Skip to main content
Tallo logoTallo logo

Find Jobs

Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location

Performing Arts
Stage Manager
Seattle, WA

Find & Apply For Stage Manager Jobs in Seattle, Washington

Browse jobs from a variety of sources below, sorted with the most recently published, nearest to the top. Click the title to view more information and apply online.

Skip to job details
Now viewing: Director, Accelerator
Apply for this opportunity

To apply for this job, you'll continue to an external website or email application.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Director, Accelerator

Job Description

Director, Accelerator, Global Health Location:
Seattle, WA, United States The Accelerator is the Gates Foundation's technology innovation team, conceiving, designing, testing, and preparing the ecosystem for fundamentally novel platform technologies with breakthrough potential in service of the foundation's global health mission. Through its Activator unit, the team explores and funds early-stage efforts for proof-of-concept and works to activate private-sector entities to carry promising technologies forward. Current frontiers span curative, gene-based interventions for diseases like HIV and sickle cell disease, AI-enabled drug discovery, and strategic partnerships. The Director, Accelerator leads this team, setting strategic bets on which novel platforms are worth pursuing, running the Activator unit's sourcing and funding of early-stage concepts, building and leading a high-performing entrepreneurial team, cultivating relationships across biotech, pharma, academia, and venture capital, and stewarding governance through quarterly reviews and leadership communication.
Requirements:
An M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent experience in a relevant life sciences or biomedical discipline; a track record as a serial entrepreneur or venture builder who has founded or led biotech or health-technology companies from concept through proof-of-concept or clinical validation; direct experience evaluating early-stage science as an investor or venture partner; deep technical fluency in breakthrough platform areas relevant to global health; experience building and leading high-performing technical teams; and strong relationship-building and communication skills.
Application Deadline:
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 HOW
TO APPLY
Apply online via the Workday job posting link.
https:
//gatesfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Gates/job/Seattle-WA/Director--Accelerator--Global-Health_B021742/apply