Director, Talent Management

GiveDirectly is hiring for the Director, Talent Management position in Nairobi. This is a full time role. Applications close on 9 November 2026.

We are currently planning for a significant increase in scale, and we are building the People function that can carry it.

This is our first senior talent management role.

Today we have pieces of talent management programs and processes in place, but not yet a function.

Key responsibilities

• Build the talent management function
• Build an approach to talent and succession planning, starting with critical roles: work with leaders to identify succession gaps, assess potential successors, and put development plans in place to prepare people for future opportunities.
• Build calibration and the data around it so ratings and merit decisions stay consistent and fair across countries, currencies, and manager quality.

Requirements

• You have deep experience in at least two of onboarding, manager development, and employee engagement or listening, and working experience in the third.
• Experience in a mission-driven or international organization, ideally alongside high-growth commercial or tech experience…

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