Global Strategy Lead, Data & Impact

Gates Foundation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 295,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and 100

Paid time off and family leave

Foundation-paid retirement plan

Regional holidays and employee clubs

Job summary

The Gates Foundation in Seattle seeks a senior strategy professional to lead high-impact, global health and data initiatives. You will shape strategy, manage complex projects, and partner with cross-functional teams and external partners to accelerate program impact.

This role requires at least five years in strategy development, an advanced degree, and strong analytical and communication skills. Travel up to 20% domestically and internationally is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of strategy development and implementation experience.
• Advanced degree or equivalent demonstrated experience in a relevant field.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, lead, and evaluate multiple concurrent strategic projects, acting as a day-to-day senior manager of strategy development on a highly collaborative functional team.
• Liaise with internal collaborators to build productive relationships with partner teams, technical experts, and country offices; serve as an effective ambassador for the DATA team, the broader Gender Equality Division, and our work.
• Partner with the DATA Management Team to identify opportunities for accelerated programmatic impact, both internally and externally, including scoping potential new areas of work, and teeing up choices, recommendations, and resulting implications for leadership.
• Serve as an engaged thought partner to program staff, advising and executing as needed on plans for partner management, research & analysis, and content development in support of priority investment and team goals.
• Ensure the team has the right processes, touchpoints, collaboration models and culture to advance strategic priorities, including facilitating meetings and aligning team level work with division and foundation expectations.
• As needed, lead collaborative processes to develop and coordinate materials for strategy reviews, annual planning, learning sessions, and other formal and informal engagements with foundation leadership; set a high bar for quality and rigor in slides, memos, and other team communications.
• Promote efficiency and productivity on the team by providing leadership and support in process development and improvement, implementation and improvement of tools, analysis, reporting, and change management.
• Serve as an active member of the Gender Equality Strategy, Planning, and Management (SPM) cohort, applying expertise across multiple SPM capabilities and contributing to strategy, planning, team operations, and other cross-functional priorities as needed to advance division goals.
• Promote inclusive team culture by modeling collaborative behaviors and surfacing issues transparently and constructively.

Skills

Strategic problem solving

Stakeholder management

Data visualization

Communication

Project leadership

Microsoft Office

Education

Advanced degree

Job description

The Gates Foundation in Seattle seeks a senior strategy professional to lead high-impact, global health and data initiatives. You will shape strategy, manage complex projects, and partner with cross-functional teams and external partners to accelerate program impact.

This role requires at least five years in strategy development, an advanced degree, and strong analytical and communication skills. Travel up to 20% domestically and internationally is expected.