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Gates Foundation · 21 hours ago

Associate Strategy Officer, Foundation Strategy Office

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$130K/yr - $195K/yr

Gates Foundation is the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. As an Associate Strategy Officer, you will support critical strategy projects by conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses, communicating insights, and managing clients to develop and launch new foundation strategies and initiatives.

CharityEducationImpact InvestingNon Profit

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Employ strategic resources to develop and assess options, ensure sound reasoning, and challenge assumptions

Liaise closely with internal clients to co-develop and test strategy concepts and facilitate organizational change

Support the implementation of creative solutions to guide strategic decisions, team operations, and ways of working

Contribute to the identification and implementation of research and analytical methodologies to support decision-making

Support (Sr.) Strategy Officers with the day-to-day ownership of the strategic process and mobilization of discrete bodies of work

Regularly contribute to team development “extra 10s”, such as team vision and goal refinement, professional development, training, recruiting, onboarding, team social events, retreats, foundation-wide activities, etc

Qualification

Strategic planningProject managementMicrosoft OfficeExcel proficiencyConsulting experienceAnalytical methodologiesCultural sensitivityCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in strategic planning and consulting

Experience at a top-tier management consulting firm

Deep knowledge of and strengths in strategy development and end-to-end sophisticated project management

Optimally work with sensitivity across barriers such as language, culture, and distance

Software skills with Microsoft Office applications, including a proven track record to convey information using supporting tables, graphs, and other visual representations

Knowledge and proficiency in Excel, Stata, or similar

Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally

Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship