Program Director & Leadership jobs in philanthropy

Open Program Director & Leadership roles at foundations, corporate givers, and grantmaking organizations — collected weekly from funder career pages. Filter by location, seniority, and work style, and see each funder's giving profile alongside the role.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
Gives$8.1B/yr
Senior Program Officer, AI and Health - 9 Months LTE.
Why you'd thrive here
Someone with direct experience evaluating or deploying AI applications in global health delivery, comfortable moving quickly in a large institutional environment and synthesizing evidence across academic research, policy, and implementation contexts.
Foundation endowment and institutional fundingSupport for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation operationsPhilanthropic infrastructure / private foundation funding
2 LocationsProgram leadershipPosted 9 days ago19 contacts
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Wellcome Trust
Gives$2.6B/yr
Head of Information, Research & Culturally Sensitive Collections
Why you'd thrive here
Senior leader with deep expertise in building inclusive research collections and information systems across global health institutions; experienced navigating ethical frameworks around data stewardship, cultural sensitivity, and equitable access in contexts spanning Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Infectious Disease Clinical TrialsGlobal Health Research CapacityImplementation Research for Licensed Interventions
LondonProgram leadershipPosted 25 days ago
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Wellcome Trust
Gives$1.8B/yr
Research Manager, Capacity & Field Development
Why you'd thrive here
Research professional with experience managing large-scale biomedical or public-health research portfolios and building capacity within academic institutions or research networks; comfortable translating between funder strategy and researcher needs.
Biomedical researchClinical researchPublic health
LondonProgram leadershipPosted 29 days ago10 contacts
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Open Society Foundations
Gives$1.2B/yr
Program Manager
Why you'd thrive here
Program manager with on-the-ground experience in Middle Eastern civil society, human rights, or governance reform; comfortable managing portfolios of locally rooted advocacy and legal-aid organizations in volatile political environments.
Human Rights and Civil LibertiesDemocratic Governance and Civic ParticipationJustice, Legal Reform, and Rule of Law
AmmanProgram leadershipPosted 25 days ago
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Acted International
Gives$665M/yr
MEAL Manager - Various Locations
Why you'd thrive here
Program leader with experience managing multi-site food-security or nutrition operations in crisis contexts, comfortable navigating logistics in fragile settings and coordinating across field teams to deliver essential services at scale.
Humanitarian Emergency ResponseLocal Civil Society Capacity BuildingCommunity Infrastructure and Public Services
Various LocationsProgram leadership
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David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Gives$366M/yr
California Communities Director
Why you'd thrive here
Program leader with deep ties to California environmental or ocean-policy networks, experienced managing relationships with research institutions and advocacy intermediaries, and comfortable stewarding multi-million-dollar portfolios across climate, marine conservation, or related sectors.
Marine science, research institutions, and aquarium-based conservation (e.g., Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation)Ocean and fisheries sustainability / island and coastal ecosystem restoration (e.g., Island Conservation, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership)Climate policy, clean energy transition, and environmental advocacy networks (e.g., ClimateWorks Foundation, Energy Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund)
Los Altos, California, United StatesHybridProgram leadershipPosted 100 days ago27 contacts$255K – $317K
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John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated)
Gives$303M/yr
Director, Peace
Why you'd thrive here
Senior program leader with deep experience in peace-building, conflict resolution, or international security policy; comfortable stewarding multi-million-dollar portfolios across research institutions, advocacy organizations, and field-building intermediaries at national scale.
Climate & Clean Energy Policy and Environmental ConservationJustice and Housing Solutions (ending homelessness; Safety & Justice Challenge)Information Ecosystem & Early Childhood Learning (journalism, media, Sesame Workshop)
