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
Vaccines are a core priority of the Gates Foundation and can save millions of lives a year when delivered effectively. The mission of our Immunization program strategy team is to urgently reach children, adolescents, and adults -- no matter where they live -- with the vaccines they need. Our goal is a world free of vaccine-preventable diseases, and we do this by working with countries, development partners, and civil society organizations, to make sure that vaccines and immunization are effectively prioritized and delivered. Robust and resilient immunization programs are essential to achieving the promise of vaccination and are a cornerstone of primary health care, and we work to ensure that there are sufficient, affordable supplies to meet demand. We seek to bring fresh opinions to challenging problems as we focus on results that can be delivered at scale. All our work on vaccines and immunization contributes to ia2030, which is a vision and commitment by the global community to extend the full benefits of immunization to all by 2030.
This position reports to the Deputy Director, Strategy, Planning and Management.
This is a limited-term position for 11 months. Relocation will not be provided.
Your Role
The Program Manager for Strategy, Planning & Management is responsible for supporting the strategic and operational aspects of the Immunization team, including strategic planning processes, annual planning and budgeting, ongoing pipeline and portfolio management, business analysis and the coordination of business strategies across the Foundation. This role will partner with the Deputy Director of Strategy, Planning, & Management (SPM) and the Senior Strategy Officer to lead activities related to strategic portfolio advisory, portfolio management and execution, and key business operations. The Program Manager, SPM plays a pivotal role in connecting the operational and financial processes to strategy decisions, providing recommendations and support to leadership on effective coordination of these processes and alignment to strategic goals.
What You'll Do

• Develop and supervise portfolio investment, financial, and operational processes, including budget management and forecasting, team rhythm of the business (ROB) and continuous business process improvement.
• Consult/strategize with Immunization leadership team and DDSPM to enhance impact of investment and financial processes on the team and ensure optimal learning, decision making, and collaboration.
• Work closely with Program Coordinators, Program Financial Managers, and Senior/Program Officers to ensure data integrity in foundation systems and accurate tracking against critical attributes for ongoing financial forecasting and portfolio reporting.
• Promote prioritization, efficiency, and productivity on the team by providing leadership and support in process development and continuous improvement, implementation and improvement of tools, analysis, reporting and organizational change.
• Maintain understanding of and alignment with cross-foundation operational initiatives and integrate program team members and processes to increase impact. Responsible for being the primary liaison between the program and business partners including Enterprise Business Management, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Grants & Contracts Services-regarding business processes, financial reporting, forecasting, and related systems, and tools required for business and operational success.
• Help prepare materials for Strategy Review and Annual Planning in partnership with the DDSPM and Senior Strategy Officer, Financial Program Managers, as well as the Immunization Leadership Team. Lead project management of Annual Planning process and deliverables.
• Lead coordination and engagement with SPM counterparts on matrixed teams (Regional & Country Offices, Program & Advocacy, and other foundation program teams) to propose and implement solutions to address business operations issues and ongoing strategic alignment on shared work.
• Support the facilitation of designing tools to measure pipeline and progress towards strategic outcomes, performing the analytical process for regular updates, and tracking of results for various intended audiences.
• As needed, design and lead special projects in support of team operations and/or in support of programmatic investments and portfolios.
• Cultivate diverse, equitable and inclusive practices to create a work environment where everyone can do their best work in contributing towards our impact. Assist with the Immunization Team's Gender Integration Working Group and ensure gender intentional work is integrated into ongoing team practices and rhythm of the business.

Your Experience

• Sophisticated project management skills, particularly for strategy development, execution planning, and business process redesign projects, and a successful track record of leading or running multiple projects simultaneously.
• Enjoy working on difficult problems and collectively creating solutions that have the potential for ground-breaking change.
• Strong consultative and advisory skills. Proven excellence in influence and leadership, ability to build trust, be a team leader and player who motivates and educates other team members and understands the value of interpersonal relationship building.
• Technically proficient and creative; successful in both collaboration and as an independent problem solver.
• Ability to prioritize, focus and achieve results in a fluid, fast paced and sophisticated environment.
• Financial savvy plus budget development, financial analysis, and operational leadership skills.
• Ability to build structures and develop frameworks to increase clarity and visibility of decisions, trade-offs and impact on financial and organizational resources.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with the ability to effectively synthesize information to reach a diverse audience.
• Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.

The salary range for this role is $137,500 to $206,200 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 $149,800 to $224,600 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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Hiring Requirements
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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.