Chief of Staff

Summary

Join GiveDirectly as their Chief of Staff and play a pivotal role in optimizing leadership effectiveness and ensuring alignment across teams. This senior-level position requires a highly strategic leader with strong analytical, operational, and communication skills. You will streamline decision-making processes, drive internal communications, and lead special projects. The role offers exposure to executive decision-making and high-level problem-solving, providing valuable experience for future leadership roles. GiveDirectly offers competitive compensation, including a base salary and bonus, and a supportive work environment that values flexibility and professional growth. The position is based in NYC, but remote work within specific time zones is considered.

Requirements

• Operational & Execution Excellence: Combine meticulous attention to detail with the ability to see the big picture. Ensure follow through on the things that matter, and have a proven ability to own complex multi-stakeholder processes and drive execution
• High-Tolerance for Ambiguity & Problem-Solving: Navigate uncertainty while staying highly attuned to stakeholder needs. Demonstrate the ability to self-start, and navigate challenges with limited direction
• Communication & influence: Possess exceptional communication skills internally and externally, with the ability to engage and influence senior leaders, align cross-functional teams, and ensure clear, concise internal communications
• Strategic Judgment & Analytical Decision-Making: Synthesize complex information (including comfort with quant analysis), make high-quality decisions quickly, and proactively recommend solutions
• Confidentiality & Trustworthiness: Handle sensitive and high-stakes information with discretion and sound judgment
• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values

Responsibilities

• Optimize CEO Effectiveness: Streamline decision-making, manage priorities, support communication and provide strategic counsel to maximize the CEO’s focus and effectiveness on high-impact work
• Lead Special Projects: Manage and deliver high stakes, time-bound initiatives to drive organizational results or improve organizational effectiveness
• Drive Organizational Operating Rhythms: Own agenda-setting, preparation of and facilitation for leadership meetings, retreats, and planning processes to ensure cross-team coordination and goal execution
• Lead Internal Communications: Oversee communication and comms strategies from the CEOs office to enhance alignment, reinforce values, foster collaboration, and increase transparency across the organization

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with some or all of the different parts of GiveDirectly’s business (organizational strategy & management, fundraising, cash programs, product, shared services) to inform your judgment

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience and location (US Director level: $128,000; US Senior Manager level: $109,200; Kenya Director level: $101,221; Kenya Senior Manager level: $77,500)
• Bonus
• Flexibility
• Professional growth opportunities
• Travel (1-2 times per quarter)