Senior Program Officer, Market Dynamics

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation•Seattle, WA

9d•$173,000 - $285,500

About The Position

The Senior Program Officer (SPO), Market Dynamics will be a central resource and specialist in the Access team around market-shaping activities for vaccines and related supplies. In this role, you will provide technical support around market access initiatives to internal Program Strategy Teams (PSTs), time-limited deal teams and external partners working on related issues. You will contribute to or lead work to maximize affordability of a portfolio of vaccines while balancing with supply security ultimately to ensure sustainable access to high-quality, high-impact products.

Requirements

10+ years’ experience with health care product categories relevant to foundation global health goals.
Minimum of five years in market research and analysis, healthcare management consulting, or other relevant private and public sector experience.
Recognized as a market dynamics specialist.
Technically credible with industry partners, internal technical product development peers, and investment professionals.
Experience as a resource to teams on market dynamics, including conducting market research and analysis, scenario planning, pipeline planning, strategic product roadmaps, cost analysis, and innovative financing approaches.
Proven ability to multi-task and thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure situations.
Capability to work independently.
Creative approach: able to see opportunities where challenges exist.
Proven ability to lead and influence others in a constructive manner and to build and sustain collaborative relationships across many different types of partners and in highly matrixed environments.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to effectively synthesize information to build consensus.
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 (e.g. H-1B, O-1, L-1, E, OPT, STEM-OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.).
Employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Nice To Haves

Strong preference for vaccine knowledge and emerging markets/developing world experience.

Responsibilities

Primary accountability for the execution and/or support of market-shaping plans and product roadmaps with partners, both internal and external for a defined portfolio of vaccines.
Provide excellent ongoing support to team members, investment teams and PSTs for their vaccine and global health market dynamics needs.
Co-lead work to move the practice of applied market dynamics forwards, including working with partners on the quality of market data, methods and resources and innovation in procurement approaches.
Advance the market dynamics field by building tools and public goods that make the practice of market dynamics more effective.
Engage with global buying institutions and national procurers to improve their procurement practices, align their approaches with product strategies/roadmaps, and maintain close information sharing dynamics.
Build relationships with big global partnerships (e.g., Gavi, Global Fund) to support and influence their market-shaping approaches and strategies.
Provide leadership and/or support transactions that enable affordable supply of priority vaccines.
Maintain excellent knowledge of vaccine industry trends in terms of manufacturing approaches, technologies, and overall industry dynamics.
Help shape the foundation’s overall strategic initiatives with the vaccine industry.
Represent the foundation to key program-related external constituencies, as appropriate, on committees related to area of expertise and responsibilities of the position.