Senior Manager, Product
Overview
GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving – and millions of lives – by providing cash grants directly to the world’s poorest.
Job Description
The Senior Manager, Product will own GiveDirectly’s Cash + Coaching initiative — a high-priority effort to identify, build, and scale the most cost-effective coaching elements that meaningfully enhance the impact of large cash transfers already reaching hundreds of thousands.
Responsibilities
- - Lead deep collaborations with specific country Programs teams to design and pilot coaching models in real operational contexts
- - Partner extensively with external organizations (e.g., graduation NGOs, edutainment firms, chatbot developers, researchers) to adapt and integrate best-in-class content
- - Manage vendors and co-development partnerships from concept through rollout
- - Translate behavioral science and coaching theory and evidence into practical, scalable delivery systems
- - Test and iterate quickly within large-scale cash programs, generating high-quality evidence at speed
Required Skills
- - 8-10+ years of experience designing or leading graduation, economic inclusion, or cash-plus programs
- - Direct experience building or scaling digital coaching products (e.g., chatbot, app-based curriculum, edutainment platform, digital financial literacy tools)
- - Deep familiarity with the graduation evidence base and coaching methodologies
- - Strong project management skills, with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple internal teams, country programs, and external vendors simultaneously
- - Experience translating behavioral or training concepts into scalable operational systems
- - Excellent written communication and strategic thinking skills
Benefits
- - Base Salary: $115,500
- - Bonus at Target Performance: $11,500 with potential for upside
- - Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $126,500+
- - Annual Benefits Stipend for US: $21,393
About the company
GiveDirectly is a nonprofit organization that helps people living in extreme poverty by delivering unconditional cash transfers directly to recipients via mobile payments. Operating across countries including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Bangladesh, the DRC, and the United States, GiveDirectly enables governments, foundations, and individual donors to move resources efficiently and transparently to those who need them most. By using technology to identify recipients, deliver payments end-to-end, and rigorously measure impact through randomized controlled trials, GiveDirectly is reshaping international development—putting choice and agency in the hands of recipients while building one of the most scalable, evidence-driven models in global aid.
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