The Foundation

We are 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. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional advantages package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

The India Country Office (ICO) is central to the foundation’s commitment to advancing equitable health outcomes and strengthening India’s health innovation ecosystem. The Health R&D; Cluster is a core enabler of the ICO’s key goals across our portfolio.



The cluster advances R&D; and innovation across foundational research; medical devices, vaccines, and drugs, as well as data-science methods (modeling, AI-enabled tools). We approach this by accelerating R&D; and the deployment of affordable, high-quality, accessible products, working with the Government of India - at central and state level, academia, industry, and global networks.

Your Role

As a Senior Program Officer, Drug-Devices CMC, you will play a critical role in shaping and managing a portfolio of India-focused investments to ensure quality, manufacturability, regulatory readiness, and affordability of priority drugs, devices, and drug-device combination products that advance women’s health innovation (WHI) and maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) outcomes. The portfolio includes programs such as Hormonal IUD (intrauterine device), heavy menstrual bleeding therapeutics, implants, novel contraceptives, and maternal & neo

📌 Senior Program Officer, Drug-Devices CMC (India)
🏢 Gates Foundation
📍 India