Director, Global Health and Development

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🕒 August 12

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $154k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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Rethink Priorities

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Rethink Priorities is a think-and-do tank that conducts rigorous, data-driven research and implements projects to improve global well-being now and in the future. It evaluates and tests high-leverage interventions across areas such as animal welfare, global health and development, climate, and neglected issues, and offers consulting and special-project services to donors, nonprofits, policymakers, and researchers. The organization operates as nonprofit entities in the US and UK and focuses on empirical analysis, surveys, and actionable recommendations to maximize philanthropic and policy impact.

📋 Description

• Set and optimize department-level strategy with the President and Senior Research Managers • Contribute to and execute Rethink Priorities’ overall strategy • Evaluate, revise, and optimize theory-of-change models • Identify and advise on key impact opportunities and threats • Consult with staff on key projects, programs, and deliverables • Coordinate with communications and fundraising staff on strategy communications and fundraising and grant applications • Organize and help lead at least one annual department strategy retreat • Create and maintain relationships with potential and current funders and clients • Conduct warm and cold outreach to clients and fundraising leads • Pitch Global Health and Development research services via calls, emails, and relevant in-person meetings • Maintain relationships with organizations, institutions, and individuals relevant to the department • Monitor current activities and progress with staff • Stay informed on relevant department areas • Keep organizational leadership updated on relevant developments • Oversee the team’s research and coordinate projects • Lead team strategy processes and oversee tight-deadline projects • Manage other managers in the Global Health and Development department • Lead departmental hiring and staffing efforts • Report directly to the President of Rethink Priorities

🎯 Requirements

• Substantial research and leadership experience • High autonomy and comfort overseeing research projects • Ability to assess methodological soundness and evidence quality • Strategic and critical thinking • Ability to document arguments, summarize takeaways, identify uncertainties, and cite supporting sources • Strong time and self-management skills • Project management and workflow management expertise • Collaboration and teamwork skills • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Outreach and networking capabilities • Ability to understand and interpret statistical analysis results • Fundraising and budgeting experience or understanding • Experience participating in grant applications and developing grant proposals • Organizational communication skills • Adaptability and ability to adjust to new information and perspectives • Performance management skills, including feedback, evaluations, and addressing performance issues • Ability to build an inclusive organizational culture • Professional-level English required • Ability to attend meetings during working hours between UTC-8 and UTC+1 • Ability to meet international travel requirements, including attending the annual organization retreat • Full-time availability preferred; openness to part-time work of at least 32 hours per week

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual salary of $154,000 USD pre-tax for full-time work, prorated for part-time work • Remote-first environment • Flexible work hours and schedule • Comprehensive global benefits program, including statutory benefits and supplemental country-specific benefits • Unlimited vacation with a minimum number of required statutory days off • Three weeks of organization-wide mid- and end-year breaks • Unlimited personal and sick paid and unpaid leave within reason • Parental leave of 4–9 months combining paid and unpaid leave • Other paid and unpaid leave, including bereavement leave • Technology stipend of $2,000 USD equivalent every 3 years for work and office equipment • AI tools budget of $40 USD equivalent monthly • Professional Development Budget of $4,000 USD per year • Workshops and training sessions • 10% of work time dedicated to professional and personal development • Paid work trips, including an annual all-staff Mega Team Retreat and relevant conferences • Virtual co-working spaces, including a private Rethink Priorities Focusmate group • RP Peer Support Program for New Employees • Other benefits at the discretion of RP Leadership • Opportunities to grow and advance your career • Flexible work schedules and locations • Mental health coverage through medical benefits, as available • Technology budgets and professional development time usable for assistive technology or job coaching • Reasonable accommodations • Caring team valuing respectful work relations and healthy work-life balance • Low administrative bureaucracy