Senior Strategy Officer, Data and Technology Adoption
The Gender Equality (GE) Division at the Gates Foundation aims 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. Within the division, the Data and Technology Adoption (DATA) team strengthens decision-making to improve the health and well-being of women and girls, acting as both an investment maker and a functional service provider. It provides deep functional expertise to program strategy teams and regional country offices, develops public goods and platforms with high impact potential, and explores new paths to improve women's and girls' health and economic outcomes.
The Senior Strategy Officer leads high-impact projects in collaboration with directors and deputy directors to define, refine, and execute priority strategic projects and initiatives. The role shapes and drives strategy efforts, providing strategic thought partnership, project management, analytical support, content development, and facilitation, and leads complex projects involving stakeholders across foundation teams and external partners.
Responsibilities:
- Scope, design, lead, and evaluate multiple concurrent strategic projects as a day-to-day senior manager of strategy development.
- Build productive relationships with partner teams, technical experts, and country offices, and act as an ambassador for the DATA team and the Gender Equality Division.
- Partner with the DATA Management Team to identify opportunities for accelerated programmatic impact and tee up recommendations for leadership.
- Advise program staff on partner management, research and analysis, and content development in support of priority investments.
- Ensure the team has the right processes, collaboration models and culture; facilitate meetings and align team work with division and foundation expectations.
- Lead development of materials for strategy reviews, annual planning, learning sessions, and engagements with foundation leadership.
- Improve efficiency through process development, tools, analysis, reporting, and change management.
- Contribute as an active member of the Gender Equality Strategy, Planning, and Management cohort.
Requirements:
- Minimum of five years of strategy development experience, including at least three years leading strategy development and implementation projects at a top-tier management consulting firm, or equivalent expertise.
- Advanced professional degree or equivalent demonstrated experience in a relevant field such as global health, data and engineering, economics, or business administration.
- Mastery of structured problem solving and strategic planning; strong ability to turn analysis into compelling visualizations and narratives.
- Knowledge of global development and DATA's focus areas (global health data systems, AI and digital connectivity, research methods, economic evaluation); in-country or grant-making experience is a plus.
- Excellent organizational, facilitation, and communication skills; strong Microsoft Office skills.
- Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.
Salary range: $190,100 to $294,700 USD ($209,100 to $324,100 USD in Seattle and Washington D.C.).
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the Gates Foundation careers portal (Workday). Requisition ID: B021775. Candidates must be able to legally work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
https://gatesfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Gates/job/Seattle-WA/Senior-Strategy-Officer--Data-and-Technology-Adoption_B021775-1/apply