PrivateDoc

Program Director

PrivateDoc

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $128,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Responsible for creating robust systems to support a diverse set of projects, programs, and funding sources, and setting and maintaining standards to ensure operational excellence across delivery
  • Support Senior Managers to identify and evaluate strategic and operational risks across programs, and ideate and execute strategies to mitigate risk
  • Lead internal program management coordination with global programs leads
  • Flex down to directly manage US programs as needed
  • Understand legal and regulatory context enough to triage and find appropriate solutions alongside Human Resources, Compliance, Legal teams, and external resources for portfolio hurdles (eg grant compliance)
  • Ensure US portfolio maintains procurement compliance, with rigorous evaluation of new and existing vendors/subcontractors and partnerships
  • Track and manage country-level risk framework, including identifying and implementing risk mitigation strategies
  • Serve as analytical support and thought partner, assisting team in clearing hurdles and bottlenecks to execution
  • Serve as analytical support and thought partner for portfolio and program budget development and oversight, working closely with Country Director, Senior Managers, and Finance Business Partners
  • Support Senior Managers to review project budgets; accountable for portfolio budget to actuals
  • May directly manage US team Senior Managers and Managers as needed and appropriate given program dynamics
  • Flex up to serve as representative of US team to executive leadership and senior external partners
  • Support the CD to build a strong team culture rooted in GD’s values. Cultivate and grow exceptional talent.
  • Lead internal coordination with global functional verticals (Compliance, Internal Audit, Safeguarding, People/HR, and Finance)
  • With CD, plan and cost current and future country office staffing structure, and align country vision to global constraints, priorities, and needs
  • Own and update team workplans to reflect current and new opportunities, incorporating data from program operations infrastructure.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of relevant experience - e.g. in non-profit country management, organizational leadership, partnership development, program management, social entrepreneurship or consulting - with a track record of demonstrated excellence and increasing responsibility
  • Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.
  • Advanced partnership capabilities, including new business, negotiation, and consortium management
  • Strong understanding of the US cash and poverty reduction space, including an understanding of US social safety net and poverty reduction programs and policy
  • Outstanding relationship management abilities, including ability to represent GiveDirectly at the highest levels
  • Exceptional communications skills: written and verbal, including with senior audiences
  • Strong organizational and/or project management skills, with a high degree of autonomy and resilience
  • Problem solver: you look at problems with an analytical and iterative mindset, with a strong framework for prioritization. You can run robust analyses to inform management and programming decisions
  • Language Requirement: English (Spanish or other languages a plus)
  • Ability to travel ~4-6 times per year for internal and external program needs.
Benefits
  • A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement
  • A demonstrated commitment to helping all staff develop and grow
  • A competitive salary, including bonus
  • A robust health benefits plan
  • Unlimited PTO (that we encourage staff to take!)
  • Desk allowance and flexible work location
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementrisk managementbudget developmentvendor evaluationprocurement compliancedata analysispartnership developmentnegotiationconsortium managementproject management
Soft Skills
emotional intelligenceproblem solvingfostering inclusivityrelationship managementcommunication skillsorganizational skillsautonomyresilienceanalytical mindsetprioritization