• Fully own end-to-end design, planning, and execution of cash projects, and coordinate with external and internal stakeholders to ensure successful end-to-end execution • Design and build operational models for new programs, including assessing trade-offs of different design decisions (e.g. targeting, payments, customer service) • Manage partnerships with vendors, subgrantees, subcontractors, and other external parties to support implementation • Define, track, and report operational and efficiency metrics • Identify and de-risk operational vulnerabilities (e.g. fraud, brand risk etc) • Motivate teams and directly manage team members (U.S. Manager/Associate) whose responsibilities include field team hiring and management, operations quality assurance, and business diligence support • Identify and advance macro-level improvements in U.S. operations, program management, and reporting processes • Collaborate closely with the Grants team to develop processes that ensure U.S. project funding strategies are operationally viable and minimally burdensome to internal and external stakeholders • Resolve conflicts between program needs and funding rules, escalating risks early with clear options and trade offs • Ensure clear communication and reporting to state agencies, fiscal intermediaries, and major institutional funders on compliance and execution • Collaborate closely with the Fraud and Safeguarding teams to ensure projects always put Recipients First, bringing a systems lens to combating fraud and harm • Establish internal controls, approval workflows, and documentation standards that ensure on-the-ground program operations are responsive to reporting requirements • Establish and maintain high quality relationships with donors and operational partners • Drive communication and alignment across a variety of internal and external stakeholders including GiveDirectly senior management, donors, operational partners, researchers, and payment providers • Collaborate with U.S. Country Director and Partnerships team to drive donor conversations and position GiveDirectly as a leader in the US cash space • Conduct operational diligence, feasibility, and risk assessments for pilots and proposals