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, weโre committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.
The TeamThe People team is a strategic partner in shaping a thriving, inclusive, and high-performing organization. We steward the employee experience across the full talent lifecycleโfrom attracting and developing exceptional talent to strengthening culture, supporting well-being as well as impact, and aligning people strategies with our mission.
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team within the Office of the Chief People Officer is a central functional team made up of advisors, strategists, and enabling partners (i.e., subject matter experts, analysts, communications experts, project managers, and external consultants) to provide foundation-wide direction, governance, tools, and resources to drive the foundationโs DEI strategy and impact. As a foundation, we are working โ to integrate and include a wide variety of voices, ideas, and approaches that will enable our mission to help all people improve their lives. Our renewed DEI strategy focuses on three priorities:
โข Engaging more effectively across differences and contexts. This includes strengthening competencies, tools, and support needed to collaborate inclusively, whether navigating cultural differences or working across our global matrixed organization.
โข Better equipping our organization to forge partnerships for impact. We will strengthen that impact by providing clearer guidance and resources for investment makers and by ensuring that our partners feel supported, valued, and respected and that communities get what they need to thrive.
โข Shared expectations. Clarity on commitment to drive impact, recognize and value all backgrounds, voices, roles, and contributions, and regularly reflect and learn to sustain progress towards our organizational goals and commitments.
Application Deadline: Monday, November 10, 2025
The Senior Officer, DEI is a DEI Subject Matter Expert (SME) and will lead the foundationโs DEI efforts in India and China. This role will act as a thought partner by providing guidance, advice, partnership, and execution support to key stakeholders that include but are not limited to senior leadership, partners, and functional teams for the purpose of continuous improvement in service of increased impact and effectiveness of the foundationโs DEI strategy in country. The SO will design and deliver context specific DEI content that may be used by participants across the foundation. This role requires a deep understanding of the operational realities of both offices and proactive collaboration and vision with senior levels organization-wide to ensure common messaging, sensitivity and shared expectations.
What Youโll Do
- Strategic DEI Leadership: Act as a DEI subject matter expert (SME), providing thought partnership, insights, and guidance to leadership and teams in India and China.
- Planning & Implementation: Lead the development and implementation of the DEI strategy and workstreams for teams in India and China.
- Advisory & Consultation: Partner with senior leadership, working groups, and regional leads to drive progress on strategic priorities while aligning closely with the foundationโs overarching approach.
- DEI Integration into Business Functions: Collaborate across multiple teams and divisions to ensure priorities such as engaging across differences and contexts are connected to operational, talent management, and programmatic efforts.
- Cultural & Regional Alignment: Provide context-specific DEI guidance, ensuring initiatives reflect the global and local landscape.
- Partnership & Engagement: Collaborate with internal teams (i.e. DEI, Office of the Chief People Officer) and external consultants to develop resources and tools.
- Change Management & Capability Building: Collaborate with HR Business Partners to support people, managers and leadership and teams in fostering an inclusive culture through coaching, tools, and structured initiatives.
- DEI Content Design and Delivery: Lead context (including diverse voices from the local communities) informed DEI content development and facilitate learning and engagement efforts.
- DEI portfolio and partner management: Manage external partners, contracts, and portfolios that support the DEI strategy in both India and China.
Your Experience
- Bachelorโs degree or equivalent experience in a related field with a minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in DEI or a closely related discipline at a senior level.
- Experience designing, implementing tools, processes, learning agendas, and indicators that are aligned with organizational strategies and priorities, and drive meaningful impact.
- Experience developing and facilitating dialogue sessions, learning spaces, and staff engagement initiatives, especially for global organizations and contexts.
- An ability to establish leadership credibility and build trusted relationships with leaders and employees at all levels of an organization to influence approach and behavior shifts.
- Experience thinking critically, objectively, and strategically about opportunities and developing alternate paths to solutions. Ability to be agile and prioritize under pressure.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a considerable workload, achieve results and drive complex work to conclusion, including getting results through others.
- Experience operating effectively in a high pressure and collaborative environment. Outstanding interpersonal skills and humility, and a demonstrated ability to work with efficiency and diplomacy, and lead and influence individuals from a diverse group of backgrounds and at different levels.
- Ability to communicate effectively and lead change management.
- Capable of using and adapting DEI expertise across multiple geographies and cultural contexts.
Other Attributes
- Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and adaptability across diverse cultural, geographic, and operational contexts, with a proven commitment to development issues and the highest standards of integrity.
- Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.
Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.
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Hiring Requirements
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Candidate Accommodations
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Inclusion Statement
We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion โ of voices, ideas, and approaches โ and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.
All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.