Response Manager

GiveDirectly

Response Manager coordinating emergency cash responses globally at GiveDirectly. Playing a critical role in fundraising and program implementation for humanitarian efforts.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $94,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement high-quality programming: Coordinate design, planning, and execution of emergency response operations, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met.
Apply operational playbooks and deployment criteria to rapidly set up response programs across a growing number of countries.
Conduct operational diligence, feasibility, and risk assessments for individual disaster responses, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and context realities.
Track and report on program metrics to support learning and performance management.
Liaise with partners, vendors, and subgrantees to ensure smooth execution.
Become an expert in GiveDirectly’s tech systems and processes (Salesforce, CommCare, Jira, etc.) to support project execution and excellence
Project and team coordination: Manage day-to-day activities of designated response, including field staff tasking and coordination with surge teams
Provide coaching and mentorship to junior staff or surge team members during deployments
Contribute to team goal-setting, impact tracking, and knowledge sharing
Strategic and external contributions: May be asked to support new business development, donor reporting, or appeal materials, most often by translating field updates into compelling content.
Represent GiveDirectly in select internal and external forums (e.g. Cash Working Groups)
Ad hoc strategy and/or capability investment projects that advance GiveDirectly’s global response capacity.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Alignment with GiveDirectly Values: exceptional alignment with values and an active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.
3-5+ years of experience in a role focused on problem solving, team management, and/or new business development, including prior humanitarian/emergency experience
Analytical problem solving: looks at problems with an analytical and iterative mindset, with strong framework for prioritization and ability to put structure and process to ambiguous problems.
Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritize/explicitly deprioritize, and hold a high quality bar.
Strong technical skills, including data analysis and ease with learning new third-party tech platforms and tools.
Fundraising: Preference for candidates with a strong partnership and relationship management background.
Strong communications skills: Skilled in speaking, writing, presenting, and negotiating across multiple stakeholders.
Ability to orient in new context quickly, rapidly understanding unfamiliar environments, stakeholders, and processes, with a track record of setting up effective systems in dynamic situations.
Enthusiasm for fast-paced environments, which may lack pre-defined playbook for success and involve significant “learning by doing.” Comfort with ambiguity and building systems from scratch.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A supportive team that works hard and cares hard
A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country)
Flexible paid time off that staff is encouraged to take
Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysisproject managementoperational diligencefeasibility assessmentsrisk assessmentsprogram metrics trackingproblem solvingteam managementnew business developmentfundraising

Soft Skills

emotional intelligencecommunication skillscoachingmentorshipanalytical mindsetprioritizationadaptabilityrelationship managementnegotiationinclusivity