product development strategy.
This role will require up to 10% domestic and international travel for meetings, conferences, and convenings.
**Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.
The salary range for this role is $169,700.00 to $254,500.00 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 $185,00.00 to $277,400.00 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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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.