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Gates Foundation · 2 weeks ago

Senior Program Officer, Digital Health and AI (12-month LTE*)

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$209K/yr - $323K/yr

8+ years exp

Gates Foundation is the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. The Senior Program Officer, Digital Health and AI will lead efforts to embed AI into HIV prevention and treatment programs, ensuring that new digital and AI-driven solutions are technically sound and scalable across low- and middle-income countries.

CharityEducationImpact InvestingNon Profit

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop and operationalize the Foundation’s digital health and AI strategy for HIV and TB, with a focus on self-care, consumer-facing applications, program performance and program intelligence

Define high-priority AI use cases for HIV/TB programs, such as digital adherence support, stigma-free conversational agents, provider decision support, improving program efficiency and real-time surveillance systems

Align HIV/TB AI efforts with the Foundation’s broader AI Taskforce and Core AI strategy, ensuring program relevance and technical coherence

Design and scale AI-enabled self-care models that empower individuals in HIV and TB prevention, testing, and treatment adherence

Ability to model or provide support to modelers to estimate the value add of AI applications

Develop tools that support autonomy, confidentiality, and long-term engagement in care (e.g., digital adherence platforms, patient decision aids, self-testing support)

Integrate AI-driven self-care approaches into the introduction of new HIV and TB prevention and treatment products (e.g., Lenacapavir, MK-8527)

Manage a portfolio of AI and digital health investments for HIV/TB, ensuring impact, scalability, and alignment with global health priorities

Establish evaluation frameworks, regulatory pathways, and ethical safeguards for AI in HIV and TB self-care

Lead and/or advise on clinical evaluations and pilots of AI-enabled tools, ensuring rigor, safety, and contextual fit in LMICs

Contribute to the development of digital epidemiologic tools (e.g., AI-powered HIV prevalence surveys, community-level surveillance)

Build and maintain partnerships with governments, regulators, NGOs, funders, academic institutions, and private sector innovators to advance responsible AI adoption in HIV programs

Represent HIV/TB Delivery within cross-foundation AI discussions and taskforces, ensuring HIV priorities are integrated into larger AI strategies

Advocate for responsible and equitable AI adoption in global HIV/TB discourse

Identify, test, and scale AI solutions that address workforce shortages, service delivery gaps, and stigma-related barriers in HIV/TB care

Ensure that AI investments build resilient digital health ecosystems and integrate seamlessly with broader HIV/TB delivery strategies

Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring HIV/TB programming benefits from cutting-edge but context-appropriate innovations

Qualification

AI strategy developmentDigital health solutionsHIV/TB program expertiseGlobal health experienceAI/ML applicationsSelf-care innovationsStakeholder engagementProgram managementEvaluation frameworksTechnical advising