Your Role

The Deputy Director, Ending Infectious Diseases in the EGH team will drive an ambitious research and learning agenda to accompany the foundation and its partners to eradicate polio and malaria by 2045, while ensuring that the next generation grows up in a world that never has to face many infectious diseases in the profoundly unequal way it does today. The role reports to the EGH Director and manages the EGH Ending Infectious Diseases sub-team.

The technical scope of this role comprises efforts related to the control and elimination of infectious diseases such as malaria and polio; uptake and scale of tools such as vaccines and diagnostics; disease surveillance; as well as other disease control and related priorities as agreed with the EGH Director. The DD is responsible for shaping and overseeing a learning portfolio that generates high-quality research, analysis, and actionable insights to accelerate the Gates Foundation’s Goal 2 (ending infectious diseases) progress towards 2045. This role will work closely with other EGH sub-teams to adopt the lens of health systems integration and requirements for Goal 2 to be ultimately achieved. This role will closely coordinate across EGH, including work matrixed to Health Systems and PHC, and AI and Digital Health Evidence & Learning sub-teams ensuring these approaches drive and sustain Goal 2 outcomes. It will also be matrixed to Policy, Partnerships and Communications sub-team, ensuring an end-to-end approach to scale learning adoption with critical government and other external patterns. It will work closely with the Women’s Health & Maternal and Child Survival sub-team, given linkages.

The Deputy Director leads a sub-team of technical experts across immunization, polio, malaria, and surveillance subdomains, fostering analytical rigor while ensuring alignment with broader EGH and foundation wide goals.

Your Experience

• Domain expertise (15+ years) in infectious diseases (malaria and/or polio preferred), immunization, surveillance, uptake and scale of diagnostics and vaccines, and/or other disease control intervention areas with experience in deep technical collaboration to drive evidence and impact.

• 5+ years in leadership roles with significant management responsibility, including building and managing senior-level teams. Track record of driving strategy and holding accountability for team performance, including budget oversight.

• Deep experience leading research, learning, and knowledge-generation efforts, including familiarity with mixed-methods research, evidence synthesis, and analytical approaches.

• Strong track record in translating evidence and technical insights into actionable recommendations for policymakers and other decision-makers.

• Significant experience building and maintaining partnerships with key stakeholders including governments, multilateral and regional development banks, philanthropic organizations, academic institutions, and global health organizations.

• Demonstrated experience working in low- and middle-income countries, with substantial experience in Sub-Saharan Africa strongly preferred.

Competencies for all senior EGH roles:

• INVESTING FOR IMPACT: builds and manages partnerships to achieve goals; evaluations and manages potential risks of investments and projects; designs and implements portfolios aligned with the strategy; gains clarity between the foundation and the partner on a shared set of outcomes.

• LEADING YOURSELF & OTHERS: communicates complex information and concepts simply; manages partner relationships and provides internal and external thought leadership; sets high goals for accomplishment and is able to work independently as well as with others to meet those goals.

• COLLABORATING WITH PARTNERS: collaborates with potential partners in developing projects and proposals and in supporting the execution of their work; effectively represents and communicates the complexity of the foundation's work and details of strategy; represents the foundation to key external constituencies relevant to their area of expertise.

• ADVANCING THE FIELD: creates collaborations among partners, governments, and funds to create systemic change in a field, with a lens on developing the evidence and learning most needed to improve the lives of the most vulnerable.

• TECHNICAL & PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS: applies and translates specialized technical knowledge and expertise in a relevant area of work in support of our strategies