Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Account Manager

• Lead the development and implementation of a champion engagement strategy in priority markets (e.g., U.S., U.K., Germany, India, Nigeria, South Africa, etc.)
• Identify, recruit, and manage a diverse portfolio of champions including; celebrities, content creators, and cultural leaders whose influence and values align with the Goalkeepers mission
• Design and maintain detailed engagement plans for each champion, outlining objectives, opportunities, key messages, and activation moments across the year
• Design and deliver learning trips for key champions, ensuring a strong learning agenda, including meetings with local partners and experts
• Provide strategic counsel on champion engagement for foundation initiatives and campaigns, ensuring mutual value and authentic representation
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with champions and their professional teams (agents, managers, publicists, and production partners)
• Act as the primary liaison between champions and the foundation, ensuring seamless coordination, clear communication, and high-quality engagement
• Manage communications, logistics, and long-term relationship stewardship with discretion and cultural fluency
• Collaborate with creative and content teams to design and deliver storytelling, media, and digital campaigns featuring champions
• Develop creative partnerships with production companies, media outlets, and agencies to amplify champions’ voices and extend Goalkeepers’ reach in donor markets
• Oversee creative deliverables ensuring brand consistency and impact, including videos, interviews, social content, and media collaborations
• Integrate champions into major Goalkeepers moments, including the annual event in New York, regional events (e.g., Goalkeepers Lagos), and high-profile donor-market engagements
• Support the planning and execution of champion appearances, panels, and media opportunities
• Collaborate with events and media relations colleagues to ensure aligned storytelling and logistics
• Ensure alignment of champions to audience data by partnering with our Strategy and Insights teams
• Track and analyze the performance and influence of champion activations, assessing reach, resonance, and impact
• Share insights, lessons, and best practices to strengthen the foundation’s global champion engagement strategy

Senior Communications Officer, Champion Engagement, Creative Partnerships

Security Engineer

• Serve as the Global Security (GS) senior program manager for event security
• Responsible for establishing event security program direction, identifying interdependence and communication requirements, tracking progress, identifying and mitigating risks and resolving conflicts and issues
• Develops and executes security plans for high-profile international events, including managing vendor relationships and liaising with local police and other government entities
• Build strong relationships with team, internal and external partners, and effectively interact with senior audiences
• Responsible for researching and analyzing data to produce comprehensive risk assessments for consumers regarding threats to foundation-hosted events worldwide
• Responsible for identifying opportunities to enhance and improve team strategies and processes through various tasks
• Establish and implement processes, policies and protocols for an effective event security management system in foundation locations
• Includes project scheduling, budgeting and forecasting, resource planning, contracting, risk management, and change management
• Collaborates with foundation leaders and operations and program team partners on event security program design
• Ensures strategic alignment on event security requirements and procedures
• Lead on-the-ground security support for high-profile foundation events

Senior Communications Officer, Champion Engagement, Creative Partnerships

Senior Program Manager, Global Event Security