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
Your Role
The Deputy Director for BD&L will support the foundation’s PST goals to identify and evaluate strategic business partners and licensing opportunities that will help execute and advance our PST strategies, in service to our charitable purpose. You will be accountable for coordinating and negotiating access to key assets and opportunities with both new and existing partners. You will align and partner closely with the program team and subject matter experts to develop appropriate agreement structure integrating the technical risk inherent in innovation projects. We are looking for a DD to partner with stakeholders focused on partnerships with for-profit biopharma companies around the world advancing global health across the foundation.
What You'll Do
Help structure and co-lead agreement transactions with PSTs that will take innovative global health assets (including drugs, vaccines and diagnostics) and technology platforms from the early concept stage through development to commercialization so that data, technology and products can successfully reach the ultimate beneficiaries in our target geographies of those underserved.
Leverage biopharma experience to support PSTs with all aspects of the development and execution of private-sector engagement strategies that are aligned with Functional Strategy (e.g., global access and licensing of products, platform and enabling technologies, services). Evolve the foundation’s global access terms such as affordability, access, sustainability, and price which are essential in achieving our PST program goals.
Act as the point of contact to organize and help lead agreement transaction teams across our global health portfolio Conduct due diligence of potential partners, support negotiation of agreement terms, gain internal alignment and support, and present clear assumption-based recommendations to executive leadership.
Establish highly effective and collaborative relationships with key internal functions (e.g., Legal, Finance, Strategic Investment Fund, Foundation Strategy Office, Product Launch Team, and Alliance Management) to ensure effective transactional representation to execute the target agreements.
Facilitate high-quality opportunity assessments and due diligence reviews (including benchmark comparable transactions and agreement structures, funding needs, Target Product Profile (TPP), current market conditions and landscape of potential partners for prioritized areas of interest.
Lead partner review and the development of agreement recommendation documents as requested by the executive team and governance committee (including the President of the division, Chief Financial Officer, and General Counsel).
Concurrently manage multiple business opportunities across PSTs, with high complexity requiring consistent collaboration across external partners, projects and the building of internal alignment between PST and foundation objectives.
This position reports directly to the Foundation’s BD&L Lead / Program Chief Financial Officer, Global Health
Your Experience
Preference for experience in more than one functional area in a multi-national biopharma company (e.g., business development, product development, product management, marketing, commercialization, finance, legal, and/or intellectual property, etc.).
Significant track record of leading and negotiating successful technology-related transactions required (including business terms such as intellectual property, data ownership, sharing, privacy and liability for multi-national biopharma companies).
Skills and Qualifications
Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where this position is located. The Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. This includes direct company sponsorship and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (eg: H-1B, O-1, L-1, E, OPT, STEM-OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.).
The salary range for this role is $238,400 to $369,400 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 $262,200 to $406,400 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
We’re 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 process—such as an ASL interpreter, alternative interview format, or physical accessibility support—we’re happy to help. Please contact [email protected] 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.
