Technical Program Associate or Manager

remote work; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that uses cash transfers and data-driven approaches to fight poverty. This role owns implementing and managing the technology used across programs, including recipient data collection, verification, payments, and monitoring, and leads technology-related aspects of new project launches.

You’ll define program requirements with the operations team, project manage multi-stakeholder implementations, analyze program data, and build systems for payments, verification, and

Qualifications

• Experience in technical program management or related role.
• Ability to work across operations and technology teams on complex programs.
• Strong systems thinking and data analysis skills.
• Comfort with learning new technologies and applying them in business contexts.
• Demonstrated ownership, initiative, and ability to navigate unfamiliar settings.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement program requirements with the operations team.
• Project manage the implementation across multiple stakeholders.
• Analyze, structure, and act on program data with a data-driven mindset.
• Identify and communicate tradeoffs in technical solutions.
• Build and manage systems for payments, verification, and monitoring.
• Own technology projects from concept through delivery, with ownership and accountability.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Systems thinking

Data analysis

Ownership & initiative

Stakeholder management

Job description

About the role

GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that uses cash transfers and data-driven approaches to fight poverty. This role owns implementing and managing the technology used across programs, including recipient data collection, verification, payments, and monitoring, and leads technology-related aspects of new project launches.

What you'll do

• Define and implement program requirements with the operations team
• Project manage the implementation across multiple stakeholders
• Analyze, structure, and act on program data with a data-driven mindset
• Identify and communicate tradeoffs in technical solutions
• Build and manage systems for payments, verification, and monitoring
• Own technology projects from concept through delivery, with ownership and accountability

What they're looking for

• Experience in technical program management or a related role
• Ability to work across operations and technology teams on complex programs
• Strong systems thinking and data analysis skills
• Comfort with learning new technologies and applying them in business contexts
• Demonstrated ownership, initiative, and ability to navigate unfamiliar settings
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states multiple countries where they hire and notes Nigeria as a supported location, so Nigeria is eligible to apply
• Timezone expectation requires 3 hours of daily overlap with East Africa time
• Employment type details indicate use of GD entities or an employer of record; contractor vs employee not explicitly stated
• Pay currency or salary range is not specified in the listing
• Visa or work authorization notes are not specified beyond the listed eligible locations