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, weโre committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.
The TeamOur Global Health (GH) division harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in developing 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 donโt, 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 TB and 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.
TB is the top infectious disease killer. In 2023, there were an estimated 10.8 million new TB cases worldwide. The goal of the tuberculosis (TB) Program Strategy is to accelerate the reduction in TB incidence globally through innovative discovery and development of new tools and approaches. The TB Program Strategy Team (PST) is responsible for R&D investments targeting more effective TB interventions including vaccines, diagnostics, and drugs. Current TB drug regimens are too long and complicated by drug resistance. The aim of the TB Drug Initiative is to deliver simpler, safer, markedly shorter pan-TB drug regimens leading to improved outcomes and lower incidence. The TB Drug Initiative is responsible for setting strategy and managing an end-to-end drug portfolio, collaborating with internal and external partners, and overseeing product development from discovery to the introduction of new treatment regimens in Global Health markets.
Accessible, low-cost, high-quality diagnostics are essential for early TB detection and for the success of any improved TB treatment regimen. The TB Diagnostics R&D portfolio focuses on near point-of-care (nPOC) tests, distributable PCR kits, and affordable screening tools to expand testing and enable same-visit treatment initiation. We work in close partnership with the Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics & Epidemiology (EDGE) team to define and manage a research and development portfolio of TB diagnostics and devices.
Application Deadline: Application review for this position will begin in January 2026. We encourage interested candidates to submit their materials in advance to the application deadline of Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Your Role
You shape and manage the execution of the TB Drugs strategy, work in partnership with the EDGE team to shape and manage a TB Diagnostics research and development strategy, and partner with the TB Delivery team to drive the introduction of new TB drugs and diagnostics. You manage relationships with grantees, contractors, and key partners to achieve the foundation's desired impact, provide project briefings/updates to foundation leadership, and represent the foundation in meetings with external stakeholders and at scientific conferences/workshops.
What Youโll Do
Lead, shape, and guide strategy to support the foundationโs large and diverse TB drugs portfolio, including goal setting, strategic prioritization across product concepts, advancement of lead candidates, clinical development planning, and impact measurement of product solutions towards approved strategic objectives.
Oversee the design and implementation of a portfolio of high-impact TB drugs grants, including support to robust systems that ensure grantee collaboration, balance in the portfolio, and effective annual planning.
Identify critical intersections between the TB Drugs and Diagnostics strategies and partner with the EDGE and TB Delivery teams to identify priority initiatives and investments.
Support and manage a TB Diagnostics R&D technical expert, in collaboration and coordination with the EDGE team.
Identify, cultivate, and manage robust partnerships within a broad and diverse global eco-system to achieve impact (i.e., pharma, biotech, vaccine manufacturers, academia, product development partners, and governments).
Act as a leadership and thought partner to grantees, helping them achieve strategic objectives.
Lead and guide the TB Drugs teamโs efforts in optimizing the level of engagement required for specific team and grantee support.
Provide strategic guidance in crafting grants or contracts, helping to ensure that Global Health (GH) resources are efficiently and expertly utilized.
Provide rigorous reviews of TB drug development programs that incorporate contributions from both internal and external stakeholders, and anticipate mid-course corrections, project impact, and propose appropriate changes.
Support TB Drugs goal achievement, creating systems to track progress and ensure accountability.
Serve as a resource to foundation leadership and programmatic staff on issues related to pre-clinical and clinical TB drug development.
Act as a foundation representative to key program-related external constituencies and committees, as appropriate, related to area of expertise and responsibilities of the position.
Responsible for hiring and managing any talent needed to achieve the foundationโs goals.
Foster enabling conditions for talent to thrive and be accountable for inclusive team culture.
Model and coach equitable decision-making, inclusive behaviors, and actions; address escalated issues in a timely fashion.
Your Experience
An MD/PhD or equivalent demonstrated experience, preferably in infectious diseases, pharmacology, or microbiology.
Extensive experience in a relevant product and drug development discipline, including model-informed-drug-development, clinical development with industry and/or global public health required.
Demonstrated experience with tuberculosis drug development required.
Extensive experience managing administrative and fiduciary responsibilities.
Comprehensive experience in scientific writing and data analysis.
Demonstrated experience with regulatory strategies for working in developing countries.
Demonstrated experience in scientific writing and data analysis.
Demonstrated experience advocating and communicating with a broad and diverse audience.
Mastery level knowledge of end-to-end clinical drug development processes in an industry setting with different approaches (i.e., oral, long-acting injectable drug formulations).
Mastery level knowledge of clinical research and/or drug development in infectious diseases, preferably tuberculosis.
Mastery level product development knowledge, including the ability to think through a product development lens and/or collaborate effectively with clinical development partners.
Mastery level knowledge of the global health landscape, including an understanding of the complexities of in-country programmatic work.
Mastery level knowledge of the interdependencies of research, technical development, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, preclinical, clinical, and regulatory functions in the industry.
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The salary range for this role is $328,400.00 to $509,000.00 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in the different locations where our offices are located. The range for this role in these locations is $358,000.00 to $554,800.00 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidateโs job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process.
Hiring Requirements
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Candidate Accommodations
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Inclusion Statement
We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion โ of voices, ideas, and approaches โ and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.
All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.