Senior Program Officer, Data, Analytics and Insights, USP OOP

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 foundation’s U.S. Program (USP) works to ensure that people navigating U.S. education systems and job markets can develop the knowledge, skills, and agency needed to thrive in their communities such that race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status are no longer predictors of educational attainment and economic mobility and security. Our mission is to work with partners to: 1. Generate insights by using data, research, and evidence to illuminate inequities in education, workforce, and social systems and evaluate potential solutions; 2. Accelerate innovation of digitally enabled solutions and high-impact practices and supports that help educators and community leaders eliminate disparities; 3. Strengthen capacity of institutions, intermediaries, and leaders to implement these solutions, practices, and supports in their contexts to further test and prove their effectiveness and impact; 4. Improve enabling conditions, including data infrastructure, policy, and funding, so that proven solutions, practices, and supports can scale to ensure equitable outcomes; and 5. Engage partners to ensure that community voices, student voices, and other key stakeholder voices are included, heard, and incorporated into our work. Our mission reflects our belief in the power of evidence, data, technology, and innovation as essential and high-potential inputs to support educators and system leaders to deliver equitable impact for students and communities. USP works on five goals: 1. Increased kindergarten readiness and school and life success; 2. Increased academic and socio-emotional outcomes for K-12 students, with a focus on mathematics, to ensure they are on track for high-school graduation and college preparedness; 3. Increased successful transitions for K-12 students between high school and postsecondary systems; 4. Increased completions of quality, affordable postsecondary credentials that offer value through economic mobility and security; and 5. Increased outcomes for adults experiencing poverty with regards to economic success, power and autonomy, and being valued in their communities. The USP Office of the President (OOP) strives to amplify US programs’ impact by aligning and delivering cross-team strategic and operational resources and insights while encouraging a high integrity culture. Our mission is to enhance the impact of division programs and operations, and high standards of stewardship through performance management and the strategic allocation of resources. We also deliver division-wide support to program teams to bolster capacity and drive the implementation and associated change management of programmatic and operational initiatives. Application Deadline: August 16, 2023 Your Role We seek a Senior Program Officer (SPO) to lead our evolving work on data analytics, modeling and insights generation across education and economic mobility for the US Program division. In this role, you will be the in-house expert and support to the division for developing hypotheses, synthesizing research, analyzing, modeling and visualizing data, and generating insights to inform our work, program and investment strategies. Your work will involve identifying new opportunities, making and managing investments, leading analytical and modeling projects, and collaborating with other in-house data and modeling teams within and across divisions. You will collaborate with multiple teams at the foundation and external partners, shaping our understanding of the complex challenges as well as opportunities that have implications for our work and impact. This position reports to the Director, Strategy, Planning & Management. *This is an 18-month limited-term employment position based in our Seattle, WA campus with foundation-provided benefits. Foundation-sponsored relocation support will be offered, if needed. What You’ll Do Directly analyze existing and new research and evidence to develop insights that inform thinking across the division. Complete quantitative analysis projects, including data collection, literature review, data analysis, and visualization. Aggregate and interpret insights and implications from related work across the division to develop a compelling narrative. Synthesize research and analytics information and translate it into practical insights, guiding division leadership on where to focus time and attention. Interpret and present data, model assumptions, analytical methods, and results to audiences with varying levels of data skills. As needed, support program teams in their data modeling, visualization and analytics efforts in their respective sectors. Collaborate with directors and deputy directors and colleagues across teams to understand core program decisions and strategic choices and translate those into quarriable analyses. Design and manage multiple complex qualitative and quantitative research projects, including selecting the right vendors, methodologies, and techniques, interpreting data and developing recommendations to advance the research road map. As appropriate, develop and support standardized processes and frameworks for data, analytics, and insights generation, ensuring consistency and quality across the division Identify and lead a set of external experts and thought partners across the relevant dimensions, as needed Your Experience Advanced degree and/or equivalent experience in a relevant field, such as statistics, data science, or education Experience working in the education or economic mobility sectors, with a focus on data analytics and related technologies Expertise in synthesizing complex information, generating insights, and communicating compellingly Demonstrated ability to address complex and ambiguous questions through strategic problem-solving, insight generation, and cross-team collaboration. Other Attributes Passionate about understanding complex challenges through analyzing research, data, and other inputs and using that understanding to develop insights for decision-making. You are enthusiastic about learning in new domains! Expertise in data analytics, data visualization and modeling, research synthesis, market dynamics analysis, and insight generation Excellent organizational skills, able to lead and work through sophisticated and ambiguous tasks. Ability to link research findings and data-driven insights with broader strategic goals and policy recommendations, presenting information in a manner that is accessible to various partner groups. Energetic and collaborative, able to work effectively in a matrixed environment with a "one team" mentality. Comfortable working with agility, efficiency, and tact in a dynamic environment, and able to adapt to a small team in start-up mode with ambiguity. Effectively plans, organizes, and prioritizes work in a fast-paced environment with multiple and competing demands, requiring the ability to see the critical path, measure and mitigate risk, and make trade-offs. Fosters diverse, equitable and inclusive practices to create a work environment where everyone can do their best work in contributing towards our impact. Seeks input from and values the uniqueness of people of different groups and cultures. Challenges practices or policies that may be exclusionary. The typical salary range for this role is $149,800 to $278,700 USD. The exact offer will be determined by a variety of factors such as the candidate’s individual skills, qualifications, and experience relative to the requirements of the role. **Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship. #LI-PA1 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 If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request here. 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. Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Mark Suzman, under the direction of co-chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates and the board of trustees.

Salary : $149,800 - $278,700