Chicago OfficeProgram leadershipPosted 20 days ago33 contacts$210K
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Mastercard Foundation
Gives$270M/yr
Workforce Development Embedded Advisor
Why you'd thrive here
Program leader with deep workforce-development expertise in sub-Saharan Africa, comfortable embedding within partner organizations to strengthen systems, design curricula, and connect youth to dignified employment pathways across digital and agricultural sectors.
Education and TransitionsDigitalAgriculture
Kigali, RwandaProgram leadershipPosted 6 days ago40 contacts
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Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Gives$258M/yr
Officer, Student Success, Israel
Why you'd thrive here
Program officer with experience scaling student-success initiatives at charter networks or college-access nonprofits, comfortable with rigorous outcome measurement and multi-year grantmaking, and ready to build on-the-ground relationships with Israeli education institutions.
Quality charter school expansion and K–12 school innovation (national scale via Charter School Growth Fund)College access and scholarship programs for low‑income students (Dell Scholars / UT Austin)Medical school development and health system innovation (Dell Medical School, health workforce/care delivery)
Tel Aviv, IsraelProgram leadership36 contacts
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American Heart Association
Gives$198M/yr
Sr. Program Lead, Integrated Care Initiative
Why you'd thrive here
Program leader with 8+ years in cardiovascular or stroke care delivery, health-systems integration, or clinical-quality improvement who can oversee multi-site initiatives and translate research evidence into practice across diverse hospital and community settings.
Cardiovascular disease researchStroke research and preventionResuscitation science and CPR education
Program leadershipPosted 13 days ago52 contacts
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WWF-Deutschland
Gives$146M/yr
Project Manager (m/w/d) Water Stewardship
Why you'd thrive here
Project manager with experience coordinating multi-stakeholder water or ecosystem conservation initiatives involving government agencies, NGOs, and community partners; comfortable managing timelines and deliverables across complex landscape-scale projects.
Protected Areas and National ParksTropical Forest ConservationIndigenous-Led Landscape Protection
Berlin, DeutschlandHybridProgram leadership
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Local Initiatives Support
Gives$103M/yr
Program Officer, Sustainable Homes
Why you'd thrive here
Program officer with experience managing affordable-housing or community-development grants at regional or national scale, comfortable assessing both capital projects and nonprofit capacity, and skilled at translating funder priorities into concrete support for local partners.
Affordable HousingEconomic DevelopmentEducation
Boston, Massachusetts, United States; HybridHybridProgram leadershipPosted 16 days ago95 contacts$90K – $95K
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Habitat for Humanity International
Gives$102M/yr
National Program Manager
Why you'd thrive here
Program manager with 5+ years scaling affordable-housing or home-repair initiatives across multiple regions, comfortable managing distributed teams and coordinating between national strategy and local implementation on construction or housing-access work.
Affordable housingHome constructionHome repair and aging-in-place
4 LocationsProgram leadershipPosted 14 days ago65 contacts$56K – $74K
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Family Health International
Gives$95M/yr
Associate Director, Technical
Why you'd thrive here
A public-health program leader with 5+ years managing maternal, reproductive, or HIV-focused initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa, comfortable translating between technical health research and district-level implementation teams.
reproductive and maternal/child healthHIVtuberculosis
Lusaka, ZambiaProgram leadershipPosted 5 days ago63 contacts
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Breakthrough T1d
Gives$79M/yr
Chapter Senior Director
Why you'd thrive here
Senior nonprofit leader experienced building and scaling regional chapters or affiliates for a health-focused national organization, comfortable balancing fundraising, community engagement, and alignment with national research and clinical priorities.
Type 1 diabetes researchClinical trialsEarly detection
Los Angeles, CAProgram leadershipPosted 8 days ago95 contacts$130K – $140K
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Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Gives$73M/yr
Director, International Experiences
Why you'd thrive here
