Senior Strategy Officer, MNCNH Data

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The Senior Strategy Officer, MNCNH Data (SSO), plays a critical support role in helping the Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition & Health (MNCNH) team translate data into actionable strategy, clear communications, and decision-support tools. These data-led insights help inform our strategic approach to accelerate product development, introduction, and country impact. Reporting to the Deputy Director, Epidemiology, Surveillance & Data, the officer will contribute to the team’s measurement and learning efforts through project management of data initiative efforts, data synthesis, curation of analytic outputs for visualization, and distillation of insights into compelling presentations and written products for internal and external audiences. This role will support the operationalization of strategic learning by assisting with the development of dashboards, tracking tools, and strategy documents; preparing materials for leadership engagement; and contributing to cross-team coordination on measurement-related priorities. The ideal candidate will bring strong project management, analytical, and communication skills, curiosity about the intersection of data and strategy, and a collaborative working style.

Requirements

• MBA or Master’s degree in quantitative field.
• Prior experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex strategy projects and using structured problem-solving approaches.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information and tailor messages to senior audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines and integrate data and strategy perspectives into cohesive plans.
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills, especially in cross-cultural and multi-stakeholder environments.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving landscape with shifting priorities.
• Curious, humble, and proactive learner with a deep commitment to improving outcomes for women, children, and families.
• Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.
• Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Focus on global health preferred.
• Familiarity with LMIC contexts and working with data, research, and/or health systems in low-resource settings is a plus.
• Interest in AI and aptitude for tracking relevant applications within the evolving field.

Responsibilities

• Strategy Development & Business Planning
• Contribute to strategy development initiatives related to data integration and application of AI to augment impact potential.
• Identify opportunities for and facilitate uptake of AI applications to operational processes for our centralized data function.
• Facilitate inclusive and effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders to support strategy development and alignment.
• Create strategic materials, presentations, and updates for MNCNH and broader foundation leadership.
• Support the measurement of progress toward goals, including defining indicators, milestones, and learning questions aligned with team strategy.
• Partner with team leadership to link strategic ambition to operational business planning.
• Measurement & Data Integration
• Support data initiatives through project management to improve tracking of product development and introduction progress and synthesis and curation of data and insights.
• Collaborate with grantees and internal data scientists to support effective use of data in strategic decisions.
• Help translate data into insights and identify opportunities for investment, course correction, or acceleration.
• Program and Team Enablement
• Contribute to shaping an integrated strategy/data function within the program.
• Support internal coordination to break down vertical silos and accelerate discovery, development, and downstream uptake of key products.
• Promote inclusive team culture by modeling collaborative behaviors and surfacing issues transparently and constructively.

Benefits

• 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
• opportunities to engage in several employee communities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees