Associate Program Officer, Giving Pledge

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 benefits 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 Philanthropic Partnerships team (PPT) works to mobilize resources and build the next generation of champions for global health and development (GH&D), ensuring that philanthropy helps the world’s most vulnerable children survive and thrive. Alongside this, we help advance Philanthropy and grow giving around the world, strengthening the broader philanthropic ecosystem through issue agnostic communities such as The Giving Pledge.

Our strategy is designed to close the gap between intent and action, ensuring philanthropy supports lasting change. We engage with ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI), corporate and private foundations, philanthropic collaboratives, advisors, family offices, and social impact investors — through initiatives such as Gates Philanthropy Partners, Proponent Labs, and others that enhance the infrastructure for GH&D giving.

Over the next five years, much of the teams’ work will focus on mobilizing resources for priorities of GH&D, including : expanding our approaches and partnerships to unlock more capital; growing our work across global regions; and cultivating the next generation of GH&D champions - while continuing to strengthen philanthropic ecosystems and grow giving globally.

Separately, a portion of our team works exclusively in service of the Giving Pledge Community – supporting this issue-agnostic community to meet their philanthropic ambitions. We work closely with those who are closing the intent-to-action gap across a variety of philanthropic issue areas, engaging deeply with Signatories, NextGen and Senior Staff and providing individual support and community learning and connection opportunities.

Your Role

The Associate Program Officer, Giving Pledge will report to the Senior Program Officer, from Seattle, WA. You are responsible for backend project support and management in support of partner engagement for the Giving Pledge community. Projects include ongoing oversight of complex communications; oversight of routine and continuous process improvements to community management tools and tactics; management of several internal rhythm of business processes, continuous and backend relationship support. You will adeptly manage multiple tasks and priorities, be a proactive and solutions-oriented problem solver, have strong stakeholder management capabilities to guide peers, excellent attention to detail, ability to coordinate multiple projects, and comfort working on a highly collaborative and dynamic team. Your role is internally facing and provides essential back office and foundational support to the Giving Pledge team.

• Application Deadline :  5 PM on Thursday, February 26, 2026. We will begin reviewing applications as soon as possible and encourage early submissions.

This role is based in Seattle, WA. Relocation support can be provided for a hired candidate who does not currently reside in the Seattle, WA region. This role is not eligible for Remote work.

What You'll Do

Data Entry and Systems Maintenance  - including Salesforce, MS Office Suite, databases.

Project Management – Oversee multiple projects with complex partner groups and overlapping timelines, proactively identify conflicts, and raise with leadership when needed.

Communications and Administrative Support – Manage an accurate and frequently changing complex comms calendar aligned to strategic objectives; monitor and manage alias accounts; support drafting key communications; build monthly and quarterly mass mailings.

Administrative Support on Partner Engagement – Research and track partner interests across multiple relationship management portfolios; draft briefings for high level meetings; provide ad hoc project management support for events.

General Operations – High degree of operational fluency and demonstrated comfort with internal logistics and workflows, ensuring smooth day-to-day operational execution.

Ability to travel up to 10%.

Your Experience

Demonstrated 5 or more years of experience or equivalent. Prior experience working with donor communities, family philanthropy, or development administration a plus.

Demonstrated success in roles requiring continued attention to detail, high discretion, good judgment and the ability to ruthlessly prioritize tasks in a highly dynamic environment.

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to advance communal decision making.

Experience in a role requiring collaboration in complex internal and external organizations, as part of a team effort.

Familiarity with Salesforce is strongly preferred.

A deep commitment to the overall mission of the foundation, its programs, and an approach consistent with the foundation’s guiding principles.

Someone who brings joy and a positive attitude to their work and flexibility to adapt to a very dynamic environment.

The salary range for this role in Seattle, WA is $118,200 to $177,200 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidate’s job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process.

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Hiring Requirements

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Candidate Accommodations

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Inclusion Statement

We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion — of voices, ideas, and approaches — and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.

All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.