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Senior Product Director, International Rapid Response

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💎 Seniority level: Senior, 7+ years

🔍 Industry: Humanitarian, fintech, or international development

🏢 Company: GiveDirectly👥 501-1000💰 $1,000,000 Grant almost 7 years agoMobile PaymentsService IndustryCharityFinancial ServicesPaymentsNon Profit

⏳ Experience: 7+ years

Requirements:
  • 7+ years of experience in product management, operations, or technology development, ideally within the humanitarian, fintech, or international development sectors.
  • Strong understanding of the global disaster response and/or humanitarian landscape, including knowledge of key actors, gaps, and opportunities.
  • Experience building tech products from MVP to production, and a demonstrated track record of working closely with engineers to solve technological innovations
  • Experience using data to inform decision-making, and experience hands on with Excel and at least basic SQL strongly preferred.
Responsibilities:
  • Develop and execute a product strategy for GiveDirectly’s humanitarian and rapid response initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and sector best practices.
  • Lead the design and iteration of products, including software and technical products - that facilitate efficient and equitable cash delivery in crisis settings, including data pipelines, targeting methodologies, verification solutions, and payment integrations.
  • Manage a small cross-functional team (including engineers and humanitarian specialists) and collaborate with programs, partnerships and research teams to pilot and scale innovative approaches for crisis response, leveraging mobile technology, geospatial data, and AI-driven decision-making
  • Define and validate high level business and functional requirements for tech solutions
  • Build partnerships with humanitarian organizations, donors, tech partners, and government agencies to enhance GD’s response capabilities and expand funding opportunities.
  • Establish and refine key performance metrics to assess the effectiveness and impact of rapid response programs.
  • Stay abreast of emerging trends and innovations in humanitarian aid, digital payments, and disaster response to continuously improve GiveDirectly’s approach.
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