Manager, Strategy & Implementation Management, Exemplars in Global Health (LTE)

Tags: Global Health Environment
  • Added Date: Thursday, 02 October 2025
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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, weโ€™re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The TeamExemplars in Global Health (EGH) is a global initiative that helps public health decision-makers learn from successful โ€œpositive outliers.โ€ EGH identifies countries that have achieved exceptional progress in health outcomes, analyzes the drivers behind their success, and shares insights to inform strategic decisions, policymaking, and funding allocation. EGH operates through two primary verticals:

Research & Content (R&C): In-depth research across global health topics.

Partnerships & Insights (P&I): Translating research into policy impact by engaging stakeholders, strengthening partnerships, and disseminating findings.

Through a global network of partners, EGHโ€™s research covers maternal, newborn, and child health; epidemic preparedness and response; health systems strengthening; womenโ€™s health, health equity, and nutrition; and climate-resilient health systems. Originally incubated at Gates Ventures, EGH transitioned to the Gates Foundation in July 2025.

This role will also support the newly created Center of Excellence (COE) for Primary Healthcare within the Exemplars team, which leverages technical expertise in foundational health systems reforms, stakeholder partnerships, and service delivery innovation to drive an investment portfolio focused on insight generation and development/uptake of public goods to improve access, quality, and efficiency in primary healthcare. The COE will also provide technical assistance internally to other foundation teams to support health systems-related investments and priorities.

Your Role

As Manager, S&I, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the integrated EGH team and the Center of Excellence to define its new working model and execute its ambitious agenda. We are looking for a team player with a great attitude! Specifically, you will be responsible for supporting the strategic and operational aspects of the team, including support for our investment pipeline, research prioritization, and learning initiative portfolios; managing the program coordinator team; leading engagement with business partners; management of core business processes and the onboarding of new team members. You will also support the definition of annual processes to monitor and report on progress across the research and investment pipeline. You will also support the teamโ€™s efforts to continue developing our integrated team culture and collaboration, as well as work to right size team processes and communication to ensure the efficient, transparent, and effective functioning of our team.

This position reports to the Deputy Director, Strategy Planning & Management, EGH.

*This position is a limited-term position for 11 months. Relocation will not be provided.

What Youโ€™ll Do

Annual Planning & Portfolio Management:

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