Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people - especially those with the fewest resources - have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Patty Stonesifer and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Millions of people - most of them children - die each year in developing countries from diseases that are preventable and treatable. Moreover, tragically little research is done to prevent or cure some of the world’s biggest killers, such as malaria and tuberculosis. The foundation is guided by the belief that all lives, no matter where they are lived, have equal value. The mission of our Global Health Program is to encourage the development of lifesaving medical advances and to help ensure they reach the people who are disproportionately affected.

We focus our funding in two main areas:
Access to existing vaccines, drugs, and other tools to fight diseases common in developing countries.
Research to develop health solutions that are effective, affordable, and practical

The Business Officer reports to the Director for the division of Infectious Diseases Development. The position is responsible for leading the operational aspects of the IDD division, including oversight of strategic planning, annual planning and budgeting, ongoing portfolio management, and coordinating business strategy and plans across the IDD division.

The Business Officer will work closely with senior staff within the Infectious Diseases Development team, with other Global Health teams, and externally with grantees. Work efforts will include the preparation and analysis of business plans, financial statements, models, and tools to support team goals, and working closely with and advising staff on a wide range of financial and operational issues. This is a senior position requiring leadership, strategic focus and personal initiative.

Responsibilities:
Annual Planning: Strategy Update and Budgeting
-- Manage the process for strategic planning and budgeting, including articulation of annual strategic priorities.
-- Analyze proposed strategic priorities and budgets, and conduct analyses in the review and approval of the annual plan
-- Develop and maintain the IDD staffing plan in light of emerging strategic priorities and resource constraints.

Portfolio Management: Grants and Contracts Analyses & Reporting
-- Maintain a process for tracking strategic priorities, budgets and performance of funding decisions relative to IDD objectives.
-- Oversee budget analyses for significant grants and contracts by the IDD Business Analysts.
-- Manage process to monitor and report progress on IDD grants, contracts, portfolio performance indicators and outcomes.
-- Establish and maintain a process for monitoring the results of our portfolio of investments, and provide analysis on the impact of changes to strategy in terms of resource allocation.

Strategic & Operational Execution
-- Manage IDD Operations staff, including Business Analysts and Program Coordinators, including the articulation of priorities in support of grantmaking and contracting activities, issue resolution and workload balancing
-- Identify and manage selected strategic and operational projects
-- Manage the preparation for IDD Operations team meetings, including agenda development and follow-up
-- Provide on-boarding support for newly hired IDD Program Officers, including maintenance of training materials on grants and contracts processes
-- Manage space planning and moves for team

Qualifications
-- Masters or Doctorate in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. MBA preferred.
-- Minimum 10 years experience in international business strategy, business development and/or management (including negotiations with collaborators)
-- Experience working for a global health organization, either public or private. Experience working within the pharmaceutical or biotech industries is ideal.
-- Strong experience in working effectively with leadership teams as it pertains to strategy development and operations
-- Strong technical and financial knowledge, including experience creating complex financial models and efficiently communicating data and results to inform sound strategic and tactical decisions, including budgeting, forecasting, and modeling.
-- Experience developing, evaluating, managing, and monitoring business plans, budgets and financial reports.

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