[Hiring] Senior Manager, Cash & Coaching @GiveDirectly

Role Description

The Senior Manager, Cash & Coaching 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. They are an expert on graduation programs and strategies, and have the product skills to package this into scalable & digital formats.

Graduation-style programs that pair cash with coaching have demonstrated strong impacts, but are often expensive, high-touch, and difficult to scale. We aim to build lean, digitally enabled, recipient-centered coaching interventions that can be layered onto large transfers at low marginal cost and deployed across countries.

This role is fundamentally entrepreneurial. You will:

• 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.

This is an opportunity to take the strongest elements of graduation — and reimagine them in a fast-moving, digitally enabled, autonomy-first model with the goal of reaching millions.

Qualifications

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.
• Language Requirement: English, French preferred.
• 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.

Requirements

• Experience co-developing products with governments or multilateral partners.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled tools, WhatsApp-based delivery, IVR, or digital learning platforms.
• Experience working in fast-paced, iterative environments.

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.
• This role is fully remote, so if you are not based in the US, we will share an estimated salary benchmark for the country you are based in during the hiring process.

Company Description

GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving – and millions of lives – by providing cash grants directly to the world’s poorest. GD has raised over $1B since launching in 2011 and delivered cash to more than 2 million people in 15 different countries. Our culture is candid, analytical, agile, and non-hierarchical. We work hard to create an environment in which all our team members can thrive, succeed, and grow.