Gates Foundation - Senior Program Officer or Program Officer, Tuberculosis

The Role:

As the Senior Program Officer, TB Vaccines, you will report to the Deputy Director, TB vaccines and be able to work in a hybrid remote work arrangement from either our Seattle, WA or Washington DC office. You should be a creative, thoughtful, and curious leader that identifies as a problem solver, trusted business partner, mentor, and subject matter expert for respective technical expertise in infectious disease product development, with primary emphasis on mid- to late-stage clinical development of products being developed primarily for use in lower- and middle-income countries. You will manage, coordinate, and serve as an alliance manager of complex programs that are highly visible to and involve important partners across diverse subject areas and bridge a wide range of expertise with agility, efficiency, and diplomacy in a dynamic environment.

What You’ll Do

•     Work with funding partners to develop new initiatives and calls for proposals to accelerate and support TB vaccine development and implementation

•     Serve as an Alliance Manager with key external partners

•     Serve as a thought partner to the TB Vaccine team on vaccine development challenges, relationship management and product development planning

• Use product development experience, tools and project management skills to enable and encourage effective initiative project planning and tracking

•     Effectively manage relationships with key internal partners within the matrixed organization

•     Provide project management/alliance management support to product development partnerships and programs with other funders

•     Where relevant, manage investments with a predominant product development focus

•     Proactively identify areas of misalignment and lead the process of developing plans to ‘get back on track’

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