Lead, Health Security

Location: New York

## Lead, Health Security Apply locations:
New York:
Geneva time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 24 Days Agojob requisition :
R4011

* Please Note:

This role requires the ability to work on site 3 days per week per company policy.
** The annual salary range for this role is $,000 in New York.
*** This is a grant funded position that ends on January 31 2029.
** The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation.

The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
** Why we are recruiting
** The Forum`s Centre for Health & Healthcare (CHH) helps identify and scale up solutions for more resilient, efficient, and equitable healthcare systems to deliver the best possible care and keep global populations healthy. The CHH community brings together global leaders to engage in key global issues.

At the Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos in January 2026, the CHH launched the Pandemic Preparedness Engine (PPX), an ambitious global initiative designed to accelerate how the world prepares for biological threats by Hosted by the Forum’s Health Security Initiative. PPX is the world’s first global, AI-factory-based platform designed to identify infectious disease risk and accelerate the G7-endorsed 100 Days Mission to develop vaccines against viral threats within 100 days of identification.

The Forum is recruiting a subject matter expert to serve as a
** Lead, Health Security**.  This role sits at the intersection of science, strategy, and partnership. It will focus on translating health security priorities into actionable, real-world applications—working with pharmaceutical, biotech, and AI technology partners to design and scale the PPX platform and accelerate countermeasure R&D.
** Reporting lines and interactions
** This position will report to the Head, Resilient Healthcare, and sit within a core project team of three, with additional subject matter expertise provided by a network of secondees
** Main responsibilities
*** Support the strategic development and positioning of the Pandemic Preparedness Engine (PPX) as an AI-enabled platform linking disease intelligence to vaccine development
* Lead engagement with pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics, and scientific partners to translate platform capabilities (e.g., AI, federated data systems) into practical R&D and decision-making applications aligned with real-world development workflow
* Advance end-to-end vaccine and therapeutic R&D use cases, translating platform capabilities into practical applications from discovery and design through regulatory submission
* Contribute to the development of governance structures, sustainability models, and operating frameworks to support the long-term scale and institutionalization of PPX
* Establish and manage high-level Expert Advisory Committees and an Executive Board to provide strategic guidance, and ensure PPX is embedded into national, regional and global agendas and systems
* Contribute to strategic communications and high-level engagements (e.g., Davos, ministerial dialogues) to position PPX as a scalable, industry-relevant global public good
** The successful candidate will be assessed on
*** Ability to navigate the complexity of a matrix organization and leverage synergies across functional competences and thematic content.
* Agile coordination of Forum communities and partners, integrating multiple views and evolving and innovating within a rapidly shifting context.
* Ability to support the development and management of strategic partnerships with leading businesses, governments, and international organizations,
** Preferred requirements and experience**
* ** Advanced…