Program Officer, Diagnostics for Family Health
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Job Summary
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 India Country Office (ICO) is central to the Foundations commitment to advancing equitable health outcomes and strengthening Indias health innovation ecosystem. The Digital Health Innovations and Artificial Intelligence (DHAI) cluster is a core enabler for key goals of the India Country Office (ICO) across our portfolio.On the health innovation front the cluster focuses on advancing new productsincluding diagnostics vaccines drugs and devicesalongside AI-enabled diagnostics modeling and other data science approaches that are critical across programs.
In diagnostics we aim to accelerate the discovery development and deployment of high-quality affordable and accessible in vitro diagnostics and devices for maternal newborn child health nutrition and infectious diseases that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. We collaborate with the Government of India state governments academia the private sector and global partners to strengthen diagnostic ecosystems as part of a broader effort to reduce disease burden and advance health equity.
We also partner with the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) BIRAC the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and industry to strengthen vaccine R&D in India. Our goal is to support India as a reliable global supplier of life-saving diagnostics vaccines and pharmaceutical products for diseases that primarily impact low-income populations.
Our AI work emphasizes ethical and responsible adoption ensuring that innovations drive positive impact reduce inequities and align with government priorities in India and select countries in South and Southeast Asia. Our digital initiatives provide technical assistance to central and state governments to design implement and scale digital public infrastructure across health gender and poverty reduction programs while also supporting impact evaluation.
Application Deadline: May. 7th 2026
Your Role
As Program Officer Diagnostics for Family Health you will design and manage a portfolio of investments focused on maternal neonatal and womens health diagnostics as well as nutrient biomarker tools for high-burden populations. The portfolio spans the full product development arcfrom upstream biomarker research and assay development through clinical validation regulatory navigation and public health deployment.
Priority diagnostic areas in this portfolio include:
Antenatal diagnostics: anemia pre-eclampsia gestational diabetes and AI-enabled maternal risk identification
Neonatal and infant diagnostics
Womens health diagnostics including STI detection
Micronutrient biomarker tools for nutrition surveillance and food fortification monitoring including non-invasive technologies
You will bring deep familiarity with the diagnostic product lifecycleincluding biomarker identification analytical and clinical validation regulatory strategy (CDSCO WHO PQ) and market accessand apply thisexpertiseto shape technically rigorous strategically sound investments.You willbe requiredtoengage credibly with scientists product developers and regulators at a technical level while also understanding how diagnostics areprocuredand scaled through Indias public health system.
You will report to the Senior Manager Diagnostics and be based in Delhi.
What Youll Do
This is a highly collaborative role and will involve working with multiple Program Strategy Teams (PSTs) in Seattle and teams across the ICOgovernment agencies product development partners and global health networksfor new product development and thisroleyou will.Core responsibilities include:
Portfolio Design and Technical Oversight
Design structure and manage grants and contracts for diagnostic innovation in family health aligned with India and global PSTobjectives.
Conduct technical due diligence on potential investments including assessment of scientific validity assay development maturity regulatory pathway feasibility and market access strategy.
Apply milestone-based performance metrics andfacilitatego/no-go decisions; review interim and final grantee reports and synthesize learnings across the portfolio.
Provide ongoing technical and strategic support to grantees and contractors to ensure alignment with Foundation priorities andprogrammequality.
Partnerships and Ecosystem Engagement
Identify select and manage partner institutions; define scope negotiate terms andmonitorinvestment progress.
Build and sustain relationships with key government bodies (CDSCO ICMR DBT/BIRACMoHFW) academic institutions and private sector players to support regulatory navigation clinical testing and public health integration.
Engage global product development partnerships and external technical experts to strengthen the diagnostic ecosystem for maternal newborn and womens health.
Strategy and Learning
Analyseemerging science and innovation in family health diagnostics toidentifynew investment opportunities.
Represent the Foundation at technical forums policy convenings and public events.
Contribute to the global learning ecosystem by documenting and sharing findings evidence and best practices.
Others
Support to create a highly collaborative work culture across the teams
Partnership with relevant stakeholdersto adviseon innovativego-to-to-marketapproaches for some of these tools.
Support onwriting briefs and making presentations for leadership visitsand forfoundation priorities as needed.
Your Experience
PhDina life-science biomedical science clinical science or biomedical engineering discipline. Candidates with an advanced degree (MD MTech) and equivalent translational or product development experience will be considered.
At least 5 years of hands-on experience in diagnostic product development translational research or regulatory scienceincluding direct involvement in assay development analytical or clinical validation studies or regulatory submissions (CDSCO WHO PQ or equivalent).
Deep familiarity with the full diagnostic product lifecycle: biomarker identification and prioritization assay development clinical use case validation regulatory approval and market access.
Demonstrated understanding of how diagnostics areprocured integrated into national healthprogrammes and scaled through government channels in India or comparable LMICs.
Demonstrated understanding ofIndias diagnostics policy ecosystem and experienceengaging with Indian regulatory and research agencies (ICMR CDSCO DBT/BIRAC) in a technical or advisory capacity.
Experience in the family health diagnostic space: maternal health neonatal health STIs or nutrition biomarkers.
Grant or project management experience including structuring and overseeing large-scale milestone-driven investments.
Familiarity with biotech industry dynamics innovation scale-up and public-private partnership models in global health.
Other Attributes
Must have legal authorization to work in India without the need for visa sponsorship
This position is not a remote role and will require the selected candidate to work from the New Delhi office
Ability tooperatecredibly at the interface of science policy and implementation translating technical evidence for government stakeholders and translating policy priorities back to scientific partners.
Strong analytical and strategic thinking; ability to assess risk and opportunity across early- and late-stage diagnostic investments.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively across cultures disciplines and organizational boundaries.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; experience presenting to senior leadership and external stakeholders.
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 33%.
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.
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