Director, Strategic Initiatives

About the role

GiveDirectly is seeking a Director of Strategic Initiatives to lead a lean internal consulting team focused on evaluating and advancing external partnerships to increase delivery capacity. You will work with high autonomy to generate, prioritize, and implement pathways such as institutional data partnerships and payment provider arrangements. This role involves reporting to the Chief of Staff and collaborating with the Executive team to influence the delivery of significant funding.

Responsibilities

• Build and prioritize a portfolio of options to increase delivery capacity.
• Run primary diligence on opportunities, including engagement with partners, regulators, and counsel.
• Advance selected priorities from evaluation through to live pilot implementation.
• Define and run competitive solicitations and manage partner responses.
• Negotiate agreements with institutional counterparties including UN agencies and government bodies.
• Produce analysis and written recommendations to support Executive decision-making.

Required skills

• Strategic planning
• Analytical research
• Negotiation
• Project management
• Stakeholder management

Nice to have

• Humanitarian aid
• Mobile money
• Grantmaking
• Due diligence
• Data-sharing agreements

Qualifications

• Director or Team Lead-level experience in consulting, strategy, or operations

About the Company

GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1B in cash directly to over 2 million people living in poverty across 15 countries since 2011. The organization is recognized for its scalable, cost-effective, and dignified approach to aid, maintaining a candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical culture.