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Senior Research Manager, Elimination & Eradication

Seattle, WA · Senior · Contract

No sponsorship$238k-$369kDetected 30 days ago
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About the role

  • This position reports to the Deputy Director for Eradication and Elimination (E&E) and plays a vital role in ensuring the Foundation achieves its goal of eradicating malaria.
  • The role is based out of Seattle, WA and may involve international and domestic travel 20% of the time.

Responsibilities

  • Work with the E&E Deputy Director and IDM leadership, as well as the malaria program leadership team, to develop a malaria modeling strategy to support the needs of the Foundation and the goal of eradicating malaria globally.
  • Develop a malaria modeling portfolio aligned with this strategy, remaining responsive to new scientific advances, new products in the malaria program pipeline, and global changes relevant to the elimination and eradication goals.
  • Manage the IDM malaria team project portfolio to deliver impactful and timely analytical products that guide strategic priorities for malaria control, elimination, and eradication to key stakeholders.
  • Develop modeling approaches that can effectively assess how new tools and interventions could be implemented to reduce transmission of malaria in endemic settings.
  • Coordinate across IDM research pillars and other Foundation teams to maximize impact through collaboration, and manage teams to build interdisciplinary approaches to deliver actionable, Foundation-wide analytic insights.
  • Develop and implement a modeling strategy to support and grow regional country office priorities for malaria.
  • Lead planning and coordination of malaria projects for quarterly IDM Research Reviews.
  • Performance manage direct reports and work with other senior research managers across E&E to establish a productive and collaborative working environment.
  • The IDM team comprises both research scientists and software engineers who work with a wide ecosystem of partners including universities, NGOs, government ministries and other research organizations.
  • We are seeking a dedicated Senior Research Manager to support the Elimination & Eradication (E&E) malaria team.

Requirements

  • A PhD degree in modeling of infectious disease, infectious disease epidemiology, malaria epidemiology, or similar.
  • Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where this position is located.

Compensation

  • The salary range for this role is $238,400 to $369,400 USD.

Benefits

  • Demonstrated track record translating modeling results to public health policy impact, including working with public health partners to deliver timely analytical results that lead to improved decision making.
  • Track record of managing analytical workflows and teams to deliver modeling results in the context of public health.

Company info

  • The Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) is an embedded research institute with the Gates Foundation.
  • We develop, use, and share computational modeling tools, and promote quantitative decision-making to support global efforts to eradicate infectious diseases and achieve permanent improvements in the health of those most in need.
  • Within IDM, the Eradication and Elimination team supports the malaria, polio, and immunization portfolios at the Foundation to develop strategic analytic and modeling products to inform investments for maximum impact on global health, to support country partners and regional country offices (RCOs) with their goals with respect to malaria, polio, and immunization strategies, and to conduct independent scientific research relating to relevant Foundation global health strategies across short and longer time scales.
  • The Foundation
  • We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where this position is located.
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