Director, North America Team
Gates Corporation, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Director, North America Team (Nat)
The foundation is 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. The mission of the global policy and 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. The director, North America team (NAT) sets and leads the federal engagement and coalition strategy of a tax-exempt private foundation across the United States, Canada, and the United Nations. This role is responsible for advancing the foundation's global health and development priorities through sophisticated political judgment, bipartisan credibility, and high-impact external partnerships. The director serves as the foundation's senior federal policy leader, shaping and overseeing engagement strategy across the U.S. federal landscape, the Canadian government, and multilateral institutions. They provide strategic counsel to executive leadership on North American political dynamics, budget developments, and policy risks and opportunities that affect the foundation's mission. This role is highly external-facing and representative in nature. The director builds broad, politically relevant coalitions, including civil society, philanthropy, faith communities, private sector leaders, and policy influencers, to strengthen bipartisan support for science, innovation, and global engagement. While U.S. state-level policy work resides within the U.S. program (USP) division, this role partners closely with USP and program strategy teams (PSTs) to ensure federal strategy amplifies programmatic priorities and translates evidence into effective policy influence. The director leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for federal government relations, coalition engagement, communications alignment, and strategic grantmaking, ensuring disciplined execution, accountability, and compliance with applicable rules and laws, including as related to private foundations. In addition to leading NAT, the director serves as the regional office lead for the foundation's Washington, D.C. office. In this capacity, the director provides operational and cultural leadership and represents the regional impact of foundation-wide policies and procedures to executive leadership, while collaborating across programs and operational stakeholders to support a strong "one foundation" global culture. As office lead, the director serves as an ambassador for the foundation's culture, values, and mission with Washington, D.C. based employees and external stakeholders. The salary range for this role is $375,200 to $581,600 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences where our offices are located, in Seattle and Washington D.C. The range for this role in these locations is $412,000 to $635,00 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission and new hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary range between the minimum and the midpoint salary range.
The foundation is 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. The mission of the global policy and 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. The director, North America team (NAT) sets and leads the federal engagement and coalition strategy of a tax-exempt private foundation across the United States, Canada, and the United Nations. This role is responsible for advancing the foundation's global health and development priorities through sophisticated political judgment, bipartisan credibility, and high-impact external partnerships. The director serves as the foundation's senior federal policy leader, shaping and overseeing engagement strategy across the U.S. federal landscape, the Canadian government, and multilateral institutions. They provide strategic counsel to executive leadership on North American political dynamics, budget developments, and policy risks and opportunities that affect the foundation's mission. This role is highly external-facing and representative in nature. The director builds broad, politically relevant coalitions, including civil society, philanthropy, faith communities, private sector leaders, and policy influencers, to strengthen bipartisan support for science, innovation, and global engagement. While U.S. state-level policy work resides within the U.S. program (USP) division, this role partners closely with USP and program strategy teams (PSTs) to ensure federal strategy amplifies programmatic priorities and translates evidence into effective policy influence. The director leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for federal government relations, coalition engagement, communications alignment, and strategic grantmaking, ensuring disciplined execution, accountability, and compliance with applicable rules and laws, including as related to private foundations. In addition to leading NAT, the director serves as the regional office lead for the foundation's Washington, D.C. office. In this capacity, the director provides operational and cultural leadership and represents the regional impact of foundation-wide policies and procedures to executive leadership, while collaborating across programs and operational stakeholders to support a strong "one foundation" global culture. As office lead, the director serves as an ambassador for the foundation's culture, values, and mission with Washington, D.C. based employees and external stakeholders. The salary range for this role is $375,200 to $581,600 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences where our offices are located, in Seattle and Washington D.C. The range for this role in these locations is $412,000 to $635,00 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission and new hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary range between the minimum and the midpoint salary range.