The Foundation
We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, weโre committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.
The TeamThe Philanthropic Partnerships team (PPT) works to mobilize resources and build the next generation of champions for global health and development (GH&D), ensuring that philanthropy helps the worldโs most vulnerable children survive and thrive. Alongside this, we help advance Philanthropy and grow giving around the world, strengthening the broader philanthropic ecosystem through issue agnostic communities such as The Giving Pledge.
Our strategy is designed to close the gap between intent and action, ensuring philanthropy supports lasting change. We engage with ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI), corporate and private foundations, philanthropic collaboratives, advisors, family offices, and social impact investors โ through initiatives such as Gates Philanthropy Partners, Proponent Labs, and others that enhance the infrastructure for GH&D giving.
Over the next five years, much of the teamsโ work will focus on mobilizing resources for priorities of GH&D, including: expanding our approaches and partnerships to unlock more capital; growing our work across global regions; and cultivating the next generation of GH&D champions - while continuing to strengthen philanthropic ecosystems and grow giving globally.
Separately, a portion of our team works exclusively in service of the Giving Pledge Community โ supporting this issue-agnostic community to meet their philanthropic ambitions. We work closely with those who are closing the intent-to-action gap across a variety of philanthropic issue areas, engaging deeply with Signatories, NextGen and Senior Staff and providing individual support and community learning and connection opportunities.
* Application Deadline: We will begin reviewing applications as soon as possible and encourage early submissions. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Your Role
The Giving Pledge is a promise by the worldโs wealthiest philanthropists to give the majority of their wealth to charitable causes in their lifetime or wills. Today, building on that promise, the Giving Pledge has grown into a global community - of over 250+ pledge units in 30 countries - that actively connects to each other and to changemakers across critical sectorsโlearning and engaging deeply to support progress on a wide variety of the most urgent issues around the world.
Reporting to the Director, Philanthropic Partnerships, the Deputy Director, Giving Pledge will provide strategic leadership and support to the Giving Pledge team to advance its mission and grow the impact and engagement of its global community.
This role is based in our Seattle, WA office and is eligible for relocation benefits for a finalist who is not located in the greater Seattle, WA area.
*Applicants for this role will only be considered if they are able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.
What You'll Do
Program Strategy and Vision: setting and evolving the Giving Pledgeโs long-term direction in line with the needs of the community and the broader field. Leading the continued growth, vibrancy and impact of the Giving Pledge.
Program and Operational Oversight: ensuring coherence, quality, and delivery across relationship management, community engagement and learning, and key pivotal initiatives.
External Engagement and Communications: represent the Giving Pledge externally, cultivate trust with Pledgers, Next Gen, Senior Staff and Advisors, and key philanthropic sector partners. Build high trust relationships with critical collaborators across the community, that play a meaningful role in the direction, vibrancy and impact of the Giving Pledge. Oversee and support outreach to new prospective members and activate member networks.
Leadership and Team Development: lead, inspire, and grow a world-class team of relationship managers and community development experts dedicated to advancing and growing the Giving Pledge community and supporting those within to fulfill their philanthropic ambitions.
Measurement and Learning: define and track impact of strategies, use data to refine strategy and strengthen the Giving Pledge community and the field
Serve as a sector thought leader on UHNW philanthropy - offering strategic insight and perspective to internal and external partners, including Foundation leadership.