The Foundation is looking to solve the problem of poverty, disease, and inequity around the world, with a focus on using the power of AI to reduce the digital gap and create development solutions in low- and middle-income countries.
Requirements
- Deep fluency with cloud platforms (Azure/GCP/AWS), APIs, data platforms, security/privacy controls, observability, and productization at scale
- Data-savvy and metrics-driven: comfortable defining instrumentation, reading dashboards/SQL-level insight, and making decisions from evidence
- AI enthusiasm and literacy—eager to apply modern AI tools safely and pragmatically (direct AI research experience not required)
- Prior experience inside an AI lab or major cloud provider or building evaluation/guardrail pipelines
- Experience in LMIC settings, public sector, or regulated domains (health, education, gov data)
- Track record with localization and accessibility at scale (multilingual, low-resource environments)
- Open-source/community engagement (tooling, standards, or deployments)
Responsibilities
- Define vendor-agnostic reference architectures for data ingestion, retrieval, privacy-preserving analytics, observability/telemetry, and human-in-the-loop workflows tailored to LMIC constraints
- Advise on technical due diligence and RFPs; pathways for initiatives like the virtual doctor for self-care in HIV and pregnancy
- Embed equity-by-design practices: participatory/co-design with local partners, accessibility and language inclusion, harm minimization, safety incident response, data minimization/sovereignty, and transparent documentation
- Ensure partner engagements include clear guardrails on data use, consent, and privacy; ensure systems are evaluated for benefit, safety, and fairness across subgroups
- Turn ambiguous opportunities into scoped programs with OKRs, timelines, budgets, and measurable outcomes
- Publish quarterly ecosystem scorecards and an annual “State of AI for Impact” brief
- Craft board-ready narratives and external remarks; represent the Foundation in senior forums with AI labs/clouds, multilaterals, and governments
Other
- 15+ years as a senior Technical Leader (or equivalent Principal/Director/VP-level program leader) delivering large, multi-team software/digital/cloud programs
- Excellent writing and executive presence; able to brief the Chair and senior external leaders
- Background check required as part of the hiring process
- Candidate accommodations available for individuals with disabilities
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace
