Senior Program Officer, Gynecology

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

Your Role

The Senior Program Officer Gynecology (SPO) will lead a portfolio of investments and partnerships to support development and introduction of products to address high burden gynecologic conditions for women and girls in Low Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The SPO will collaborate with private sector partners researchers and their institutions global health organizations professional societies and government agencies to align innovation with needs of women and girls within LMIC health ecosystems. We are seeking a technically skilled and strategically driven Senior Program Officer to lead initiatives that transform the landscape of the understanding and interventions for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) for women and girls in LMICs.

The ideal candidate will bring strong clinical perspectives for gynecologic care for HMB have research and data generation expertise product development experience and a passion for addressing health barriers for women and girls in LMICs.

What Youll Do

• Serve as an internal subject matter expert in gynecologic etiologies of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) and the relationship to anemia as well as other key gynecologic conditions such as vaginal dysbiosis.

• Develop a strategically aligned portfolio of investments focused on HMB

  • Identify and seek concepts for investments that align with WHI GYN strategy

  • Closely manage a diverse portfolio of investments

  • Work with grantees to ensure optimal output and impact of these investments.

• Lead WHI initiatives for HMB and gynecology/menstrual health (MH).

  • Collaborate with data team to assess and address gaps in understanding of HMB etiology prevalence and burden focusing on association with anemiaand well-being

  • Assess efficacy of existing HMB treatments in reducing sequelae

  • Identify and address barriers to HMB treatment uptake and access to services

  • Support development of evidence-based HMB treatment guidelines/ policies

  • Lead clinical assessment and development of point of care (POC) AI-guided ultrasound for gynecologic use cases including evaluation of etiologies of HMB in collaboration with internal matrix technical collaborators (EDGE MNCNH).

• Drive collaboration with internal matrix partners (RHT Discovery) and own investments to advance the understanding of the biologic mechanisms of key gynecologic conditions (i.e. HMB bacterial vaginosis) to inform product development.

• Develop network with organizations and maintain current with cutting edge innovations and innovators in these fields actively engaging with key stakeholders in the ecosystem.

• Collaborate on workstreams with external partners on investments to develop assess and introduce new tools focused on addressing HMB/anemia

• Assess and develop perspective on opportunities for WHI engagement in other gynecologic conditions such as adenomyosis fibroids endometriosis polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) menopause and female genital schistosomiasis as outputs of the gynecologic learning agenda.

Your Experience

• Advanced degree (MD and/or PhD) in gynecology or adjacent area.

• 10 years experience in womens health product development (e.g. therapeutics and/or diagnostics) research of gynecologic conditions and/or gynecology clinical care including assessment of and treatment of HMB BV and other priority GYN conditions.

• Demonstrated experience with design and implementation of clinical trials to support product development of solutions preferably in the field of HMB.

• Critical assessment of epidemiological population and clinical trial data.

• Strong knowledge of relevant global networks and professional societies (i.e. FIGO)

• Strong program and stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate diverse stakeholders including NGOs industry academia and private sector.

• Demonstrated ability to translate technical knowledge into actionable strategies influencing investment decisions.

• Demonstrated ability to navigate highly sensitive or politically complex environments and operate effectively in ambiguous situations with limited information; comfortable executing and making decisions amid uncertainty.

• Experience in product development conducting research or clinical care in LMICs and understanding of LMIC healthcare systems is desired.

• This role requires up to 30% global travel to partner sites developing country settings and internal/external meetings and convenings.

The salary range for this role is $238400 to $369400 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in Seattle and Washington D.C. where our offices are located. The range for this role in these locations is $262200 to $406400 USD. As a mission-driven organization we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidates job-related skills experience and expertise as evaluated during the interview process.

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Hiring Requirements

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Candidate Accommodations

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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.