Artificial Intelligence Portfolio and Platform Lead (2-Year LTE*)

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 Health team harnesses technological advancements to tackle health challenges in low- and middle-income countries. We aim to address significant issues that lack adequate attention and resources. Our approach involves enhancing existing tool delivery and investing in innovative solutions like Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, digital health strategies, and advanced data analytics.

The Foundation's mission is to use the power of AI to reduce the digital gap, focusing on the ethical and fair use of AI to help low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). As Large Language Models become more advanced, we are committed to unleashing AI’s untapped potential to create development solutions in LMIC. Our initiatives are diverse, not only creating new applications for AI in decision support and chatbot interventions but also covering health, education, and agriculture sectors. Building on the success of proof-of-concept projects from the Grand Challenges, we aim to make sure that the progress of AI reaches and benefits all segments of the population.

The AI Taskforce is a key, cross-functional group that leads and supports various AI initiatives. It is responsible for 1) developing a cross-foundational AI strategy; 2) supporting the implementation of different AI streams; 3) playing an advisory role to Program Strategy Teams (PSTs) on their AI efforts and; 4) informing large foundation investments in AI. This team plays an essential role in ensuring AI integration and success across our organizational framework.

Your Role

The Portfolio and Platform Lead will play a central role in managing the lifecycle of AI projects, from proof-of-concept to regional or national scale. This individual will bridge the gap between product development and operational implementation, ensuring AI initiatives are both technically sound and scalable.  You will provide centralized oversight of the AI Taskforce’s portfolio, ensuring projects move efficiently through development, adoption, and scale-up phases. You will coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to optimize resources and maximize impact.

*This position is a limited-term position for 24 months. Relocation will be provided.

What You’ll Do

Portfolio and Product Management

• Manage the full lifecycle of AI projects, ensuring seamless transitions from concept to scale.
• Develop and implement portfolio management frameworks to track project timelines, budgets, and milestones.
• Support the assessment of project’s readiness to advance to future development phases.
• Identify and address product bottlenecks.
• Ensure full portfolio of products are positioned to address full scope of AI strategy.

Stakeholder Coordination and Strategy

• Collaborate with AI teams, technical experts, grant managers, and external partners to align product strategies with organizational goals.
• Build strong relationships with governments, funders, and implementation partners to facilitate AI adoption.
• Develop clear strategies for AI product introduction, ensuring solutions are viable in LMIC contexts.

Scaling and Resource Optimization

• Identify high-potential AI initiatives and guide them through the maturity pipeline.
• Identify barriers to scale and ensure products are linked with relevant technical and non-technical enablers and other AI workstreams.
• Recommend resource allocation strategies to maximize impact and efficiency.
• Streamline investment decisions by providing data-driven insights on AI project performance.

Deliverables

• AI Project Roadmap, Timelines & Dashboards – Centralized tracking system for prioritized AI initiatives.
• Annual Portfolio Performance Report – Summary of progress, challenges, and strategic recommendations.
• Scaling Readiness Framework – Standardized approach for evaluating AI projects, ensuring key enablers (such as regulatory pathway, compute and data access, and benchmarks for evaluation) are achieved before each stage gate of the team’s maturity model.
• Stakeholder Engagement Plan – Strategy for ensuring buy-in from key partners in LMICs.

Your Experience

• Advanced degree biotech/pharmaceutical/ life sciences or equivalent
• 8+ years of experience managing AI, digital, or technology product portfolios, ideally in a commercial setting
• Strong understanding of AI product development, evaluation, and adoption.
• Experience in structuring and managing AI projects, tracking deliverables, and managing cross-functional teams.
• Ability to engage with governments, donors, and implementing partners to drive AI adoption; familiarity in engaging with tech firms.
• Strong analytical skills to assess project performance and resource allocation.
• Familiarity with the challenges of scaling AI solutions in LMIC contexts preferred

Other Attributes

**Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.

The salary range for this role is $233,600.00 to $362,200.00 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 $254,700.00 to $394,700.00 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.