Senior Manager, Data - Fundraising and Marketing (Remote)

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Data - Fundraising and Marketing (Remote) to join our team at GiveDirectly. This position is fully remote, allowing you to work from anywhere while overlapping with East Africa timezone by at least 3 hours. As a Senior Manager, you will play a crucial role in transforming our fundraising and marketing strategies through data-driven insights.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary strategic data partner to our fundraising and marketing teams, leveraging your deep fundraising context and strong technical expertise.
• Define and document core fundraising and marketing KPIs to drive our fundraising goals.
• Design and build robust data models in our data warehouse that serve as the source of truth for fundraising reporting.
• Establish clear, trusted datasets and metric logic used consistently across Fundraising, Finance, and Leadership.
• Identify recurring analytical needs and convert them into scalable, automated data products.
• Collaborate with data engineering on upstream data quality and pipeline improvements.
• Build and maintain revenue forecasts and donor cohort models to guide annual planning and budget allocation.
• Conduct deep-dive analyses into donor cohorts, retention drivers, and churn patterns to drive continuous improvement on fundraising performance.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in analytics, data science, or quantitative strategy roles.
• Strong experience setting vision and priorities for data products from significant ambiguity.
• Advanced SQL skills and demonstrated experience building production-grade data models.
• Strong Python proficiency for deeper analysis and data pipeline contributions.
• Experience building forecasting models and conducting performance measurements.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and independently shape how data informs organizational strategy.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS and Databricks.
• Familiarity with Tableau for dashboards and visualizations.
• Knowledge of fundraising models and donor lifecycle.

What We Offer

• A competitive salary of $129,000 with an additional 10% bonus.
• A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement.
• A robust health benefits plan tailored to your location.
• Flexible paid time off to ensure work-life balance.
• Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development.

Join us at GiveDirectly as we reshape international giving and make a significant impact on the lives of the world’s poorest. This Senior Manager, Data - Fundraising and Marketing (Remote) role offers a unique opportunity to drive meaningful change through data.