Program leader with experience designing and managing educational travel or international-exchange initiatives, comfortable serving both Jewish organizational networks and diverse participant populations, and skilled at translating mission-driven outcomes into logistical and programmatic reality.
community health and human servicesJewish education and day school supportIsrael and overseas aid
Cleveland, OHOn-siteProgram leadership170 contacts
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International Rescue Committee
Gives$55M/yr
Technical Lead - AI EdTech in Emergencies
Why you'd thrive here
Someone with hands-on experience scaling educational technology in crisis contexts—ideally bridging product development, field implementation, and nonprofit operations—who understands both the technical and humanitarian constraints of deploying AI tools in displacement settings.
refugee and migrant servicesdisplacement and humanitarian protectioneconomic empowerment (including women's economic empowerment)
3 LocationsProgram leadershipPosted 8 days ago67 contacts
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Clear Fund
Gives$49M/yr
Project Manager
Why you'd thrive here
Project manager comfortable coordinating research-to-implementation workflows across global health programs, with experience translating cost-effectiveness analysis into actionable grantee strategy and comfortable managing timelines across distributed teams in malaria prevention or infectious-disease contexts.
global healthmalaria prevention and treatmentdeworming
United States + International (Remote)RemoteProgram leadershipPosted 307 days ago24 contacts$115 / hr
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Wounded Warrior Project
Gives$48M/yr
Project Odyssey Manager
Why you'd thrive here
Program leader with experience managing large-scale veteran services or mental-health initiatives; comfortable building partnerships across clinical, peer-support, and advocacy teams to serve injured service members and their families.
veteran servicesmental health and suicide preventionphysical health & wellness
Pittsburgh, PAProgram leadershipPosted 54 days ago39 contacts
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Northeastern University
Gives$46M/yr
Healthcare Gap Year Program Manager
Why you'd thrive here
Program leader with experience designing or managing gap-year or post-secondary pathways in healthcare, comfortable bridging academic institutions, healthcare employers, and student cohorts to build workforce pipelines.
Higher educationResearch (health, security, sustainability, network science)Experiential/co-op programs
Portland, MEProgram leadershipPosted 22 days ago117 contacts$54K – $76K
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Proteus Fund
Gives$42M/yr
RIGHT TO PROTEST PROGRAM OFFICER
Why you'd thrive here
Program officer with direct experience supporting racial-justice or democracy-advocacy organizations that center protest, direct action, or grassroots organizing, comfortable managing relationships across a national portfolio of activist groups.
Racial justiceGender justiceLGBTQ/Queer justice
Remote - New York, NYRemoteProgram leadership31 contacts$110K – $133K
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Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Gives$40M/yr
Director, Virtual Biology Initiative
Why you'd thrive here
Senior scientist or program leader with deep expertise in cell biology or computational biology, experience managing cross-disciplinary research teams, and comfort scaling novel technology platforms from early prototype to regional adoption across academic labs.
Cell biologyComputational biology and AI for biologyImaging and microscopy
Redwood City, CA (Hybrid)HybridProgram leadershipPosted 6 days ago30 contacts$244K – $305K
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Wales Council for Voluntary Action
Gives$39M/yr
Wales Country Programme Manager
Why you'd thrive here
Program leader with experience managing place-based or community-development portfolios across multiple Welsh organizations; skilled at translating local priorities into grant strategy and comfortable supporting nonprofit infrastructure alongside direct funding.
Welsh Community DevelopmentVolunteer Infrastructure and Capacity BuildingPlace-Based Environmental Projects
WalesRemoteProgram leadership£32K
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Methodist Hospital Foundation
Gives$39M/yr
Foundation Program Manager
Why you'd thrive here
Someone with 3–5 years managing mid-sized medical research or patient-care grants at a regional foundation or health system, comfortable stewarding relationships with academic medical centers and nonprofit health partners in Houston.
medical researchpatient caremedical education
Corporate - SunsetProgram leadershipPosted 27 days ago21 contacts
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Omidyar Network Fund
