Senior Manager, Strategy & Implementation Management
gates foundationSeattle (WA)
Senior Manager, Strategy & Implementation Management
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gates foundationSeattle (WA)
SENIORITY
Manager
About the role
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
The Philanthropic Partnerships team (PPT) works to mobilize resources and build the next generation of champions for global health and development (GH&D), ensuring that philanthropy helps the world’s most vulnerable children survive and thrive. Alongside this, we help advance philanthropy and grow giving around the world, strengthening the broader philanthropic ecosystem through issue agnostic communities such as The Giving Pledge. Our strategy is designed to close the gap between intent and action, ensuring philanthropy supports lasting change. We engage with ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI), corporate and private foundations, philanthropic collaboratives, advisors, family offices, and social impact investors — through initiatives such as Gates Philanthropy Partners, Proponent Labs, and others that enhance the infrastructure for GH&D giving. Over the next five years, the majority of our work will focus on mobilizing resources for GH&D priorities, including: expanding our approaches and partnerships to unlock more capital; growing our work across global regions; and cultivating the next generation of GH&D champions - while continuing to strengthen philanthropic ecosystems and grow giving globally.
Your Role:
The Senior Manager enables the Philanthropic Partnerships Team to translate strategic vision into practical and coordinated execution across seven global markets: North America, India, China, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. This role sits within the Strategy, Planning & Management (SPM)function, which drives strategy development, planning, performance monitoring, and operational excellence at the Foundation. You will guide and facilitate business planning processes, manage the team’s portfolio of investments, strengthen organizational systems, and lead business improvement initiatives that enhance impact, alignment, and collaboration. You will be part of a 41-person team, that works across the foundation’s global offices and stewards an annual budget of $47m. You will manage a team of four program assistants who support the day-to-day operations of the team. Our preference is for this role to be based in Seattle, WA (with secondary preference for Washington, DC). Remote work arrangement is not available. Relocation assistance can be provided for a hired candidate not living within a commutable distance to our offices. Visa support is not available. Applications accepted until 5 PM Pacific Time on November
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