Director of Grantmaking & Strategy

Humanity Ai; New York (NY); Híbrido; USD 160.000 - 185.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health coverage

Retirement benefits

Paid sick leave

Vacation and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Descripción de la vacante

Humanity AI is seeking a senior strategist to lead grantmaking and ecosystem-building efforts in a hybrid NYC setting. You will shape a multi-million-dollar portfolio, build trusted relationships with grantees and funders, and guide how philanthropy can influence the future of AI with civil society and public-interest partners.

You will work closely with the Executive Director to define priorities, measure impact, and communicate a clear narrative that aligns with Humanity AI’s mission to serve

Formación

• 8+ years in philanthropic grantmaking, field-building, or program leadership with portfolio responsibility.
• Sophisticated understanding of AI governance and public-interest technology with credible relationships.
• Proven track record forging trusted relationships across grantees, funders and policy communities.
• Learning-driven strategist using evidence to evolve strategy and communicate with diverse audiences.
• Proactive problem solver who partners with the ED in a new organization.
• Ally to historically overlooked groups with ability to amplify diverse voices.

Responsabilidades

• Translate strategy into a multi-year grant portfolio with a view to AI impact.
• Own end-to-end grant cycle: RFP design, pipeline development, review, and Steering Committee workflows.
• Conduct programmatic due diligence including site visits and organizational assessment.
• Coordinate with Finance & Operations on charitable-status vetting and payments.
• Develop grantmaking priorities with the Executive Director and Steering Committee.
• Build coalitions across civil society, labor, academia, and industry.
• Design ecosystem convenings for funders, grantees, and the field.
• Translate learning into strategy; produce impact summaries for committees and public release.
• Advise the ED on program strategy and narrative.

Conocimientos

Grantmaking

Public-interest tech

Coalition building

Learning-driven strategy

Proactive problem solving

Advocacy & equity

Descripción del empleo

Reports to: Executive Director

Location: Hybrid in NYC

Salary: $160,000-$185,000

About Humanity AI

Humanity AI is a $500 million five-year initiative dedicated to making sure people have a stake in the future of artificial intelligence. As part of Humanity AI, eleven of the nation’s most dynamic foundations supporting the arts, labor and work, democracy, education, and security will drive new investments toward establishing a people-driven future where AI delivers for humanity, strengthens communities, and enhances human creativity. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) will serve as the fiscal sponsor for Humanity AI and will manage a pooled fund of grants. Learn more atHumanity AI.

About the role

This role sets the strategy for how Humanity AI uses grantmaking and field-building to influence the future of AI. You’ll decide where our grantmaking can make the biggest difference, build trusted, long-term collaborations with grantees, and bring sharp discernment about which organizations and ideas to back. You’ll be the ED’s closest strategic partner on grantmaking, bringing deep civil society experience and relationships and keeping Humanity AI tethered to impact on the ground.

Key Responsibilities

Grantmaking

• Translate Humanity AI’s strategy and emerging hypotheses into a coherent, multi-million-dollar grant portfolio, with a clear view of the levers of change in AI and Humanity AI’s role in influencing them
• Own the grant cycle end to end: RFP design, pipeline development, proposal review, and Steering Committee decision workflows
• Conduct programmatic due diligence on prospective grantees — site visits, reference calls, and organizational assessment
• Coordinate with Finance & Operations on charitable-status vetting and payment processing through RPA
• Develop annual grantmaking priorities and deployment plans with the Executive Director and Steering Committee
• Monitor grant progress and be accountable for demonstrating the results and impact of the portfolio, and proactively recommend reallocating resources when the evidence warrants
• Develop trusting relationships with grantees and identify opportunities to support them beyond financial awards

Ecosystem building & member alignment

• Build and lead coalitions across civil society, labor, academia, and industry, aligning diverse voices behind shared outcomes
• Serve as the substantive point of contact for Steering Committee members on grantmaking strategy and aligned-fund coordination
• Inform aligned funding strategies across Steering Committee members by surfacing co-funding opportunities across member portfolios and wider ecosystem
• Design and facilitate ecosystem convenings and funder convenings that ensure multi-directional exchange between Humanity AI members, grantees, and the broader field

Learning & strategy

• Shape a focused learning agenda from deployed grants that informs Humanity AI’s future and helps set an agenda for the broader field
• Translate grantee insight and other portfolio data into strategy — what is working, what is not, what it means for future grant deployment strategy
• Produce learning reports and impact summaries for the Steering Committee and public release
• Advise the ED on programmatic strategy, positioning, and narrative

Required qualifications

• Experienced Grantmaker: 8+ years of relevant experience in philanthropic grantmaking, field-building, or program leadership, including setting portfolio strategy, due diligence, and accountability for multi-million-dollar portfolios
• Public Interest Technology Expert: Sophisticated understanding of the levers, stakeholders, and approaches for influencing how AI is built and governed, with established relationships and credibility among civil society and public interest technology organizations working on AI
• Coalition Builder: Proven track record forging trusted relationships across grantees, funders, and policy communities; sought after for steering committees and advisory roles
• Learning-Driven Strategist: Uses evidence and grantee insight to evolve strategy; comfortable working with evaluators and translating findings for different audiences
• Proactive Problem Solver: Able to operate as a key thought partner with the ED to navigate the challenges of a new organization, problem solving and building without close direction
• Ally and Amplifier: Committed ally to those historically overlooked or excluded from technology decision making; eager to work in relationship with them to leverage Humanity AI’s position for strategic amplification and narrative change
  

Working with AI

• Fluency using AI for landscape analysis, portfolio pattern-finding, and synthesis of grantee and evaluation material, with human verification on anything that informs a funding decision
• Proactive experimentation with new tools and sharing of what works across the team
• Responsible use of AI across functions, modelling transparency with Humanity AI stakeholders and grantees about where and how AI is used
  

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with pooled funds, intermediaries, or multi-funder collaboratives
• Experience working inside a nonprofit or civil society organization, bringing a grantee’s perspective to grantmaking
• Background in systems change analysis and grantmaking to build partner capacity and efficacy
• Strategic-level thinker who operates egolessly at the tactical level, narrowing potential for disconnects with fast feedback loops between what is being heard on the ground and what we’re doing
• A sought-after partner who builds, cultivates and reciprocally benefits a broad-based network of relationships across the country
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, demonstrating clarity, persuasion and sophisticated modulation across channels and different perspectives
• Comfort with ambiguity, experimentation and rapid iteration in an early-stage organization
• Experience designing learning initiatives or communities of practice
  

Compensation & benefits

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including health coverage, retirement benefits, paid sick leave, vacation and holidays, tuition reimbursement and access to professional development resources.

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Humanity AI celebrate the uniqueness of our staff, our partners, and the communities we serve. We are committed to inclusion with the goal of cultivating a culture of belonging and acceptance. We strive to embed this value in our philanthropic work to advance a more just, equitable and sustainable world. RPA is an equal opportunity employer.