Senior Strategy Officer, Exemplars in Global Health

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The Global Development Division (GD) works with partners to expand access to life‑saving health products and services in under‑resourced communities, supporting countries in strengthening health systems and advancing essential services for women, children, and families. The division includes teams focused on Emergency Response, Exemplars in Global Health, Global Health Agencies and Funds, Immunization, and Polio – stewarding approximately $1.5billion in annual grant funding across a team of roughly 185 staff.

The Exemplars in Global Health (EGH) team equips decision‑makers with the evidence, insights, and practical “know‑how” needed to accelerate and scale interventions that improve the health of the world’s most vulnerable populations. Working with a global network of partners, EGH identifies and studies exemplars and standard methodologies across health outcomes, primary health care systems, and service delivery strategies. Through rigorous research, evidence synthesis, and timely analysis, EGH translates lessons from what works into actionable insights that help policymakers, practitioners, and funders strengthen systems, improve service delivery, and address pressing global health challenges.

We pursue this through:

• The study of “positive outliers”—identifying countries or regions that have achieved exceptional progress in health outcomes and analyzing the drivers behind their success;
• The study of emerging practices with global learning value, using prospective research and real‑time analytics alongside implementation to meet the ambition of ‘learning by doing’;
• The provision of internal advisory services to support teams in pursuit of the foundation’s three goals toward 2045;
• External partnerships to scale exemplary practices with governments, policymakers, global health initiatives, and multilateral development banks.

The Senior Strategy Officer (SSO), EGH provides programmatic strategy leadership for the team. This role is focused on shaping EGH’s programmatic direction—leading and supporting initiative‑level strategy development, defining and prioritizing EGH’s Bodies of Work, and preparing and orchestrating engagement with the foundation’s most senior decision‑makers—the GD President, the CEO, and the Chair—on EGH strategy. This role partners closely with EGH leadership, with Program Strategy Teams (PSTs) and Regional and Country Offices (RCOs), and with strategy, planning, and operational colleagues across the foundation.

It requires someone who can operate at a topline strategic level and translate strategy into concrete, prioritized, well‑sequenced Bodies of Work (BoWs) and decision‑ready materials. This role reports to the Deputy Director for Strategy, Planning and Management (DDSPM) in EGH.

Lead iterative definition and refinement of EGH’s program strategy. Working with the Director and DDSPM, support iterative adaptation in response to changes in the internal and external environment, and lessons learned from our investments and research.

Develop initiative‑level strategies and BoWs, in partnership with EGH’s leadership team (EGH LT). Ensure initiative‑level strategies and BoWs are analytically rigorous, logically sound, and tied to foundation goals and to PST and RCO priorities.

Lead a collaborative process to develop materials for portfolio reviews, strategy reviews, annual…