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GiveDirectlySenior Manager, Marketing Strategy & Operations
GiveDirectly is seeking a Senior Manager, Marketing Strategy & Operations to act as the strategic right-hand implementer to the VP of Marketing. Founded in 2011, GiveDirectly…
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GiveDirectly is seeking a Senior Manager, Marketing Strategy & Operations to act as the strategic right-hand implementer to the VP of Marketing. Founded in 2011, GiveDirectly is an organization that delivers cash directly to people living in poverty and crisis, aiming to make cash the benchmark for global aid. The employer operates across 20+ countries with a candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical culture. In this role, you will design and operate…
Job Description
GiveDirectly is seeking a Senior Manager, Marketing Strategy & Operations to act as the strategic right-hand implementer to the VP of Marketing. Founded in 2011, GiveDirectly is an organization that delivers cash directly to people living in poverty and crisis, aiming to make cash the benchmark for global aid. The employer operates across 20+ countries with a candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical culture.
In this role, you will design and operate the marketing operating system to drive coordination and scale across diverse channels like content, media, social, paid campaigns, web, and automation. The position is structured so that 40% of your time focuses on special marketing projects and strategic initiatives, another 40% on marketing operations and planning, and 20% on Chief of Staff-style support for the marketing leadership.
This is a full-time, remote position with a salary of GBP 120,750 per year (or local country benchmarks depending on location). Candidates must be able to travel approximately two to five times per year to operational countries for team retreats, meetings, and field visits. Eligible locations for employment infrastructure currently include Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, DRC, Germany, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex cross-functional marketing projects from problem definition through design, launch, test, iteration, and scale while measuring impact.
- Provide hands-on flex support and ownership for high-priority projects across marketing teams requiring extra capacity.
- Partner with marketing leadership to propose, prioritize, and scope the project portfolio, defining success metrics and test plans upfront.
- Own annual and quarterly planning as well as OKR discipline to translate strategy into measurable milestones.
- Analyze marketing performance, customer insights, and trends to uncover growth levers.
- Manage the marketing budget, headcount planning, and resource alignment in coordination with Finance.
- Oversee vendor evaluations, procurement, and onboarding for new marketing tools.
- Manage leadership operating rhythms including staff meetings, business reviews, offsites, and all-hands gatherings.
Requirements
- Possess 5 to 7 years of experience in strategy, chief of staff roles, management consulting, agency work, marketing, growth, or go-to-market operations.
- Demonstrate familiarity with a wide range of marketing tactics and channels such as lifecycle marketing, SEO, paid channels, social, content, and events.
- Show a proven record of leading complex cross-functional initiatives in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
- Have experience managing large marketing budgets including forecasts, budgeting, and headcount planning.
- Be able to travel approximately 2 to 5 times per year to countries of operation.
Qualifications
- Experience with hiring, recruiting, and onboarding operations.
- Familiarity with common marketing tech stack tools.
- Experience managing executive operating rhythms and planning forums.
Core Skills
Benefits
- Generous and equitable pay based on an accredited third-party salary aggregator.
- Bonus target of 10%.
- Annual benefits stipend that can cover benefits or be taken as additional taxable income.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is this position remote?
Yes, this is a fully remote role, though applicants are prioritized in specific countries where GiveDirectly has established employment infrastructure such as the UK, US, Canada, Kenya, and others.
What is the salary for this role?
The salary benchmark provided for the United Kingdom base is £77,600 per year, with a 10% bonus target and an annual benefits stipend of £2,760. For the US, the base salary is $120,750.
What are the travel expectations?
The role requires the ability to travel approximately two to five times per year to one of GiveDirectly's countries of operation for team retreats, meetings, and field visits.
How is the time allocated in this position?
You will spend 40% of your time on special marketing projects and strategic initiatives, 40% on marketing operations and ways of working, and 20% on Chief of Staff-style duties supporting the VP of Marketing.
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