Senior Program Officer, Federal Relations; LTE

Position: Senior Program Officer, Federal Relations (10-month LTE*)
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.

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

The Team The mission of the Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) division is to understand and shape the public policy debates affecting the foundation's work, build support for its major program and policy objectives, and develop partnerships and alliances that can advance the foundation's objectives nationally and globally. Because the foundation's resources alone are not enough to solve the challenges ahead, GPA also supports advocacy efforts to engage diverse stakeholders and promote innovative solutions that advance our program goals. 

We work in close partnership with grantees, our colleagues in the Global Health, Global Development, Global Growth & Opportunity, U.S. and Gender Equality programs and Foundation Communications to build the environment in which all people have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives. The North America Team develops and executes policy, advocacy, communications and government relations strategies to build political support and advance domestic and global programmatic priorities that are funded by, or executed within, the United States, Canada, and the United Nations.

Final date to receive applications:
Friday, November 13, 2026

Your Role As Senior Program Officer, you report to the Deputy Director, Federal Government Relations in our Washington, DC office. You develop and implement advocacy strategies in coordination with the Federal Government Relations team and lead one or more portfolios of grants to advance key foundation priorities in global program strategy teams. You develop and maintain relationships with key US decision-makers who are directly involved in areas of interest to the foundation.

You also have experience working in the US government.
* This is a 10-month limited-term opportunity with Foundation benefits. Please note that relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What You’ll Do  Monitor and track issues across the foundation’s health and development priorities, relative to similar issues raised at the federal level. Establish and sustain relationships with key US decision-makers who support funding and policy decisions on foundation priorities. Identify foundation policy and funding priorities and create opportunities to engage relevant government partners in the US about these to advance foundation program and policy goals.

Work closely with colleagues on the Federal Government Relations team to develop, implement, and evolve coordinated engagement strategies for maximum impact. Align USG-facing global health advocacy with foundation strategy and integrate with other foundation teams’ operations. Update leadership, as needed, on political and policy trends within the portfolio. Identify potential advocacy partners, assess their alignment with foundation strategies, evaluate capacity, and lead grants, including assessing their performance over time.

Represent the foundation to key external constituencies. Support inclusive culture…