Senior Global Director of Country Operations

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Oversee financial management across country offices
• - Ensure country offices are well-structured, compliant and able to deliver impact at scale
• - Provide operational support to Country Directors
• - Lead new country and project office setups
• - Facilitate evolution of country office organigrams and talent management systems
• - Partner with GSS departments and CDs to embed global standards
• - Coordinate with Legal & Compliance to keep country registrations up to date
• - Develop and implement a compliance certification process
• - Run periodic spot checks to identify risks
• - Serve as primary contact for GSS functions
• - Define and refine responsibilities between GSS and country offices
• - Oversee risk monitoring and mitigation across countries
• - Manage and maintain cross country risk dashboard
• - Backstop, lead, or participate in crisis management
• - Join and represent Programs in regular GSS/country office coordination meetings
• - Lead or contribute to org-wide initiatives
• - Take on special initiatives and projects as assigned

Required Skills

• - Deep experience managing and maturing country offices, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa
• - Comfort in a fast paced and changing environment
• - Adept at financial and budget management
• - Strong risk management experience
• - Expertise in HR, compliance, procurement, corporate audit, risk, IT, and country registration processes
• - Strong cross-cultural communication and stakeholder management
• - Proven ability to create clarity and structure within evolving systems
• - Demonstrated ability to make data-driven decisions
• - Highly analytical and able to grip the details of country office management
• - Experience and aptitude leveraging new technologies and AI
• - Comfort taking an agile and iterative approach
• - Familiarity with INGO standards, donor compliance, and internal controls
• - Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values

Benefits

• - A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement
• - A demonstrated commitment to helping all staff develop and grow
• - A competitive salary, including bonus
• - A robust health benefits plan
• - Flexible paid time off
• - Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development