Senior Manager, Philanthropy

GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1B in cash directly to 2+ million people living in poverty across 15 countries since 2011. We believe cash transfers are one of the most scalable, cost-effective, and dignified forms of aid, with the research to back it up. Our work has been covered by The Economist, NPR, TED, and The Washington Post. We are one of Time100’s Most Influential Companies of 2026. 

Our culture is candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical. We support high ownership and real professional growth. Curious about what it's really like to work here? Read our values and hear from the people who do. If they resonate, this could be a great fit!

Location: Remote, with a strong preference for San Francisco Bay Area. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas in the U.S.  at this time.

About this role

GiveDirectly is hiring a Senior Manager to anchor our presence in the San Francisco/Palo Alto tech community and grow high-net-worth (HNW) giving. You will own the full donor lifecycle—sourcing, cultivating, closing, and stewarding six- and seven-figure gifts—while acting as GD’s strategic ambassador across the Bay Area ecosystem. 

This is a rare senior individual-contributor role that puts you in the room with the Bay Area’s most influential founders, engineers, and investors—converting their curiosity into six- and seven-figure gifts that directly reduce extreme poverty. You’ll build on GiveDirectly’s current Bay Area relationships while opening new doors through curated salons, warm-intro networks, and targeted partnerships. You’ll work closely with the CEO on pivotal donor conversations and strategy and be expected to operate in a high-trust, high-autonomy, outcome-driven environment.

Level: Senior Manager

Travel Requirement: Must be able to travel ~1-2 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats or field visits 

What you’ll do:

• 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. 

What you’ll bring:

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
• Connector-operator: Demonstrated suc