The Team

The mission of the Global Policy & Advocacy (GPA) division is to understand and shape the public policy debates affecting the foundation's work, build support for its major program and policy objectives, and develop partnerships and alliances that can advance the foundation's objectives nationally and globally. Because the foundation's resources alone are not enough to solve the challenges ahead, GPA also supports advocacy efforts to engage diverse stakeholders and promote innovative solutions that advance our program goals. We work in close partnership with grantees, our colleagues in the Global Health, Global Development, Global Growth & Opportunity, U.S. and Gender Equality programs and Foundation Communications to build the environment in which all people can lead healthy and productive lives.

The North America Team (NAT) is a team within GPA that develops and executes policy, advocacy, communications and government relations strategies to build political support and advance domestic and global programmatic priorities that are funded by, or executed within, the United States, Canada, and the United Nations.

Your Role
You coordinate, develop, and manage a portfolio of investments, including the implementation and maintenance of a range of activities associated with the life cycle of grants and contracts. You manage projects in support of programmatic strategic goals, while participating in the continuous improvement of enterprise resource allocation processes. You provide oversight or support elements of budget planning and financial reporting, provide expertise in internal and external processes and systems to inform decision-making, and work collaboratively with stakeholders.

*This position is open to GF internal, alumni and contingent-worker applicants only until 5 PM on Friday, July 10th, 2026. This role must be based in Seattle, WA or Washington, DC and is not eligible for remote work.

What You'll Do

• Act as a subject matter expert on investment tools, systems, and templates and provide training and coaching to program team and external partners when needed.

• Partner with investment makers by supporting the development, management, and maintenance of a portfolio of investments. Able to independently manage complex investments and partnerships in service of shaping and optimizing successful investments, as well as ensure alignment with strategies and intended outcomes.

• Perform initial investment due diligence, including the collection of portfolio data, identification of trends, and management timelines. Accountable for portfolio analysis and risk identification, as well as providing a perspective on portfolio performance and delivering thorough readouts to leadership.

• Advise on complex investments, budgets, and financial analysis to maximize impact, identify risks, and propose mitigation plans.

• Build, develop and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to facilitate the investment lifecycle, including engagement with and management of external grantee and partner relationships. Overall ability to steward highly complex partnerships.

• Partner with investment makers to operationalize and shape key business processes, including annual planning, forecasting, regular portfolio reviews, financial planning, and budget.

• Provide in-depth project management to the investment team, including tracking timelines, deliverables, communications, and change management. Also includes development of the non-technical portion of the project framework and working on special projects.

• Lead implementation and change efforts for the team, which may include developing new processes, sharing best practices, analyzing workloads, and providing business updates.

• Maintain file organization, team sites, data and records, and a system for tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks, and projects.

• Support inclusive culture through modeling behaviors and actions; raise issues in a timely fashion to appropriate stakeholders.

Your Experience

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent demonstrated experience preferably in business administration or program management.

• Experience in project management, portfolio management, financial reporting, non-profit or related industry

• Practical understanding of all stages of the investment lifecycle and investment rules, mechanisms, regulations, policies, processes, and practices.

• Proficiency in investment systems and tools, and ability to learn internal systems.

• Experience in financial planning and budgeting.

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

The salary range for this role is $46.92/hour to $70.38/hour 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.