Director, Talent Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop GiveDirectly’s talent management function and create a deliberate approach to onboarding, development, and retention.

• Evaluate existing talent management programs within the initial 90 days and collaborate with the Head of People to establish the first-year sequence.

• Articulate the vision and multi-year roadmap for talent management.

• Suggest the composition of the talent management team and decide what elements to build internally versus acquire or adapt.

• Integrate talent management with workforce planning, compensation, and recruitment in collaboration with People, Finance, and functional leaders.

• Oversee the execution of the performance system redesign, linking calibrated ratings to merit increases and salary bands.

• Enhance performance discussions, ensuring employee clarity on expectations, feedback, and growth opportunities.

• Develop calibration and data processes to ensure equitable ratings and merit decisions across various countries and currencies.

• Set global standards for managing low performance and equip managers to implement them effectively.

• Refine the performance system by utilizing calibration, outcomes, and feedback from employees and managers.

• Revise onboarding content and experiences for new hires and managers, collaborating with People Ops on systems and processes.

• Create foundational programs for manager development focused on feedback, coaching, difficult conversations, and performance management.

• Expand into leadership development and broader learning initiatives.

• Organize the values retreat with an external facilitator and executive sponsor, translating outcomes into daily work practices.

• Evaluate employee listening and engagement, and formulate an employee listening strategy.

• Establish processes for talent planning and succession.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in talent management, performance, or organizational design roles, including leadership of a function or a significant portion of one.

• Designed a performance system that connects ratings to compensation and adapted the system after the initial cycle.

• Experience ensuring fairness in rating and pay systems across diverse currencies, labor markets, and managerial quality.

• Practical experience in building talent management programs and systems from the ground up or nearly so in a startup or scale-up environment.

• Systems thinking related to ratings, calibration, pay, promotion, and onboarding.

• Change management experience across various countries and cultures, demonstrating successful program adoption.

• Extensive experience in at least two of onboarding, manager development, and employee engagement/listening, with working knowledge in the third.

• Proven ability to lead major projects, navigate disagreements with senior partners, and influence without formal authority in a matrixed organization.

• Strong judgment and prioritization skills.

• Preferred: experience in a mission-driven or international organization, particularly with high-growth commercial or tech exposure.

• Preferred: experience across multiple countries, including sub-Saharan Africa.

• Preferred: experience collaborating with external facilitators, consultants, or vendors.

• Preferred: comfort in utilizing survey, performance, and calibration data.

• Preferred: familiarity with compensation design or total rewards.

• Preferred: proficiency in professional French or Portuguese.

• Must be available for approximately 3 hours of daily overlap with East Africa Time and significant overlap with US Eastern hours.

• Must be eligible to work in one of the specified hiring countries through a GiveDirectly entity or an established employer of record.

• Note: GiveDirectly cannot sponsor or assume sponsorship of employment visas in the U.S. or U.K.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual benefits stipend: $21,393 in the United States, £2,760 in the United Kingdom, or $8,453 in Kenya.

• Bonus target: 15%.

• Approximately 3-4 trips per year, including at least one trip to a country of operation and one to a key in-person leadership event.

• Reasonable accommodations provided during the application/interview process and for essential job functions.

• $3,000 referral reward for a Senior Manager or above role, payable if the referral is hired.

• An inclusive and accessible work environment.