Senior Officer, Financing Partnerships, Health R&D Advocacy

TL;DR

Senior Officer, Financing Partnerships, Health R&D Advocacy: Initiating, developing, coordinating, and accelerating bilateral co-financing partnerships for priority health innovations with an accent on deal structuring, funder-facing investment cases, and cross-functional coordination. Focus on translating health impact data into business cases, convening a bilateral financing coordinating group, and supporting negotiations and R&D deal-structuring across capital stacks and blended instruments.

Location: Seattle, WA

Salary: $190,100–$294,700 USD (Seattle/Washington D.C. range: $209,100–$324,100 USD)

Company

Nonprofit organization focused on fighting poverty, disease, and inequity worldwide.

What you will do

• Convene and lead GPA’s Health R&D bilateral financing coordinating group to prioritize opportunities and set collaboration cadence.
• Serve as an expert on select deal teams: shape opportunities, size financing needs, define capital structures, support outreach, negotiate terms, and help secure partnerships.
• Support strategic engagement with potential co-investors and help structure R&D financing (capital stacks, guarantees, concessional tranches, first-loss solutions).
• Translate technical profiles of health innovations into funder-facing narratives, KPIs, and investment cases; standardize deal templates and materials.
• Develop internal business cases (use-of-funds, costings, ROI/impact framing, risk analysis) and prepare briefs for leadership.
• Coordinate across matrixed stakeholders (technical leads, regional/country teams, philanthropic partnerships, resource mobilization hub) to ensure alignment and feasibility.

Requirements

• Deep experience in financial strategy, partnership development, and/or funder engagement in matrixed settings focused on health R&D.
• Proven deal-structuring expertise (e.g., capital stacks, blended instruments, guarantees, catalytic capital).
• Track record managing or supporting complex structured financing deals involving bilateral donors, MDBs/DFIs, blended finance, and/or major philanthropic transactions.
• Experience coordinating with legal and finance teams through planning and negotiations.
• Ability to translate technical program requirements into funder-relevant investment cases and KPI frameworks.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where this position is located; the Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums.
• Generous paid time off and paid family leave.
• Foundation-paid retirement contribution and regional holidays.
• Opportunity to engage in employee communities.
• Travel up to 25%.

Hiring process

• Employment is contingent on successful completion of a background check.