Website GiveDirectly
GiveDirectly is the first — and largest — nonprofit that lets donors like you send money directly to the world’s poorest. We believe people living in poverty deserve the dignity to choose for themselves how best to improve their lives — cash enables that choice. Sin… read morece 2009, we’ve delivered over $140 million in cash directly into the hands of over 130,000 families living in poverty. We read the research. We read more research. Then we did our own research. And it turns out, people use cash on medicine; cows and goats and chickens; school fees; water; solar lights; tin roofs; irrigation; motorcycles to jumpstart taxi services; businesses to generate income; and more.
About this role
GiveDirectly is experiencing an exciting period of growth and is looking to hire a Flex Senior Manager to lead programming across the countries in which we operate. In this role, you will be crucial in developing opportunities for new business, building partnerships, and designing, launching, and managing new and existing programs. This is an opportunity to drive impact and innovation in the cash sector when cash is receiving unprecedented attention and interest in the public eye.
Travel:
You will be expected to travel on short notice and might need to spend significant time in any of GiveDirectly’s countries of operation.
Travel Requirement:
You will be expected to travel on short notice and might need to spend significant time in any of GiveDirectly’s countries of operation. Estimated travel is ~50-60%
What you’ll do:
End-to-end project management
Own a rich project management plan and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure successful end-to-end execution
Design operational models for new programs, including assessing trade-offs of different design decisions (e.g., targeting, payments, customer service)
Define, track, and report operational and efficiency metrics
Dynamically identify operational vulnerabilities (e.g. fraud, brand risk etc) and create solutions to de-risk
Directly supervise multi-layered teams whose responsibilities include field team hiring and management, operations quality assurance, and business diligence support
Project and People Management
Lead cross-functional project teams, managing internal stakeholders and ensuring strong delivery of projects
Directly manage one or more Managers to deliver high-quality operations and programming
Create a strong team culture rooted in GD’s values. Cultivate and grow exceptional talent.
Establish and maintain high-quality relationships with donors and operational partners
Drive communication and alignment across a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including GD senior management, donors, operational partners, researchers, and payment providers
New business development
Contribute to project design and project-manage new opportunities
Scope new markets, including operational diligence, feasibility, and risk assessments for pilots and inbound proposal
Identify and pursue fundraising opportunities for new programs
Collaborate with partnerships team to create content to drive donor conversations and position GiveDirectly as a leader in the global cash space
What you’ll bring:
Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
4-7+ years of work experience in a problem-solving heavy role (field management, consulting, analytics)
Exceptional ability to work analytically through complex operational questions & run robust analyses to inform management and programming decisions
Strong communications skills, including speaking, writing, presenting, and negotiating across diverse audiences
Enthusiasm for dynamic environments, which may lack a pre-defined playbook for success and involve significant “learning by doing”
Ability to approach tasks with resourcefulness and to work in a highly self-directed manner
Ability to manage day-to-day operations while simultaneously building more robust, efficient systems
Experience and high comfort level working in developing-country or high-risk settings
Desired Skills and Experiences
Understanding the context in our countries of operation strongly preferred
Experience working in conflict settings
Fluency in multiple other GiveDirectly working languages (French, Portuguese)
Compensation
Kenya
Base Salary: $77,500
Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~$7,750, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be $9,068 in 2025)
Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $85,250+
Annual Benefits Stipend: $8,453
This role is fully remote, so if you are not based in the US, UK or Kenya, we will share an estimated salary benchmark for the country you are based in during the hiring process.
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