Gives$38M/yr
Principal, Programs and Policy (Tech and AI)
Why you'd thrive here
A technologist or policy leader with 10+ years building programs at the intersection of AI governance, digital rights, and tech regulation—comfortable translating between technical complexity and policy strategy at national scale.
Responsible technologyGenerative AI safety and governanceTech policy and regulation
San FranciscoProgram leadershipPosted 78 days ago21 contacts$171K – $214K
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Island Harvest
Gives$36M/yr
Senior Director of Community Health Programs
Why you'd thrive here
Program leader with 8+ years building or scaling community health or food-security initiatives, comfortable managing staff and budgets, designing nutrition-education curricula, and translating local needs into measurable outcomes across vulnerable populations.
Hunger reliefFood rescueNutrition education
Long Island, NYOn-siteProgram leadership48 contacts$25 / hr
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Peter G Peterson Foundation
Gives$30M/yr
Manager, Programs (Next Generation)
Why you'd thrive here
Program officer with experience managing portfolios in fiscal policy, budget reform, or election administration at think tanks or advocacy organizations; comfortable stewarding large grants to research institutes and building relationships across nonpartisan policy networks.
Federal fiscal policy, budget process reform, and public education on national debt issuesNonpartisan voter administration and election-system improvement initiativesHigher-education–based student engagement on fiscal issues (college civic engagement networks)
New York, NYOn-siteProgram leadership13 contacts$95K – $110K
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Crown Family Foundation
Gives$30M/yr
Gun Violence Prevention Progam Analyst
Why you'd thrive here
Program officer with expertise in Chicago gun violence prevention—whether through community violence intervention, policy advocacy, or public health approaches—and comfort moving between grassroots organizations and institutional partners.
Support for Jewish communal institutions (Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Jewish United Fund)Equitable PreK–postsecondary education and arts educationGreat Lakes restoration, climate justice, and clean energy
Program leadership49 contacts
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Baby2baby
Gives$26M/yr
Director, Government & Strategic Initiatives
Why you'd thrive here
A seasoned nonprofit director with experience scaling direct-service programs or managing government partnerships in child welfare, maternal health, or emergency response; comfortable navigating state/federal funding streams and translating operational needs into policy advocacy.
Diapers and basic essentialsDisaster relief / emergency responseMaternal health & newborn supplies
Los Angeles, CA, USAHybridProgram leadership24 contacts$110K – $140K
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Target Foundation
Gives$25M/yr
Sr Environmental Prog Owner
Why you'd thrive here
Senior program leader with environmental-nonprofit or conservation-funding experience, skilled at managing multi-year grants across community development and disaster resilience, and comfortable stewarding relationships with both regional nonprofits and national environmental organizations.
community developmentdisaster reliefvolunteerism
1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis,MN 55403-2542Program leadershipPosted 5 days ago8 contacts$73K – $132K
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Program Director & Leadership jobs in philanthropy

Showing 30 of 315

Senior Program Officer, AI and Health - 9 Months LTE.

Head of Information, Research & Culturally Sensitive Collections

Research Manager, Capacity & Field Development

Program Manager

MEAL Manager - Various Locations

California Communities Director

Director, Peace

Workforce Development Embedded Advisor

Officer, Student Success, Israel

Sr. Program Lead, Integrated Care Initiative

Project Manager (m/w/d) Water Stewardship

Program Officer, Sustainable Homes

National Program Manager

Associate Director, Technical

Chapter Senior Director

Director, International Experiences

Technical Lead - AI EdTech in Emergencies

Project Manager

Project Odyssey Manager

Healthcare Gap Year Program Manager

RIGHT TO PROTEST PROGRAM OFFICER

Director, Virtual Biology Initiative

Wales Country Programme Manager

Foundation Program Manager

Principal, Programs and Policy (Tech and AI)

Senior Director of Community Health Programs

Manager, Programs (Next Generation)

Gun Violence Prevention Progam Analyst

Director, Government & Strategic Initiatives

Sr Environmental Prog Owner

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