Senior Program Officer, Discovery & Drug Development

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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1001 - 5000 employees

We are optimists on a mission to create a world where every person has the chance to live a healthy, productive life.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage a portfolio of grants and investments focused on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and gestational diabetes, from sourcing and diligence through structuring, execution, monitoring, and reporting. • Develop and refine investment strategy in the disease area, identifying gaps, priorities, and high-potential opportunities across discovery, development, and introduction. • Provide scientific and clinical leadership on the biology, risk stratification, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of preeclampsia, other hypertensive disorders, and gestational diabetes. • Partner with grantees and external investigators to design and oversee research, ensuring scientific rigor, ethical standards, and alignment with foundation and country priorities. • Contribute to budgeting, risk management, and sequencing of investments within the portfolio, ensuring effective stewardship of foundation resources. • Track and report on portfolio progress, milestones, and outcomes, translating evidence into strategic recommendations for leadership. • Foster coordination across discovery, clinical, and implementation partners, linking work to related MNCNH programs and the broader maternal morbidity agenda. • Guide the translation of evidence into policy and implementation pathways, working with internal teams and external stakeholders to scale promising interventions. • Represent the Foundation externally, including at scientific meetings, technical advisory groups, and with partner governments, consortia, and industry.

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD, DrPH, MD, OB/GYN or equivalent) in a relevant clinical or scientific discipline; specialized expertise in obstetrics, maternal-fetal medicine, endocrinology, or a related field strongly preferred. • Deep subject-matter expertise in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (including preeclampsia) and/or gestational diabetes, spanning underlying biology, clinical management, and product or intervention development. • Extensive relevant experience in research, drug or product development, clinical practice, or grantmaking, preferably with exposure to low- and middle-income country settings. • Demonstrated experience leading research programs, portfolios, or investments, with the ability to set strategy and make sound funding and prioritization decisions. • Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), research ethics, and the translation of evidence into policy and practice. • Excellent cross-cultural communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across institutions, ministries, industry, and global partners. • Proven track record of managing multi-stakeholder partnerships across academia, governments, and implementing organizations.

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums • generous paid time off • paid family leave • foundation-paid retirement contribution • regional holidays • opportunities to engage in several employee communities