Deputy Director, TB Delivery

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

Our Global Health (GH) division harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on the health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. Where tools exist, we support sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they don’t, we invest in research and development of new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. Our work in infectious diseases focuses on strategies to fight and prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis (TB), neglected tropical diseases, enteric and diarrheal diseases, pneumonia and maternal, newborn and child health.

Our TB and HIV work is combined under a joint TB/HIV Program Strategy Team (PST) which focuses on research, development and delivery of new products and tools. The foundation’s Tuberculosis (TB) team aims to address key gaps along the TB care pathway through new approaches to protecting against infection, preventing progression from infection to disease, and improving diagnosis and treatment. Our efforts are diversified based on the understanding that vaccines, diagnostics, drugs, and innovative healthcare delivery are all essential to addressing the TB epidemic. Planning and introducing these new tools will be central to our activities.

We focus our HIV efforts on some of the countries hardest hit by HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in populations at greatest risk of infection, including adolescent girls and young women. While treatment scale-up has led to significant declines in new infections and mortality, the rate is not rapid enough to reach globally agreed targets and there remains a persistently high incidence and mortality in several countries in SSA. The HIV team’s strategic vision is to accelerate the reduction in the incidence of HIV infection in high-burden geographies and populations, with a focus on the development of new and affordable prevention and treatment interventions, including long-acting drugs, vaccines and biologics, and to enable their effective use.

Your Role

The TB&HIV Delivery Team is recruiting a Deputy Director, TB Delivery, who will support the Director, HIV & TB Delivery and Program Strategy team (PST) in achieving its impact goals by supporting the development and implementation of the foundation’s HIV & TB Delivery portfolio. As the Deputy Director, you will report to the Director, HIV & TB Delivery and will integrate with key technical/functional colleagues within the team and across the matrix (across teams). Responsibilities will include managing the execution of a growing and complex portfolio of investments in HIV & TB Delivery and focus on strengthening partnerships with global health institutions to meet the PST’s strategic objectives. You will work to also entail building the capability of the PST to ensure impact across the HIV & TB Delivery portfolio. You will own the management, integration, & oversight of portfolios of foundation investments (grants and contracts) through a highly matrixed organization while also working with external partners to drive progress toward our goals. You will participate in cross Global Health efforts to enhance our integration, accelerate impact, and maintain a cohesive and dynamic culture.

What You’ll Do

• •Be accountable for innovations in designing and implementing strategies to assist our focus countries to reduce TB incidence and mortality
• •Work with members of the TB delivery team and assist them to plan and execute their strategies with fidelity
• •Work with the team to plan and implement new technologies e.g., diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines as they come on stream
• •Provide strategic guidance in crafting grants and contracts that require research, modeling and analytics
• •Facilitate development of annual and multiyear investment plans and budgets, develop and modify and implement strategies under the leadership of the Director
• •Lead partnerships with internal and external partners and grantees to advance the foundation’s priorities for TB
• •Accountable for the identification and assessment of key portfolio risks and the development and management of mitigation plans
• •Work with foundation leadership as requested to address cross-cutting issues and improve functions and performance
• •Advise, mentor and support colleagues within the TB Delivery team and their grantees in the design, enhancement and execution of the innovation for delivery strategy
• •Participate in and learn from the program strategy and other teams, practice Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) efforts to ensure that we are continuing to make progress towards realizing our commitments.
• •Ability to travel 30% domestically and internationally.

Investment Relationship and Management

• •Identify promising areas of implementation science research and innovation to fill key gaps in our knowledge of the interventions needed for more rapidly reducing the burden of TB as well as develop and/or guide the development of related Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and specific proposals.
• •Provide strategic guidance in crafting grants and contracts that require complex research or analytics.
• •Make and manage investments as requested by the Deputy Director including managing internal processes and progress while ensuring appropriate documentation, budgeting and reporting.
• •Consult with grantees and other partners to maximize the impact of projects and ensure optimal learning.
• •As requested by the Deputy Director, have relationship manager responsibilities with key partners.
• •Contribute to the design of new strategies, collaborations and implementation plans to ensure long-term sustainability and impact.
• •Collaborate with foundation colleagues in related program areas to take advantage of cross-sector grant making opportunities.
• •Conduct high quality interactions and clear and consistent communications with partners in the field.
• •Consult with grantees and other partners to maximize the impact of projects and ensure optimal learning. This may include conducting site visits, providing operational guidance and convening meetings of key stakeholders.
• •Represent the foundation with stakeholders who may include public and private entities, partner organizations, other funders, universities, think tanks and government agencies. May serve on external boards and working groups.

Your Experience

The foundation is seeking a global expert specializing in evidence generation and innovative delivery at national and global levels with a preference for HIV prevention experience. The ideal candidate will be a respected member of the HIV & TB communities.

The ideal candidate should have:

• •Advanced degree, PhD preferably in statistics, data science or epidemiology with at least 10 years of field experience
• •Experience leading and managing and creating a conducive environment for others in the delivery team to learn and grow
• •Experience working in diverse cultural settings
• •Demonstrated experience in delivery value through the utilization quantitative and qualitive data for design and implementation of programs
• •Demonstrated expertise and experience in statistics, modelling, machi