Senior Officer, Europe & Middle East, Global Partnership Development

The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofitfighting 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 were committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

The mission of the Global Policy & Advocacy (GPA) division is to understand and shape the public policy debates affecting the foundations work build support for its major program and policy objectives and develop partnerships and alliances that can advance the foundations objectives nationally and globally.

Because the foundations 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 Philanthropic Partnerships team (PPT) works to mobilize resources and build the next generation of champions for global health and development (GH&D) ensuring that philanthropy helps the worlds most vulnerable children survive and thrive. Alongside this we help advance Philanthropy and grow giving around the world strengthening the broader philanthropic ecosystem through issue agnostic communities such as The Giving Pledge.

Our strategy is designed to close the gap between intent and action ensuring philanthropy supports lasting change. We engage with ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) corporate and private foundations philanthropic collaboratives advisors family offices and social impact investors through initiatives such as Gates Philanthropy Partners Proponent Labs and others that enhance the infrastructure for GH&D giving.

Over the next five years the majority of our work will focus on mobilizing resources for priorities of GH&D including: expanding our approaches and partnerships to unlock more capital; growing our work across global regions; and cultivating the next generation of GH&D champions - while continuing to strengthen philanthropic ecosystems and grow giving globally.

Your Role

The Senior Officer Europe and Middle East Global Partnership Development leads the strategic cultivation and stewardship of high-value partnerships with Europe and Middle East-based philanthropists ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) and family offices. Priority countries within these geographies include the United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia United Kingdom and Germany with additional exploration into the Nordic countries. You will coordinate across a sophisticated team of relationship leads where you may play a leading support or advisory role in specific partnerships based on existing partnerships.

This role focuses on building and managing a robust pipeline of relationships to cultivate partnerships focused on global health and development. Managing a portfolio of UHNW philanthropist partnerships you will ensure significant portfolio targets are reached annually across the foundations global health and development work. You will also focus on impactful relationships with sector partners designing investments and partnerships that advance philanthropic networks and encourages giving globally.

In addition to resource mobilization this position plays a key role in creating informed and influential championspartners who not only give but advocate convene and inspire others to join in accelerating impact at scale. A key aspect of this position is introducing people new to global health and development to ways they can engage and have an impact and working with them to build this into their areas of interest and giving over time. You will inspire and equip partners to become long-term donors and champions for global health and development through deep relationship cultivation and management.

This role is based at the foundations office in London UK and reports to the Deputy Director Global Partnership Development Philanthropic Partnerships Team. The role does not have people management responsibilities.

*Must be able to legally work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

**Applications accepted until 5 PM GMT Friday April 24 2026.

What Youll Do

Resource Mobilization Strategy and Partnership Development

You will design and implement a resource mobilization strategy aimed at securing significant commitments from Europe and Middle East-based donors with a broader goal of inspiring and equipping partners to become long-term donors and champions for global health and development.

To achieve this you will grow and expand Gates Foundations high-value relationships across Europe and the Middle East through further development and management of a complex portfolio of potential and current partners. As a lead relationship manager you will be responsible for the entire resource mobilization cycle the development of new partnerships and management of existing partnerships in both Europe and the Middle East.

In this highly-collaborative role you will work across PPT Gates Foundation program teams divisional presidents offices and with a range of other internal and external partners to identify quality and support early cultivation of prospects; shape and articulate compelling cases for support working with program teams; and provide strategic guidance to the events team on tailored offerings that advance PPTs broader portfolio goals and your portfolio specifically. Note that PPT is structured with sub-teams that offer shared donor services with whom you will coordinate daily.

As a lead relationship manager you will develop relationships with donors directly through the planning and executing of outreach cultivation and stewardship plans. You will also prepare internal collaborators including program teams and foundation leadership to engage with donors effectively through briefs and in-person preparation as well as by driving follow up resulting from engagement. Relationship management and partner engagement will be coordinated closely with the foundations Europe the Middle East and East Asia (EMEEA) team: an internal partner focused on government relations and key stakeholder in the success of this role.

Must have the ability to travel 40% of time; both domestically and internationally.

Cross-Sector Influence & Network Development

You will represent the foundation directly with donors and their family offices and/or philanthropic and investment teams and within other networks and sector forums across Europe and the Middle East. This may include:

• Partner with communications and advocacy teams to craft narratives that motivate giving and influence donor communities;

• Identify and pursue opportunities to elevate key donors as spokespeople thought partners or influencers across a variety of platforms.

Youll manage and expand existing relationships with donor networkers and supporters (including advisors and consultancies) to ensure that the groundwork for partnership and prospecting continues to grow in European geographies.

Internal Alignment and Donor Management

You will partner across PPT the Global Partnership Development team Global Policy & Advocacy priority program teams and the Europe and Middle East markets as an internal relationship manager coordinating efforts across multiple teams to ensure engagement of partners is timely and aligned with goals and donor interests.

This will include providing strategic input on the development of new philanthropic products to plan for successful implementation and marketing to donors participating in the development of content and donor cultivation for events and collaborate with PPTs Shared Services team communications audience engagement and Data & Insights capabilities to support execution.

You will maintain rigorous portfolio and pipeline tracking through Salesforce CRM including forecasting performance reporting and consistent updating of partner intelligence. Utilisation of current AI tools to sharpen research and engagement strategies is expected.

Your Experience

• Bachelors or other advanced degree in relevant field or equivalent experience.

• Demonstrated experience in complex partnership development or across major gifts resource mobilization and donor engagement with a proven track record of success in strategic relationship management.

• Demonstrated success creating deep long-term partnerships with philanthropists foundations family offices including multiple forms of capital (philanthropic and investments).

• Deep experience building and managing exceptional relationships with ultra-high-net-worth individuals across Europe with a focus on the UK and Germany with experience in the Nordics and other European countries a plus.

• Experience working in Saudi Arabia and/or other Middle East countries specifically with individuals and philanthropists.

• Understanding of the global health and development space.

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multiple internal teams to achieve goals

Skills and Competencies

• Inspirational relationship-builder with a proven ability to build trust and manage relationships at a variety of levelsfrom principals to stafftoward specific outcomes.

• Strategic problem solver with fluency in philanthropy trends donor motivations and the broader landscape of European and Middle Eastern giving.

• Track record of translating complex global challenges into compelling narratives.

• Strong understanding of influence-building advocacy and developing individuals as advocates and champions.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English with the ability to influence and engage UHNW audiences.

• Skilled in working across global markets and time zones with a facility in understanding different cultural contexts particularly across Europe and the Middle East.

• Proficient in assessing partnership impact and performance with a data-driven mentality and the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies.

Preferred Attributes

• Preference for candidates who can speak multiple languages including Arabic.

• Strong networks within European and Middle Eastern philanthropic communities particularly among UHNW individuals foundations and family offices.

• Experience working closely with senior leadership high-level influencers and boards of directors.

• Deep experience in resource mobilization for GH&D

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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

Were committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you have a disability or medical condition and need an accommodation at any stage of the application or interview processsuch as an ASL interpreter alternative interview format or physical accessibility supportwere happy to help. Please contact with the position number and a brief description of your accommodation needs. Requests will be handled confidentially.

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 of voices ideas and approaches 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.