Open Philanthropy

👥 51-100💰 Grant 4 months agoCharity Product Research Wellness💼 Private Company

Open Philanthropy is a grantmaking organization dedicated to making philanthropy as effective as possible. Through research and grantmaking, we aim to improve lives and share our findings openly for others to build upon. We're tackling some of the world's most important and neglected problems, currently giving away over $700 million annually. Our areas of focus include artificial intelligence risk, global health, scientific research, and more. Our tech stack includes a variety of technologies such as Common Crawl, Cloudflare CDN, and Amazon Web Services. We also leverage technologies like Font Awesome and SSL by Default. We have a remote-first culture with a team of nearly 150 people spread across eleven countries, with offices in San Francisco and Washington, DC. We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and offer a wide range of benefits, including comprehensive health insurance, generous PTO, and support for remote work setups. We're experiencing significant growth, with the team expected to reach 200 people within the next eighteen months. We value ownership, openness, and calibration, striving to create a collaborative and impactful work environment. Open Philanthropy is actively seeking talented individuals interested in research, grantmaking, management, and technical operations to join our mission and contribute to a better future.

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🔥 Senior Program Officer, Abundance and Growth Fund

Posted about 9 hours ago

📍 Global

🧭 Full-Time

🔍 Philanthropy

🔧 Requirements

5+ years of experience in growth-focused areas, such as progress studies, innovation policy, land use reform, metascience, or related fields.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
Good written and interpersonal communication skills.
An entrepreneurial mindset.

💡 Responsibilities

Set program strategy: Define the program’s strategic priorities based on independent research, stakeholder input, and real-time policy opportunities. This will include identifying new sub-areas, evaluating existing ideas for funding, and assessing their expected impact, potentially in collaboration with our research team.
Lead grantmaking efforts: Identify and investigate high-impact grants that can help build the Abundance and Growth field, with a focus on removing barriers to economic progress and driving down costs in areas such as land use reform and innovation policy, among others.
Track impact: Assess and evaluate the effectiveness of our grants, and make strategic adjustments when needed.
Evaluate grantee progress: Engage with grantees to assess their progress, provide support, and refine our funding approach based on outcomes and learnings.
Develop relationships: Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including policymakers, funders, and organizations working on abundance and growth initiatives.
Act as a representative for Open Philanthropy and the abundance and growth movement at conferences and related events, helping to support its intellectual and policy landscape.
Explore and develop promising partnership and fundraising opportunities with the support of our Partnerships team.
Grow the field: Help shape the broader abundance and growth ecosystem by funding promising new organizations, supporting talent discovery, and engaging with other funders to increase the pool of resources dedicated to this cause.
Manage a team: Oversee and support the Innovation Policy team and potentially hire and manage additional team members within the Abundance and Growth Program (e.g., for expertise on Land Use Reform or other new areas).

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🔥 Head of People

Posted 5 days ago

📍 USA

🧭 Full-Time

🔍 Grantmaking

🔧 Requirements

Significant experience (8+ years) in HR/People Operations, including experience leading teams and shaping organizational strategy. You've ideally designed and led People Operations functions for organizations with headcounts of 200+, ideally in dynamic or fast-scaling contexts like startups.
Are an exceptional people leader with a track record of building high-performing teams and developing other managers. You know how to identify and cultivate excellence in others, and you do so both autonomously and proactively.
Enjoy debating ideas on the merits rather than deferring to precedent or standard practice. Because you know the "why" behind best people practices, you can work from first principles and adapt them to our context.
Flag and quantify risks rather than prohibit them, and can make and clearly communicate about decisions under uncertainty.
Model and reinforce our operating values of ownership, openness, and calibration. You have a low-ego, collaborative approach and are excited to give and receive direct feedback.
Have excellent judgment and emotional intelligence, and are trusted by leaders. You can navigate complex interpersonal dynamics with wisdom and care (e.g. terminations and exits), building trust with staff across different backgrounds and viewpoints.
Are just as passionate about our culture as you are about the work you do in the org.
Prior familiarity with our work or related areas such as effective altruism is a plus.

💡 Responsibilities

Strategic leadership of our People functions
Setting the vision and strategy for how we foster career growth and meaningful feedback across the organization, evolving our performance systems and management toolkit to reflect our larger scale
Serving as a trusted advisor and coach to our leadership team on organizational development, management excellence, and employee engagement
Defining our roadmap for managerial support and development, scaling up our resources such as training and development, coaching, and peer management groups
Owning talent development across the organization, building stronger development and retention systems in pursuit of optimal talent density
Identifying our biggest people-related opportunities and challenges and driving solutions that work for our unique context
Bottomlining employee relations, ensuring the best possible resolution to individual situations and the development of stronger employee relations processes
Helping to maintain and evolve our culture as we grow, ensuring it continues to embody our operating values
Evaluating and implementing our compensation strategy and advising on its evolution as we grow
Leading high-performing teams
Leading and developing the managers of individual People functions such as People Operations, Recruiting, and Business Immigration
Ensuring excellent execution across core functions like compensation, benefits, employee relations, immigration support, talent acquisition, and employee experience
Raising the visibility of our People functions throughout the organization, with an eye to deepening partnerships across teams and enhancing related supports
Guiding our event strategy, overseeing high-impact all-staff events that regularly bring together our remote team
Directing our approach to performance reviews, promotions, and career development
Bottomlining compliance with employment law and regulations while maintaining appropriate flexibility
Leading employee engagement analytics and improvement
Building scalable systems and processes that maintain our values of ownership and low bureaucracy

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🔥 Expression of Interest

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📍 Global

🧭 Full-Time

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