Senior Global Director of Country Operations

GiveDirectly is looking for a Senior Global Director of Country Operations to oversee and strengthen the infrastructure and effectiveness of its country offices. The ideal candidate should have deep experience managing and maturing country offices, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, and be able to work in a fast-paced and changing environment. The role requires strong risk management experience, expertise in HR, compliance, procurement, corporate audit, risk, IT, and country registration processes, as well as excellent cross-cultural communication and stakeholder management skills.

Requirements

• Deep experience managing and maturing country offices, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Adept at financial and budget management
• Strong risk management experience, including crisis management
• Expertise in HR, compliance, procurement, corporate audit, risk, IT, and country registration processes
• Strong cross-cultural communication, stakeholder management, and comfort with matrixed organizations
• Proven ability to create clarity and structure within evolving systems that can work in diverse contexts
• Demonstrated ability to make data-driven decisions
• Highly analytical and able to grip the details of country office management for ongoing rigorous systems building and cross country oversight.
• Ability to get things done with limited resources and implement scalable solutions
• Experience and aptitude leveraging new technologies and AI to advance organizational and country office effectiveness

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• Robust health benefits plan
• Flexible paid time off
• Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development