Salary: Competitive
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Thursday 4th December
Interviews: January 2026
Founded in 1936, Wellcome is a politically and financially independent global charitable foundation, dedicated to supporting research to improve health, based in London, UK. It funds its work with the returns from an investment portfolio, which is managed in-house and currently stands at £37bn. Wellcome’s vision is a healthier future for everyone, which it works to achieve through its mission of supporting science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone.
Wellcome’s strategy centres on programmes that enable the funding of research, advocating for change and engaging people. Under the current strategy, Wellcome has identified three urgent health challenges facing everyone – Climate and Health, Infectious Diseases, and Mental Health – which need a solutions focussed approach. It is also deeply committed to funding and supporting open-ended, curiosity-drive discovery research that generates new knowledge, insights and understanding about life, health and wellbeing.
Reporting directly into the CEO the Chief Strategy Officer will be a member of the Executive Committee and will lead the development and delivery of Wellcome’s strategy, identifying objectives, based on strategic analysis, external insight, and driving measurable impact, to align our activity across strategic programmes and departments to deliver our mission.
The successful candidate will shape, evolve, and monitor Wellcome’s strategy, through effective partnership with the wider Executive Committee to drive integration, ensuring Wellcome’s portfolio of programmes are consistent, coherent and positioned to maximise our impact in science and health.
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Our Hybrid Way of Working
We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.
At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do
Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at jobs@wellcome.org.
Upon a conditional offer being made, the successful applicant for this position will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (or equivalent) criminal record check to disclose any ‘unspent’ criminal convictions or conditional cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The criminal record check with not show anything that is ‘spent’.
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