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Gates Foundation · 1 day ago

Senior Program Officer, Nutrition Research & Development

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$234K/yr - $362K/yr

10+ years exp

Gates Foundation is the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. The Senior Program Officer will manage and grow a portfolio of investments focused on advancing technology and product innovations for food fortification programs in low and middle-income countries.

CharityEducationImpact InvestingNon Profit

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Hiring Manager

(Robert) Todd Owens

Responsibilities

Makes and manages investments that are focused on improving large scale food fortification programs through technology and product focused innovation

Develops frameworks to help prioritize investment in various technology domains. Identifies, pursues diligence, and prioritizes nutrition innovations that have the most transformative potential in low and middle income countries (LMICs)

Builds relationships with the scientific community within universities, the private sector, and NGO communities with the goal of advancing our R&D agenda and the agenda of our grantees

Contributes perspective on the external LSFF product innovation ecosystem through participation in conferences, innovation hubs and convenings

Stay abreast of the latest nutritional science and provide scientific input and review of documents that are developed for our Nutrition team, Leadership, and our strategic grantees

Consults with grantees to achieve desired impact of grants; conducts site visits when appropriate, provides technical guidance, convenes meetings and applies and evaluates milestone-based performance objectives. Brings strong governance to track progress on portfolio of investments across partners

Manages complex projects and consortiums of partners along the product development continuum, from early-stage research to technology development, formulation optimization, product development, shelf life and stability, clinical trials, and regulatory approval

Provides critical input into the overall strategic direction of the R&D portfolio to the Nutrition Leadership Team

Prospects and develops complex investment opportunities; manages grants and relationships with grantee partners

Reviews letters of inquiry and grant proposals; provides clear, concise and insightful written recommendations for funding, including drafting and editing proposal summaries and progress reports for existing grants for review by foundation leadership

Manages internal processes and monitors portfolio progress while ensuring appropriate documentation, grant budgeting and reporting, with a focus on operational efficiency and effectiveness for maximizing impact

Prepares briefs and synthesizes existing literature

Partners closely with multiple foundation teams who contribute to the “whole of foundation” approach to nutrition including those focused on maternal and newborn health, food systems, and our country offices – ensuring a coordinated and collaborative effort towards achieving the foundation-wide nutrition sector north star of ‘reductions in morbidity, mortality, and improvements in neurodevelopment status’

Plans, manages, and carries out a wide range of activities in support of internal strategic planning

Serves as a touchpoint, catalyst, and support in questions of technology innovations for LSFF across the Nutrition team, Global Development Division and the broader Foundation

Qualification

Food science & nutritionR&D experienceProduct developmentNutritional sciencesAnalytic skillsStakeholder managementCollaborationTechnical writing

Required

A Master's degree or equivalent demonstrated experience, preferably in food science & nutrition, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or related field

Minimum of 10+ years of R&D and product development experience in the life sciences arena, preferably in nutrition

Demonstrated experience in managing a complex portfolio of research and development products for human health, ideally in the nutritional sciences domain

Demonstrated experience in managing multiple partner interests, with proven ability to lead and influence others in a constructive manner within multi-stakeholder partnerships

Recognized internally and externally through publications and/or presentations as a strong technical contributor to the professional community

Strong research and product development network with scientists in universities, private sector, and NGOs and other relevant entities

Demonstrated understanding of the latest nutritional science and its application to LMIC (Nigeria, Ethiopia and India are our priority countries) and LSFF contexts

Strong analytic skills for interpreting research progress and outputs and guiding projects towards maximum impact

Effective collaborator with experience working in a highly matrix environment

Ability to effectively synthesize dense technical information to reach diverse audiences and build consensus

Applicants for this role will only be considered if they are able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship