Director, Global Talent Acquisition (Remote)

About the role

GiveDirectly is at an inflection point. We've grown significantly over the past several years and are now positioned for a step-change in scale, with ambitions that would require a fundamentally different recruiting capability than what most organizations have built. Talent is a board-level priority, and this role exists to lead that build.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership and Development
• Manage and coach the team (currently two managers, five ICs) to develop as true business partners
• Create a team culture of accountability, proactive ownership, and continuous improvement
• Create clarity on roles, workload, and capacity across the team
• Manage the transition of external contractor support as internal team capacity grows
• Recruiting Operations and Quality
• Personally advise, as needed, on the most complex, senior, and high-stakes searches (Director+, technical, or time-sensitive roles)
• Own Greenhouse: configuration, data quality, reporting, and AI tooling — and lead the team's thoughtful integration of AI tools to improve speed and quality without compromising candidate experience
• Establish recruiting metrics that matter [time-to-fill, pipeline conversion, source effectiveness, hiring manager satisfaction] and use them to drive decisions
• Standardize and simplify processes across the full hiring lifecycle, from JD creation through offer
• Develop and embed structured interview frameworks and calibration practices that reduce bias and improve hiring quality
• Build hiring manager capability: role kick-off rigor, interview training, feedback calibration, and shared accountability for outcomes
• Building a Global Sourcing Function
• Build GiveDirectly's outbound sourcing capability from the ground up
• Develop sourcing strategies for the talent markets that matter most: global development, tech for good, field operations, and senior functional roles across Africa, Europe, and North America
• Create and maintain relationships with Africa-based recruiting networks for senior and hard-to-fill roles where standard channels fall short
• Create and maintain warm pipelines for critical role families, including passive candidates for Senior Manager+ positions
• Update and sharpen GiveDirectly's careers page and employer brand presence to attract the right talent across global markets
• Strategic Partnership and Workforce Planning
• Partner with hiring managers and senior leaders to shift TA's role from reactive fulfillment to proactive planning
• Lead role criticality assessments, helping the business distinguish between backfills, growth hires, and strategic bets, and sequence recruiting resources accordingly
• Build and own headcount planning and management processes in partnership with Finance and People Ops, including scenario planning for significant potential growth
• Translate growth scenarios into staffing models, sourcing lead times, and capacity plans
• Contribute to building the data infrastructure that connects recruiting activity to org-level talent strategy

Qualifications

• Alignment with GiveDirectly values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity
• Demonstrated experience scaling a TA function through hypergrowth or significant organizational change, and building sourcing capabilities from the ground up
• Strong command of recruiting operations: ATS management (Greenhouse a plus), data and metrics, and process design
• Experience enabling hiring managers through structured interviewing, calibration, and role kick-off discipline
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Experience in a global non-profit, international development organization, or mission-driven company with Africa presence preferred
• Familiarity with EOR/contractor recruiting models across multiple countries preferred
• Comfort with AI-assisted recruiting tools preferred

Pay

United States: Base Salary - $128,000, Bonus at Target Performance - 15% (~$19,200), Estimated Total Compensation at Target - $147,200+ Annual Benefits Stipend - $21,393

United Kingdom: Base Salary - £90,100, Bonus at Target Performance - 15% (~£13,125), Estimated Total Compensation at Target - £103,615+ Annual Benefits Stipend - £2,760

Kenya: Base Salary - $101,221, Bonus at Target Performance - 15% (~$15,183), Estimated Total Compensation at Target - $116,404+ Annual Benefits Stipend - $8,453

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