Senior Program Officer, HIV​/TB Delivery & Product Introduction

Senior Program Officer, HIV/TB Delivery & New Product Introduction

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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.

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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 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. We focus our HIV efforts on some of the countries hardest hit by HIV in sub‑Saharan Africa (SSA), 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 As a Senior Program Officer (SPO), HIV/TB Delivery and Introduction, you will lead and manage a dynamic portfolio of grants and investments supporting the scale‑up of HIV prevention and treatment programs, with a strong focus on the introduction and delivery of new biomedical interventions, including long‑acting PrEP as well as new technologies such as AI for self‑care. You will play a central role in setting and executing strategic direction, driving alignment across global and country stakeholders, and ensuring innovative, evidence‑based and sustainable approaches to HIV service delivery.

This includes serving as a liaison with country governments, funders, pharmaceutical companies and key implementing partners in selected priority countries (e.g., Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia).
Note that we are hiring two SPOs to align with the countries listed above and will assign partnerships accordingly to those hired. This role requires strong technical depth across HIV prevention and treatment delivery and hands‑on experience getting new products from evidence to policy to market shaping to service delivery.

• Shape and execute a multi‑year investment strategy spanning primary prevention, testing, and treatment with clear milestones for coverage, equity, cost, and health impact.
• Serve as a strategic advisor within the HIV team on product introduction and delivery and contribute to long‑term vision, investment strategy, and cross‑cutting initiatives (from regulatory policy and licensing to demand generation, training, supply, and M&E).
• Lead introductions of new…