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Join Open Philanthropy in our quest to tackle high-impact challenges and manage our growing Business Operations team
Overview
Salary £153371.49
Location San Francisco (preferred) or Remote, Washington D.C., Remote - USA, Remote - Global
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Expires Expires at anytime
Open Philanthropy is a transformative grantmaker dedicated to making a significant impact across various critical areas such as advanced artificial intelligence, global health, scientific research, and more. In 2023 alone, we directed nearly $800 million toward causes that promise to improve lives and advance knowledge. Our mission is driven by a commitment to effectiveness and open-mindedness, making us a unique and daring player in the philanthropic field.
- Manage the Business Operations team, ensuring operational excellence and adapting processes for a growing, international remote workforce.
- Provide strategic oversight for office management, administrative support, and organizational efficiency.
- Lead a responsive team that meets the dynamic needs of program and research staff.
- Prior management experience with a focus on operational efficiency.
- Agility in responding to new challenges and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Genuine enthusiasm for Open Philanthropy's mission and goals.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with a strong suggestion to apply early. To ensure consideration, submit your application by the deadline indicated above. As part of our comprehensive benefits package, you'll enjoy excellent health, dental, and vision insurance, recommended four weeks of PTO, extended family leave, and support for learning and remote work.
Open Philanthropy is a grantmaker; our mission is to help others as much as we can with the resources available to us. We stress openness to many possibilities and have chosen our focus areas based on importance, neglectedness and tractability. We’re particularly interested in high-risk, high-reward giving that may be too unconventional for other funders. Our current giving areas include potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence, global health and development, scientific research, global public health policy, farm animal welfare, and biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. In 2023, we recommended just under $800 million to high-impact causes, and we’ve recommended over $3 billion in grants since our formation.
The role entails managing our Business Operations team (BizOps), which is currently made up of six staff and is likely to grow over time. BizOps owns office management and administrative support, responds flexibly to program and research staff needs, and does everything else necessary to ensure that Open Philanthropy runs smoothly. As we scale our staff and our giving — and grow more remote and international over time — you will tackle new needs as they arise and identify and redesign processes so they match our growth.
Job requirements include previous management experience, a responsive, agile work style, a track record of increasing organizational efficiency, and excitement about the work that Open Philanthropy is doing.
Benefits include excellent health insurance, dental, vision, and life insurance, four weeks of PTO recommended per year, four months of fully paid family leave, a generous and flexible expense policy, a continual learning policy, and support for remote work.
We are not able to sponsor visas for this role. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and we recommend applying early. Please apply (latest) by 11.59 p.m. Pacific Time on July 1, 2024 to be considered. US-based Operations staff are typically employed by Open Philanthropy Project LLC, which is not a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. As such, this role is unlikely to be eligible for public service loan forgiveness programs.
