Director, Integrated Investment Operations

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.

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The Team
The Finance & Resource Planning (F&RP) Division is led by the foundation CFO and partners with our colleagues to invest resources wisely and boldly in service of people who need it most. F&RP is accountable for stewardship, business enablement, and continuous improvement of the systems, processes, and capabilities that underpin investment-making.

Within F&RP, the Integrated Investment Operations function brings together Grants & Contracts Services (GCS) and Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SSP) into a single, enterprise capability that supports end-to-end investment-making. This integrated function plays a critical role in advancing the foundation's ability to operate nimbly, reduce administrative friction, manage risk intelligently, and deliver time and financial savings.

Your Role

The Director of Integrated Investment Operations will lead bold transformation of how the foundation executes grants, contracts, and sourcing - anchored in the investment-maker lens as the entry point to every process. This leader will serve as the primary business owner of the investment-making and managing processes, accountable for defining how the work should operate to enable program impact.

This role is not focused on incremental improvement; it is accountable for shaping the next chapter of investment operations by clarifying and evolving the operating model for grants, contracts, and sourcing - simplifying where risk is low, increasing rigor where risk matters most, modernizing and using technology in how the foundation delivers investments.

As business owner of the process, the Director will define desired outcomes, standards, and requirements for how investment-making should function, advised by the business needs of the investment makers. In close partnership with the Enterprise Business Management (EBM) team, which owns enterprise investment and reporting systems, this leader will articulate business requirements and priorities that inform technology enhancements and future solutions.

The Director will provide strategic leadership across the full continuum of investment operations - from grant and contract structuring through sourcing strategy, negotiation, and vendor management - while ensuring strong stewardship, compliance, and risk management. The role is forward-looking by design, with accountability for evolving the operating model in alignment with the foundation's long-term trajectory toward 2045.

This leader will partner closely with Program teams, Legal, Enterprise Business Management, Financial Planning & Analysis, Global Financial and Accounting Services, and other cross-functional leaders to clarify decision rights, reduce unnecessary complexity, and ensure operational practices enable mission outcomes.

What You'll Do

Strategic Leadership, Integration & Transformation

• Lead a significant transformation of grants, contracts, and strategic sourcing and procurement into a single investment operations function.
• Serve as the primary business owner of the foundation's investment-making and investment management process, defining the operating model, business standards, and process expectations that enable high-quality, risk-calibrated investment decisions.
• Set a clear vision and strategy for integrated investment operations, grounded in program needs and aligned to the foundation's long-term trajectory.
• Translate enterprise strategy into clear operational priorities, sequencing change thoughtfully while maintaining business continuity.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CFO and senior leadership on investment operations enable effective strategic finance, high-quality investment execution, and stewardship across the foundation.

Process Ownership & Continuous Improvement

• Owns and continuously evolves the business process for making and managing investments.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of grants, contracts, and sourcing activities, ensuring high-quality structuring, negotiation, compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational policies, and risk management.
• Partners closely with Legal, ensuring legal advice informs business decisions.
• Define clear, intuitive, and risk-calibrated process standards that improve clarity, efficiency, and…