Senior Product Manager, Targeting

GiveDirectly; City Of London; Remote; GBP 96,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading non-profit organization is seeking a Senior Product Manager to design and scale systems to identify individuals in need during crises. This fully remote role requires strong product management and humanitarian analysis skills. The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of experience and be fluent in technical concepts while ensuring inclusivity and data-driven practices. Competitive salary and benefits provided.

Benefits

Competitive salary including bonus

Flexible paid time off

Robust health benefits plan

Allowances for desk setup and learning

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience in data-intensive or humanitarian-focused products.
• Proven experience conducting humanitarian needs analysis.
• High technical fluency across data engineering, analytics, and science.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement humanitarian needs assessments.
• Develop systems to monitor global crises.
• Lead product development from discovery to launch.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Problem solving

Project management

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Curiosity

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Overview

GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving by providing cash grants directly to the world’s poorest. The Brookings Institution estimates that $70B of cash transfers would be required to eliminate the poverty gap; the aid sector currently spends $135B each year, much of it on evidence-free interventions. GiveDirectly wants to change that, establishing cash transfers as a benchmark for foreign aid and accelerating the end of extreme poverty.

GD has raised over $1B since launching in 2011, delivered cash to more than 1.5 million people in 15 countries, and supported large-scale, experimental research indicating strong recipient impact. GD has been recognized as one of the most innovative non-profit companies by Fast Company, and its leading role in the cash transfer movement has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, This American Life, Foreign Affairs, and The Economist.

Our culture is candid, analytical, agile, and non-hierarchical. Our global team of ~150 people, plus country operations teams of ~650, come from 21 countries and speak 69 languages. From software engineers to humanitarian workers, former management consultants to public servants, researchers to field operations, it’s an incredible group of people.

Our values are central and deliberately opinionated. We center the people we serve in our decision making and strive to build an ambitious, dynamic, high-performing environment. If these values reflect how you like to work, this could be a great fit.

We work hard to create an environment in which all team members can thrive, succeed, and grow. We support flexibility, care for each other, have fun, and create professional growth opportunities.

Priority application deadline: Oct 17, 2025 or until we reach a critical mass of applications

Location: This role is fully remote but must overlap with an East Africa timezone by at least 3 hours. We are unable to sponsor employment visas in the U.S. or U.K. at this time.

Travel Requirement: 10–20% (~1 week every 2 months)

Role Overview

GiveDirectly is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Targeting to design and scale the systems that allow us to rapidly and equitably identify who to serve in moments of crisis. This individual will serve as the strategic and technical lead for targeting within the International Rapid Response (IRR) Product team and build the infrastructure that ensures GD knows:

• When and where a crisis event has occurred that fits GD response criteria
• Which subpopulations are most affected and relevant for our programs
• The actionable lists of individuals to enroll for assistance

A core part of this role is applying humanitarian needs analysis frameworks to ensure that our crisis response is data-driven, inclusive, and contextually grounded. The ideal candidate will combine humanitarian analysis experience with strong product management skills—driving continuous discovery to define our products for targeting, working with engineers, data scientists, and operations partners to run rapid experiments, validate assumptions, and scale solutions across contexts.

Reports to: Senior Product Director, International Rapid Response

What You’ll Do

Lead Humanitarian Needs Analysis for Targeting

• Design and implement approaches for systematically assessing needs in crisis-affected populations
• Incorporate humanitarian data sources (e.g., needs assessments, poverty statistics, vulnerability indices, displacement monitoring) into GD’s targeting systems
• Translate complex needs analysis into clear eligibility criteria and operational plans as a service to other teams

Detect and Prioritize Crisis Events

• Develop systems and frameworks to monitor global crises and determine when GD should mobilize
• Partner with humanitarian agencies, data providers, and crisis monitoring organizations to integrate reliable event and needs assessment signals into GD’s workflow
• Define methodologies and establish systems for determining which groups within a crisis are most relevant for GD’s programs, using vulnerability analysis and humanitarian standards
• Establish the toolkit for producing accurate, actionable lists of individuals to be enrolled in GD IRR programs

Technical Product Management

• Lead and steward the roadmap for targeting capabilities, including capability prioritization
• Lead end-to-end product development from problem discovery and user requirements gathering to launch and iteration, in partnership with engineering, data science, and operations
• Pair technical depth with understanding of users and humanitarian realities to design reusable, leveraged systems
• Conduct agile iterative experiments and pilots to validate assumptions about crisis detection and targeting, using results to refine strategy
• Define and track success metrics for targeting products
• Direct engineering and data science and partner with operations teams to ensure outputs are timely, relevant, and usable in the field

Drive Efficiency and Learning

• Continuously evaluate and improve targeting approaches for speed, accuracy, and inclusivity, while maintaining humanitarian principles
• Stay abreast of technology and industry developments to ensure GD leverages cutting-edge targeting approaches
• Document learnings and build playbooks to scale best practices across contexts

What You’ll Bring

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly values and a track record in core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity
• Proven experience conducting humanitarian needs analysis — assessing vulnerabilities, interpreting crisis data, and applying frameworks such as IPC, MIRA, or sectoral needs assessments
• 5+ years of product management experience, shipping data-intensive or humanitarian-focused products and collaborating with engineers and data teams
• High technical fluency across data engineering, data analytics, and data science; ability to translate technical tradeoffs into operational targeting strategies
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences, including humanitarian partners
• Proven ability to thrive in fast-changing, high-stakes environments; adaptability and curiosity
• Strong product sense and ability to balance speed and rigor in uncertainty
• Demonstrated ability to design reusable systems, processes, and technology that scale across contexts
• Supervisory and team leadership experience, including mentoring analysts, data scientists, and data engineers

Nice to Have

• Field experience in humanitarian response or international social protection programs
• Familiarity with data security and privacy frameworks in sensitive contexts
• Comfort with SQL, Python, or R for data manipulation and monitoring

Compensation

At GiveDirectly, compensation is designed to be generous and equitable. We use a third-party salary aggregator to ensure total compensation (base plus bonus) falls within the 75th percentile of similar roles at similar organizations. We have a no-negotiation policy to ensure equity across roles. Read more about our compensation philosophy here.

• The United States base salary for this role is $129,000.
• The Kenya base salary for this role is $101,221.

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

Why work at GiveDirectly?

We offer:

• A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement
• A commitment to staff development and growth
• A competitive salary, including bonus
• A robust health benefits plan (varies by country)
• Flexible paid time off
• Allowances for desk setup and learning and development

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Working at GiveDirectly

GiveDirectly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Note: This posting includes voluntary self-identification sections as required by law.

Commitment to Safeguarding

GD is committed to safeguarding recipients, staff, and partners. We are a member of safeguarding programs and may conduct pre-hire screens, including reference checks, criminal background checks, and sanctions screens. We strive to observe all laws protecting children, vulnerable adults, and human rights, including a zero-tolerance policy for SEAH (sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment).

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