Risk Management Program Manager

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Remote - Goma/Bukavu/Kinshasa, DRC, requirement to overlap with an East Africa timezone by at least 3 hoursFull-TimeManager

SalaryBase Salary: $ 75,100; Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~$ 7,510 with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be $ 8,787 in 2025); Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $ 82,610

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Job Details

Languages: Fluency in both English and French.
Experience: 3+ years leading audit, compliance, or risk functions
Required Skills: People ManagementStakeholder managementRisk ManagementData analytics

Requirements

Have 3+ years of experience leading audit, compliance, or risk functions, combining strategy design with hands-on fieldwork.
Have personally led or overseen sensitive or high-risk fraud investigations.
Have directly managed a team, including hiring, performance reviews, and conflict management.
Have managed audit or risk across multiple countries or regional units.
Have field-based operations experience in low-resource or humanitarian/development settings and be comfortable with in-person country visits.
Have experience working with external partners and cross-functional teams, including Safeguarding, Programs, and Tech.
Use data to identify fraud trends, develop KPIs and metrics, and monitor risk reporting; be open to AI- and technology-driven fraud prevention.
Have contributed to project design, risk registers, and proposal creation.
Have produced strategy documents, quarterly reports, or retrospectives for leadership.
Be fluent in English and French.
Demonstrate alignment with GiveDirectly values and competencies including emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.

Responsibilities

Partner with Country Directors to develop country internal audit strategies and represent Internal Audit in project design.
Develop project-specific audit proposals, oversee community risk scoping, and ensure project risk registers are created and updated.
Own country internal audit metrics, KPIs, workbooks, risk classifications, and escalation protocols.
Lead or coordinate investigations into high-risk cases and monitor risk reporting trends.
Support community-based fraud intelligence monitoring and develop data- and technology-driven fraud prevention approaches.
Conduct field visits and spot checks of program and internal audit operations.
Coordinate with country teams, internal teams, external partners, and telecommunications providers on risk management.
Manage Internal Audit Managers, including hiring, check-ins, performance reviews, and team development.
Deliver fraud and safeguarding training to country Programs teams and promote compliance with organizational policies.
Prepare quarterly productivity reports, project retrospectives, and other updates for leadership.

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