RESPIRATORY PROTECTION PROGRAM OFFICER

We encourage you to apply by August 7 , as early applicants may be considered first. Applications will close on August 21. One of the most impactful ways to suppress pathogen transmission and save lives in a future outbreak is to ensure that highly protective respiratory PPE can be deployed to millions of critical workers on day one. Despite this, if a pandemic occurred tomorrow, U.S. stockpiles and supply chains would not be able to meet the demand. This problem motivated the development of the Blueprint for Pandemic PPE and has shaped our efforts to mobilize tens of millions of dollars toward advancing its goals. To build upon this momentum, Blueprint Biosecurity is hiring multiple Program Officers to expand our PPE team. These program officer roles are structured into two distinct tracks: Research Management or Grant Evaluation . Each successful candidate will be hired primarily into one track, although all Program Officers will collaborate across the portfolio and may take on some responsibilities from the other track as program needs evolve. • Research management — lead active grants, scope and run Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and work directly with grantees to keep projects well-designed and on track. This role would be a great fit for someone who has led and/or scoped technical research projects (e.g., in academia, industry, or government) and enjoys getting into the substance of study design. You're drawn to the question "what precisely do we need to know, and who's best placed to find out?", you're comfortable managing researchers and external collaborators to keep projects moving quickly without compromising on quality, and you bring depth in a relevant field (e.g. respiratory protection, aerosol science, or public health). • Grant evaluation — grow our grantmaking to tens of millions of dollars per year, source and compare new funding opportunities, assess cost-effectiveness, and design grants that maximize impact. You'll build and stress-test back-of-the-envelope calculations to assess very different opportunities on a common quantitative bar and make explicit "fund this, not that" calls under uncertainty. This role is a strong fit for someone with a background in strategy, grantmaking, or a similar field who's comfortable assigning numbers to ambiguous or qualitative problems, constantly challenges their assumptions, and updates quickly when the evidence changes. You’ll report to the PPE Program Director and work alongside other Respiratory Protection Program Officers and Blueprint teams to build a more resilient future where respirators are available to critical workers in an emergency. These roles offer significant autonomy over high-impact work, from shaping our research projects to influencing the deployment of millions in philanthropic funding.