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We’ve delivered more than $1B in cash directly to 2+ million people living in poverty and crisis across 15 countries, and rigorous research shows the results: healthier kids, stronger businesses, sturdier homes, and more resilient families and local economies. Cash is now widely recognized as one of the most scalable, cost-effective, and dignified forms of aid.\nOur ambition goes beyond our own programs. We want cash to become the benchmark for aid, much as the index fund became the benchmark for investing, so that every aid dollar is held to one question: is this doing more good than giving the money directly to people living in poverty?\nWe’re growing fast, and this is a rare and important moment to join.\nWe expect to hit $1B in revenue in 2026 with significant growth forecast for 2027. At the same time we are building a new technology stack and operating model designed for a roughly 10x change in scale, and we are actively pursuing partnerships with major funders to move even more money in bigger ways, to people who need it. We are known for our extensive integration of technology into field processes; our quantitative approach to performance measurement; and our commitment to rigorous, independent, experimental evaluation of our impact, with multiple Randomized Control Trials completed and others in progress.\nHow we work\nOur team spans 20+ countries and 69 languages. Our culture is candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical. We expect high ownership and give people real responsibility early. Our values are central to how we hire, work, and grow, and they are deliberately opinionated:\nRecipients first. Recipients’ preferences come before those of donors or ourselves.\nTeam next. We optimize for organizational success, not individual success.\nBe proactively candid. We say what we believe and share information openly.\nCreate positive energy. We aim to be a source of energy for colleagues, not a drain.\nThink rigorously; act quickly. We reason from first principles, then act rather than debate.\nKnow yourself and grow. We own our imperfections and seek feedback to grow.\nAccept reality. Propose solutions. We focus on what can change and bring solutions, not just problems.\nBe productively ambitious. We take risks for step-change impact, not incremental progress.\nIf they describe how you like to work and they energize you, this could be a great fit.\nWant to learn more? Read and listen:\nWe are one ofTime100’s Most Influential Companies of 2026, and our work has been covered byThe Economist,NPR,TED, andThe Washington Post. We're now preparing to deliver billions of dollars a year to people in extreme poverty, if funding allows. Read our CEO's essay on what that will take.\nAbout this role\nThe Risk Management Program Manager is responsible for preventing, detecting, mitigating and investigating the field-based risks associated with delivering millions of dollars to thousands of poor households across a portfolio of countries. The Program Manager (PM) will work with the Internal Audit Director and the wider Internal Audit team to design innovations to manage the risks associated with cash transfers. \nReports to: Director, Internal Audit\nLevel: Manager\nLocation: Remote - Maputo/Nampula, Mozambique with a requirement to overlap with an East Africa timezone by at least 3 hours.\nRole Summary \nSupports overall Global Internal Audit (IA) strategy.\nOverall risk manager for the countries in their portfolio.\nIn partnership with the Country Director (CD), lead the development of the country IA strategy.\nSupports on all project design at all stages (project inception, proposal creation, project design, risk register creation, ongoing project risk management, project closure).\nLeads (or where relevant, delegates) all country syncs with CD.\nHR oversight (not direct management) for all countries in their portfolio. \nTakes direct lead on certain, more sensitive and high risk investigations in portfolio (as determined by CD and IAD).\nManages Internal Audit for each country in their portfolio\nManages Internal Audit Manager (IAM) directly.\nSupports admin oversight and procurement for the IA team in country (ensuring docs are in order etc).\nCarries out regular spot checks on country operations and ensures IAM is doing their checks and documenting them.\nSeeks to develop and analyze data we have but also look for new ways to spot and reduce fraud. \nVisible point of contact for country team and part of country management team where relevant.\nLeads coordination with other internal teams (such as Safeguarding, Programs, and Tech) as well as external partners, such as Telcos where needed.\nVisits each country in portfolio at least 1x per year for field visits.\nRoles and responsibilities: \nProject Design (25%)\nRepresent IA in country project design conversations, including development of strategic risk management measures.\nOwning development of project-specific Internal Audit proposals detailing audit rates, audit approaches, e.t.c. for new projects and discussing these with CD. \nOversee community risk scoping exercises and ensure full scoping report is submitted to IAD and CDs for all new projects.\nEnsure that customized risk registers are created for all new projects; ensure that risk registers for ongoing projects are updated regularly.\nReview implementation tools, e.g. enrollment surveys, to better align them to risk detection, mitigation and prevention.\nSystems Orientated risk monitoring (45%)\nOwning and monitoring IA metrics / KPIs in countries of portfolio and owning correction of dropping or critically missed metrics.\nOverall owner (accountable) of country project workbooks detailing workplans and staffing, tech related requirements and activity timelines. \nDefine and review risk classifications based on projects and country level activities.\nHold weekly (or bi-weekly) meetings with Country Directors in each country you are assigned.\nLead the development of escalation protocols for different types of risks and monitor implementation of the protocols by country managers.\nLead the transparent, accountable and where needed collaborative investigation of high risk cases. \nSupport the IAM to undertake community based fraud intelligence monitoring exercises and escalate any identified risk trends to the CD and IAD.\nMonitor the traffic and trends of risk reporting and flag high risk countries and projects to the CD and IAD. \nSupport the IAD with tech-related fraud prevention innovations work through different inputs as may be requested from time to time. \nWhere relevant, build in-country relationships with fraud management stakeholders (for example, MoMo provider telcos) for sustainable fraud resolutions in-country.\nConduct spot checks on both the programs and IA operations to ensure high quality and identify any abnormalities. \nBuild and manage in-country project related stakeholder relationships; working with different in-country teams to ensure IA deliverables are tracked as per workplan. \nWrite and share with the IA - 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3+ years leading audit, compliance, or risk functions, ideally in a role that combined strategy design with hands-on fieldwork (not just desk audits).\nFraud investigation experience - has personally led or overseen sensitive/high-risk investigations, not just routine checks.\nPeople management - directly managed a team, including hiring, performance reviews, and conflict management.\nCross-country or multi-site portfolio experience - managed risk/audit across several countries or regional units simultaneously, since this role owns a country portfolio.\n Field-based operations exposure - comfortable with in-person field visits (at least 1x/year per country) in low-resource or humanitarian/development settings, not purely office-based audit work.\n Stakeholder management - experience liaising with external partners and internal cross-functional teams (Safeguarding, Programs, Tech).\nData/analytics fluency - experience using data to detect fraud trends, build KPIs/metrics, and monitor risk reporting, plus openness to AI/tech-driven fraud prevention tools.\nProgram/project design experience - 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