Deputy Director, Strategy & Implementation Management, Postsecondary Success

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation•Seattle, WA

1d•$238,400 - $406,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Foundation is 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. The U.S. Program (USP) works to expand access to life-changing opportunities. The Postsecondary Success strategy supports institutional transformation, the development of technologies, and the sharing of those technologies and other tools, practices and policies that lead to increased attainment of credentials of value. As DDSPM, you are responsible for leading the strategic and operational planning and execution of integrated program areas. You lead specific business processes, such as oversight of strategic planning, annual planning and budgeting, ongoing pipeline and portfolio management, business analysis, and the coordination of business strategies across the foundation. In fulfilling these roles, and via collaboration with our Measurement, Learning, Evaluation team, you also play a critical role in shaping the full team and leadership team learning, culture, and norms.

Requirements

An Advanced degree or equivalent demonstrated experience.
Comprehensive experience leading complex initiatives with budget responsibility at the institutional or organizational levels.
Comprehensive experience in developing and managing strong partnerships and relationships inside and outside of the organization, managing conflicts, and building consensus.
Comprehensive experience in strategic and operational planning and the execution of business strategies.
Mastery knowledge of strategy development and implementation, design of performance management system of goals, targets, and monitoring process.
Mastery ability in portfolio design and management to create an optimal investment mix to drive to a set of outcomes.
Mastery of structured problem solving and strategic business planning with the ability to easily identify and communicate frameworks to analyze issues.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to identify and communicate external and internal dynamics, as well as articulate implications for strategy, priorities, and team evolution.
Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where this position is located. The Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. This includes direct company sponsorship and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (eg: H-1B, O-1, L-1, E, OPT, STEM-OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.).

Responsibilities

Ongoing strategy development and progress monitoring (in collaboration with DD colleagues)
Drive alignment of team's work to strategy and implementation plans.
Develop and execute portfolio management approach that fosters great stewardship, planning, and resource allocation.
Support continuous improvement and change management initiatives.
Provide feedback and advisory support to program teams on development and management of major grants.
Cultivate insights to communicate portfolio allocation and progress.
Coordinating Executive Leadership Team/ Board engagement and learning opportunities
Oversee overall rhythm of business across team; managing our Program Assistants in helping the team execute against that rhythm
Design organization structure, promote culture and values, and facilitate retreats and cross-organizational collaboration; may monitor and manage succession planning, team performance, and development.
Responsible for hiring and managing the Strategy, Planning, Management talent needed to achieve the foundation’s goals.
Foster enabling conditions for talent to thrive and be accountable for inclusive team culture.
Model and coach equitable decision-making, inclusive behaviors & actions; address escalated issues in a timely fashion.