Program Director
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US Program Director overseeing operational delivery across programs and team management at GiveDirectly. Responsible for compliance, budgeting, and risk mitigation strategies.
Responsibilities:
- 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
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