Legal Counsel, Corporate & Business Affairs

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 funding relationships while navigating regulatory questions as the organization grows. You will lead legal strategy for data partnerships and provide practical advice on a broad range of operational and nonprofit legal matters.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary legal partner to global functions including Partnerships, Finance, Technology, and Product.
• 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 to handle recurring legal work.
• Advise on the structure and administration of significant or non-standard gifts and fundraising arrangements.
• Lead legal strategy for data partnerships, including developing approaches to data privacy and MNO data.
• Coordinate with external and local counsel for specialist or 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
• Fundraising law
• Tax-exempt organization law
• Lobbying and advocacy law

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 candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical culture.