Global Lead, Business Development & Licensing; BD&L

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, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

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, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Business Development & Licensing team provides transaction and negotiating support to the Program Strategy Teams (PSTs) to execute priority agreements with select private sector partners for access to key assets for charitable purpose (excluding Strategic Investment Fund transactions: debt, equity, and volume guarantees). The team focuses on transaction execution for agreements as well as development and consistent implementation of best practices for engagement and negotiation of private sector agreements.

This role will be based out of Seattle, Wa headquarters.

The Global Lead for BD&L will support the foundation’s PST goals to identify and evaluate strategic business partners and licensing opportunities that will help execute and advance our PST strategies, in service to our charitable purpose. You will be accountable for coordinating and negotiating access to key assets and opportunities with both new and existing partners. You will align and partner closely with the program team and subject matter experts to develop appropriate agreement structure integrating the technical risk inherent in innovation projects.

We are looking for a leader to partner with stakeholders focused on digital partnerships with technology companies across the foundation.

• Help structure and co-lead agreement transactions with PSTs that will take innovative digital solutions from the early concept stage through the cycle to commercialization so that data, technology and products can successfully reach the ultimate beneficiaries in our target geographies of those underserved.
• Leverage digital experience to develop and lead all aspects of the execution of business development strategies that are aligned with accessing the priorities and interests of PST and/or Functional Strategy (e.g., global access and licensing of products, platform and enabling technologies, services). Continuing to evolve the foundation’s global access terms such as affordability, access, price, volume commitments which are essential in achieving our PST program goals.
• Leverage experience in negotiating multinational technology company agreements with government…