Your Role\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tAs Deputy Director, HIV Delivery, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the full continuum of product introduction and delivery, with a focus on primary and secondary prevention, including HIV testing, treatment, and viral suppression.\u00a0
\n\tYour role bridges the gap between innovation and impact\u2014ensuring new prevention and treatment technologies are introduced efficiently and effectively, and that delivery platforms are prepared to scale them in a sustainable, equitable way. You will focus on high-burden geographies, notably South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the need for impact is greatest.\u00a0
\n\tThe role is based in Johannesburg. You will report to the Director, Health, Africa, with a dotted-line relationship to the Director, HIV & TB Delivery, to ensure implementation strategies are data-driven and outcome-oriented.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What You\u2019ll Do\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tLead the design and execution of a unified HIV product introduction and delivery strategy, focused on accelerating the uptake of innovations and achieving measurable reductions in HIV incidence and mortality through re-imagining the delivery platform for maximum efficiency and impact.\u00a0
\n\tOversee the country-level introduction and scaling of new prevention and treatment technologies, such as long-acting ARVs, novel diagnostics, and digital adherence tools supported by AI applications.\u00a0
\n\tAlign with ministries of health, implementing partners, and community actors to integrate new products into national health systems, guidelines, and service delivery platforms.\u00a0
\n\tPartner with the Deputy Director, Evidence Generation, to ensure that strategy development, investment planning, and implementation monitoring are anchored in robust data and modeling.\u00a0
\n\tStrengthen coordination across internal foundation teams (e.g., diagnostics, gender, PHC) to enable comprehensive, people-centered delivery models.\u00a0
\n\tProvide strategic guidance to HIV Delivery team members and assist them in executing their portfolios with discipline and impact.\u00a0
\n\tShape investment portfolios that support market readiness, delivery systems, and implementation science; develop and manage grants and contracts that advance strategic priorities.\u00a0
\n\tRepresent the foundation externally with public and private sector stakeholders; contribute thought leadership to regional and global HIV delivery dialogues.\u00a0
\n\tFacilitate learning and adaptation through regular portfolio reviews, partner engagement, and integration of implementation insights.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Your Experience\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tWe seek a proven HIV delivery leader who brings experience in both product introduction and health system implementation, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, ideally with deep technical expertise in prevention and treatment programs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Required Qualifications<\/p>\n
\tPhD, MD, or equivalent in a related field.
\n\tMinimum 15 years\u2019 experience in global health delivery, preferably including HIV program management and innovation introduction.
\n\tDemonstrated success introducing and scaling new health technologies within public and private health systems.\u00a0
\n\tFamiliarity with regulatory, policy, supply chain, and provider training considerations for product introduction.
\n\tExperience developing and managing large-scale investment portfolios and consortia.\u00a0
\n\tStrong analytical skills, comfort working with data and modeling, and an ability to translate technical insights into strategic decisions.\u00a0
\n\tExperience influencing government and donor stakeholders at regional and national levels.\u00a0
\n\tExcellent communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.<\/p>\n
Preferred Attributes<\/p>\n
\tExpertise in integrated service delivery or differentiated care models.\u00a0
\n\tFamiliarity with the innovation-to-impact pipeline in global health, including implementation science.\u00a0
\n\tExperience with HIV prevention and treatment service delivery among high-risk populations (e.g., adolescent girls and young women, key populations).\u00a0
\n\tStrong commitment to equity, inclusion, and decolonized global health practices.<\/p>\n
Other Attributes<\/p>\n
\tComfortable in a wide range of cultural, geographic and operational situations, demonstrating culturally sensitive behaviour with a diverse range of people and a deep commitment to development issues and high standards of personal integrity.
\n\tUp to 50% travel may be required, depending on program needs.<\/p>\n
Apply via company website ( ) or<\/p>\n
.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com","_company_name":"Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-types":[12],"class_list":["post-17047","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job_listing_region-gauteng","job-type-full-time"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/17047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=17047"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=17047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}