GiveDirectly
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$106,280 – $134,400Remote
- Legal
- Remote
- Full time
- Yesterday
Newly posted
About the role
GiveDirectly is seeking a Legal Counsel to build its Business Affairs capability and serve as a primary legal partner to global functions. The role involves structuring complex corporate, commercial, and charitable relationships while navigating regulatory questions as the organization grows. You will lead legal strategy for data partnerships and provide practical advice on legal and business risks across various teams.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a primary legal partner to global functions including Partnerships, Finance, and Technology.
- Structure, draft, and negotiate complex corporate partnerships, funding arrangements, and technology agreements.
- Advise on corporate, commercial, employment, privacy, and nonprofit regulatory matters.
- Build templates, playbooks, and repeatable approaches for recurring legal work.
- Advise on the structure and administration of significant gifts and fundraising arrangements.
- Lead legal strategy for data partnerships, including data privacy and telecommunications regulation.
- Coordinate external and local counsel for jurisdiction-specific support.
Required skills
- Corporate law
- Commercial law
- Transactional law
- Data privacy
- Data protection
- Contract negotiation
Nice to have
- Data-protection authority engagement
- Telecom regulation
- Technology-enabled product advice
- Emerging markets experience
- Privacy certification
- Nonprofit fundraising law
- Tax-exempt organization law
- International development
Qualifications
- Qualification as an attorney in at least one jurisdiction
Benefits
- Health benefits plan
- Flexible paid time off
- Desk set-up allowance
- Learning and development allowance
- Annual benefits stipend
About the Company
GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1B in cash directly to 2+ million people living in poverty across 15 countries since 2011. The organization is recognized as one of Time100’s Most Influential Companies of 2026 and maintains a culture that is candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical.