Senior Manager, Research and Origination, Fund Ecosystem

The mission of Renaissance Philanthropy is to fuel a 21st century renaissance by increasing the ambition of philanthropists, scientists, and innovators. Our aim is to activate a virtuous loop of increasing ambition and impact between philanthropists and innovators: by identifying frontier experts both in science and in new ways of solving problems; by tapping into the growing number of emerging philanthropists; and by building multi-sector initiatives that can harness the power of philanthropy, markets, and governments.

We advance our mission by advising philanthropists, surfacing breakthrough ideas, and incubating ambitious initiatives. Read more about our philanthropic fund model here.

Role and Responsibilities As the Senior Manager, Research and Origination within the Fund Ecosystem program at Renaissance Philanthropy, you will play a key role in building out Renaissance Philanthropy's work to evaluate thesis-driven philanthropic funds and occasionally start new ones. The Fund Ecosystem program at Renaissance Philanthropy seeks to strengthen the broad ecosystem of thesis-driven philanthropic funds. The program has three focus areas: evaluating existing philanthropic funds and producing recommendations for two major philanthropists who we advise, starting new philanthropic funds, and building public goods to support the broader philanthropic ecosystem.

Reporting to the Program Director, the ideal candidate will be a technical polymath who thrives on a combination of breadth (surveying the full landscape of possibilities), depth (conducting deep and intense diligence), and action (making things happen).

This role will have a strong focus on pressing health and development challenges in low-and-middle income countries (70%), but you should expect to spend some of your time (30%) traversing a wide range of other topics, from science commercialization to climate interventions to U.S. state capacity.

The base compensation range for this role is $140,000-$200,000 with the ability to go higher for exceptionally qualified candidates, along with a comprehensive and generous benefits package and 401K contribution.

Renaissance Philanthropy has offices in New York, Washington D.C. and London. There is a preference for location in D.C. or New York to enable in-person work, however, this is a remote role that is open to candidates anywhere, including in Africa and Asia. Your core responsibilities will include:

Evaluation (~75%) Evaluate existing thesis-driven philanthropic funds, culminating in a clearly argued, written fund/don't-fund recommendation for the philanthropists we work with Conduct shallow reviews to identify the "cruxes" — the critical open questions most likely to shift our recommendation Over the course of the year, it is likely you will do 25-30 shallow evaluations, with