[Remote] Senior Manager, Philanthropy

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GiveDirectly aims to reshape international giving by providing cash grants directly to the world’s poorest. The Senior Manager will anchor the organization's presence in the San Francisco/Palo Alto tech community and grow high-net-worth giving by managing the full donor lifecycle and acting as a strategic ambassador across the Bay Area ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow a major giving portfolio: Steward and upgrade a defined book while opening net-new doors across founders, early employees, VCs, and advisors/DAFs
• Prospect systematically: Build a high-quality top-of-funnel (research, warm intros, small co-hosted gatherings), qualify efficiently, and maintain accurate forecasts and next steps
• Support leadership: leverage senior leaders to grow our impact with the highest impact partners; plan visits, brief for meetings, support events
• Host & attend the right things: Curate micro-salons/dinners; represent GD at high-signal tech/AI events; partner with credible insiders for co-hosted convenings
• Build Bay Area partnerships: Create repeatable channels—community events, employer/DAF talks and matches, founder-led brand collaborations—that reliably produce donors or visibility with high-value audiences
• Translate impact for technologists: Do presentations/talks, craft concise briefs and proposals that connect GD’s evidence and operating model to a builder’s mindset; tailor for technical and executive audiences
• Operate with data: Keep impeccable CRM hygiene; regularly test new initiatives (events, intros, content), measure results, and double-down on what converts

Skills

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity
• Connector-operator: Demonstrated success with high value relationships (in tech/AI/finance), whether it's as a founder, fundraiser, consulting, sales or biz dev, converting curiosity to commitments and upgrading renewals
• Bay Area ecosystem fluency: Credible with founders, engineers, investors; comfortable in rooms hosted by AI labs and venture firms; adept at convening the right co-hosts and guests
• Outbound hunter mentality: Proactive prospector with a repeatable approach to qualifying, advancing, and forecasting pipeline; disciplined CRM hygiene
• Deep alignment with GiveDirectly's values: impact oriented, fast moving, positive, candid
• Exceptional written and verbal communicator: Ability to translate evidence and operations into founder-friendly 'giving products' and memos; giving talks; comfortable discussing data and evidence with technical audiences
• Autonomous with high operational rigor: A self-starter, comfortable operating in ambiguity, with strong project management skills and clarity in fast-moving, entrepreneurial contexts
• Fundraising & capital-raising track: Major gifts/advancement, family office/DAF advisory, or philanthropy consulting—comfortable structuring six- and seven-figure gifts (stock, DAFs, crypto) and stewarding HNW portfolios
• Biz dev / sales / partnerships track: Tech BD or enterprise sales, VC/platform partnerships, operator community partnerships—skilled at prospecting, qualifying, running tight pipelines, and closing complex, multi-stakeholder commitments
• Community builder / founder-operator track: Built high-signal communities or programs (salons, fellowships, operator groups), or scaled something as a founder/early operator—credible with technical audiences and strong event taste

Benefits

• Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~$12,500, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be $14,625 in 2025)
• Annual Benefits Stipend: $21,393

Company Overview

• GiveDirectly is a nonprofit organization. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.givedirectly.org/.

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