Expression of Interest: Senior Partnerships & Philanthropy Leadership Roles (Director / Senior Director)

Core responsibilities for this role include:

• Leading and developing a high-performing fundraising team with focus on coaching, performance management, and ensuring role clarity
• Owning and expanding a portfolio of high-value institutional, corporate, foundation, and HNW partners while developing pipelines and closing multimillion-dollar, multi-year funding opportunities
• Acting as a senior external representative of GiveDirectly at conferences, donor forums, high-level events, and strategic convenings
• Enhancing forecasting, pipeline management, and partnership systems to support strategic decision-making and strengthening cross-team knowledge sharing

This role contributes directly to expanding GiveDirectly's global partnership ecosystem, stewarding major funders, and influencing how resources flow to people living in poverty through direct cash transfers, accelerating the end of extreme poverty.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Significant experience (8+ years) in fundraising, institutional partnerships, HNW relationship management, business development, or other high-leverage strategic roles
• Proven ability to build and deepen relationships with senior leaders, influencers, and decision-makers
• Demonstrated success closing large, complex funding deals or equivalent partnership agreements
• Experience leading teams and building cultures of excellence with strong communication skills

GiveDirectly offers a candid, analytical, agile, and non-hierarchical culture with a global team from 21 different countries speaking 69 languages. The organization supports flexibility, takes care of team members, has fun, and creates professional growth opportunities. No specific compensation or salary information is mentioned in the posting.