Senior Manager

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Flex Senior Manager leading programming for GiveDirectly's operations across various countries. Focused on project management, business development, and organizational impact in the cash sector.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $109,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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
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
Contribute to project design and project-manage new opportunities
Scope new markets, including operational diligence, feasibility, and risk assessments for pilots and inbound proposals
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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
Understanding the context in our countries of operation strongly preferred
Experience working in conflict settings
Fluency in multiple other GiveDirectly working languages (French, Portuguese)

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

project managementoperational models designefficiency metrics trackingrisk assessmentdata analysisfundraisingfield managementconsultinganalyticsprogramming

Soft Skills

emotional intelligenceproblem solvingcommunicationnegotiationresourcefulnessself-directionteam culture buildingfostering inclusivityrelationship managementadaptability