Senior Program Officer, Data and Insights, Nutrition

Senior Program Officer, Data & Insights, Nutrition

Location: Seattle, WA

Time Type: Full time

Posted On: 5/5/2025

Job Requisition ID: B020956

The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofit fighting 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, we're committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

The Global Growth & Opportunity division works to catalyze sustainable transformative change in the face of inequities and market failures, to realize the potential of untapped markets, and to see the economic and social benefits of including everyone. We focus on the areas of Agricultural Development; Inclusive Financial Systems; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Nutrition; Global Education; and Digital Public Infrastructure. We seek solutions that are sustainable, ground-breaking, and inclusive with an eye toward applying technology innovations as well as data evidence to lead change in the world's developing countries.

Nutrition Team

Within the GGO division, the Nutrition program strategy team (PST) is focused on addressing micronutrient deficiencies at the population level through the development, implementation, and scaling of large-scale food fortification (LSFF). The team's portfolio includes investments to produce actionable data & insights to inform our strategy and support countries in the design, monitoring & evaluation of LSFF to achieve population impact; delivers high-quality technical assistance to millers and food producers; advances new innovations in micronutrients and food vehicles; supports quality assurance data in mills to empower industry self-monitoring; and strengthens public sector standards and regulations for LSFF programs. We work with partners across public and private sectors to support the attainment of SDG 2: A global commitment to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition.

Your Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Program Officer, Data & Insights to join our Nutrition Team. In this role, you will use your expertise in developing and managing investments that translate data into actionable insights to inform strategic decisions and understand impact.

You will bring a mixture of domain knowledge in undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, epidemiology, surveillance, modeling (including AI/ML), and, how policymakers use data to improve programs to this role. You will work in close partnership with our other programmatic teams, including regional country office (RCO) colleagues, QA/QC, public-private partnerships (PPP), and R&D, as well as our strategy, planning & management (SPM) function. You will help drive innovation in the assessment of nutritional vulnerability, including the measurement of nutrient inadequacies and micronutrient deficiencies, helping to fill data gaps to guide evidence-based decisions at global and country levels, as well as inform approaches to modeling impact and tracking progress across core components of our strategy.

This position will directly support the team's data portfolio, which is grounded in assessing the risk of nutritional "vulnerability" and supporting countries to strengthen the collection, analysis, and use of data to inform decisions to optimize LSFF programs and achieve public health impact. This includes the development of dynamic, novel approaches which will enable countries to generate insights to inform program strategies.

This position is located in Seattle, WA, and domestic or international relocation assistance is available.


What You'll Do

• Develop, implement, and monitor activities focused on understanding and documenting institutional transformation to develop supports to engage in change processes.
• Engage with external partners to provide statistical and evaluation design expertise to help them produce relevant, high-quality work to improve strategy execution and to support the field.
• Analyze, synthesize, and report findings from funded and other research to internally inform the foundation's strategy evaluation, planning, and development.
• Develop appropriate evaluation models and support monitoring, learning, and evaluation activities related to program work, including serving as a subject matter expert on research related to a portfolio.
• Negotiate, implement, conduct, and manage complex, performance-based contracts or grants, including soliciting and reviewing grant proposals, preparing and presenting proposal summaries and progress reports, monitoring and reviewing grantee progress, budgets, and deliverables, and supporting partner convenings or site visits to increase impact.
• Decide who or when to approach external partners to develop grant opportunities or to form strategic partnerships, how to craft grant opportunities within the boundaries of strategic priorities, how to allocate funding within the grant-making or contract pipeline, and what is the appropriate context and content of external convenings.
• Serve as point of contact on portfolio-related issues for key collaborators internally and externally.
• Represent the foundation with grantees, other funders, universities, think tanks, and government agencies.
• Serve on boards and working groups.
• Support inclusive culture through modeling behaviors and actions; raise issues in a timely fashion to appropriate partners.


Your Experience

• An advanced degree in Public Health Nutrition, Implementation Research, , International Development, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience in education or evaluation field.
• At least 10 years of proven experience in a similar role, with substantial expertise in research, evaluation, and data-driven decision-making within nutrition or global health programs.
• Experience working in LMICs, with governments, development partners and academia supporting the design and implementation of M&E plans for LSFF and/or multi-sector nutrition programs, managing evaluations, and ensuring effective data collection, analysis, reporting and translation to policy.
• Demonstrated experience working with AI/ML tools, data models, and/or large-scale data initiatives in the nutrition and global health sectors.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in data analysis software (SAS, R, SPSS), data visualization and presentation, including geo-coded mapping- Strong knowledge of micronutrient deficiencies, food security, and nutrition-focused programming, especially within the context of Large-Scale Food Fortification (LSFF).
• Communication & Collaboration:
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex data insights in a clear, actionable way to a range of collaborators, including proximal partners in LMICs- Strong interpersonal skills, with experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, external partners, and collaborators at the global, national, and local levels.

Other Desired Attributes

• Analytical mindset with a keen ability to synthesize complex data and generate actionable insights.
• Passion for using data and evidence to drive impactful solutions in global nutrition.
• Collaborative, with the ability to support strong relationships across teams, partners, and stakeholders.
• Proactive, solution-oriented approach to overcoming challenges and improving program effectiveness.

Applicants for this role will only be considered if they are able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.

The salary range for this role is $169,700 to $254,500 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in Seattle, WA and Washington D.C., where our offices are located. The range for this role in these locations is $185,000 to $277,400 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 candidate's job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process.

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

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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.

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