Senior Philanthropy Advisor

GiveWell

Senior Philanthropy Advisor managing key donor relationships at GiveWell. Building trust, providing strategic advice, and improving philanthropy culture for impactful funding decisions.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates exceptional relationship management and communication skills, with a strong ability to translate complex research into accessible content for major donors. Proven leadership in driving initiatives and improving operational processes within philanthropy.

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Relationship ManagementEmotional IntelligenceExcellent Communication SkillsLeadership SkillsOperational Expertise

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Soft Skills

Advisory MindsetHigh Context SynthesisTailored MessagingCollaborative Influence

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Global HealthDevelopmentPhilanthropy CultureTrust-BuildingTransparencyHumility

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build long-term, trust-based relationships with major donors that deepen donors’ understanding of GiveWell’s work.
Proactively identify the insights, data points, and narratives from GiveWell’s research that are most relevant to major donor decision-making.
Drive and lead team-wide initiatives and significant projects to make our work accessible, from learning journey design, playbooks, and systems to donor events and donor communications.
Translate GiveWell’s research into original donor-facing content that makes our work accessible to analytically sophisticated, time-poor major donors.
Serve as a strategic advisor to GiveWell’s leadership.
Drive improvements to our philanthropy culture, systems, and processes to improve how our philanthropy function operates and scales.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A track record of managing sophisticated, high-stakes relationships—whether with major donors, ultra-high-net-worth clients, foundation officers, board members, or similarly discerning stakeholders in another field entirely.
Exceptional relationship management skills, with high emotional intelligence, an advisory mindset, and the ability to hold a large amount of context about a person and synthesize it in real time.
Interest in global health and development, and the ability to engage in complex research and ideas even without prior experience in the sector.
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal—clear, tailored, and credible messaging for discerning stakeholders, including comfort producing original written content.
Leadership skills to partner with senior staff and influence across teams collaboratively.
Strong operational expertise: leading cross-team projects, building scalable processes, and translating strategy into action.
Strong alignment with GiveWell’s mission and values, including truth-seeking, transparency, humility, and long-term trust-building.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (we cover 100% of premiums within the US for you and any dependents)
Four weeks of paid time off per year
One week all-office closure
16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships
403(b) retirement plan with a 5% match