Senior Program Officer, Markets

Tags: climate change Environment
  • Added Date: Thursday, 03 April 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 TeamThe Global Growth & Opportunity division works to catalyze sustainable transformative change in the face of inequities and market failures, to realize the potential of untapped markets, and to see the economic and social benefits of including everyone. We focus on the areas of Agricultural Development; Inclusive Financial Systems; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Nutrition; Global Education; and Digital Public Infrastructure. We seek solutions that are sustainable, transformative, and inclusive with an eye toward applying technology innovations as well as data evidence to drive change in the worldโ€™s developing countries.

Agriculture Development
The Agricultural Development (AgDev) program strategy team (PST) aims to catalyze country-led, inclusive, agricultural transformation (IAT) by developing and scaling products, services, policies, and system-wide innovations that increase productivity and income of small-scale producers (SSPs), empower women, improve nutritional outcomes, and increase resilience to climate change. We want farmers in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA) to be empowered with the knowledge, tools, and technologies to improve their livelihoods and lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Your Role
The Senior Program Officer, Markets (SPO) will be an inspiring leader in shaping inclusive markets for the Agricultural Development program and manage a portfolio of investments catalyzing inclusive agricultural growth. They will play a leading role in advancing the green fertilizer program area. The Agricultural Delivery Systems team works to accelerate geographically-relevant breakthrough innovations and systems enablers that unlock SSP productivity and resilience. One of these is decentralized green fertilizer, including decentralized green ammonia and plasma nitrates. Our goal is to significantly reduce the price of nitrogen fertilizer in SSA and increase nitrogen application rates, thereby increasing farmersโ€™ yields and incomes. โ€‹

We have an immediate need to identify a highly qualified candidate for this 11-month limited term employment (LTE) role with competitive base compensation plus a generous benefits package. This role is ideally based in Seattle, WA but we may also be open to a remote-US located employee. This position is ineligible for relocation benefits. The application deadline is 5 PM PT on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

What You'll Do

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