Senior Manager, Partnerships

GiveDirectly is looking for a Senior Manager, Partnerships. This role plays a pivotal part in securing high-impact funding that enables the organization to scale evidence-based cash programs globally. As a senior leader within the Global Partnerships team, you'll be responsible for driving new and innovative revenue growth across an assigned portfolio of partners, operating at the intersection of strategy and execution with a high degree of autonomy.

• Lead and grow a portfolio: Own strategic engagement and pipeline development across institutional and foundation partners, setting the engagement strategy and advancing high-potential opportunities into funded partnerships,
• Represent GiveDirectly externally: Drive external engagement across funded and strategic partnerships, leading meetings, pitch development and relationship management with credibility and clarity,
• Prospect and plan systematically: Monitor and synthesise funding trends and donor priorities across thematic and country portfolios, translating strategic intelligence into actionable next steps and internal planning,
• Write compellingly: Draft high-quality fundraising materials that translate complex research, product and programmatic insights into clear, compelling narratives for donor audiences,
• Manage complex projects: Navigate complexity and blank space, bringing creative and grounded problem-solving to the management of high-stakes proposals and projects,
• Develop others: Support and mentor colleagues across teams, building confidence and capability in proposal writing, relationship management, and strategic communication

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity,5+ years of experience in fundraising, partnerships, or program development in a mission-driven or high-performance setting, with a strong understanding of key debates and major players in development and humanitarian assistance,
• A track record of tenacious problem solving, taking ownership, and delivering results in complex, ambiguous contexts,
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially for high-stakes, external-facing materials,
• Comfort navigating relationships and working directly with senior leaders internally and externally,
• Experience operating with data to strengthen team-wide positioning and decision-making,
• Strong prioritisation and self-management skills, with comfort operating across multiple workstreams and stakeholders,
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or developing others,
• Personal or professional experience in low-income and/or historically marginalised communities is strongly encouraged

Apply through GiveDirectly's careers page at the link below. For accommodation requests during the application or interview process, email careers@givedirectly.org with subject line 'Accommodation Needed'.