Remote Senior Project Manager, Global Dividend Fund

Contract: Full-time Fully remote, with a strong preference towards candidates based in San Francisco. ASAP The deeper problem is the roughly 700 million people living in extreme poverty who hold the lowest asset ownership, the weakest representation, and the least access to digital infrastructure. Windfall Trust is building a coalition of actors interested in directly tackling the issue of global inequality in AI-driven economic futures. We propose the founding of a global social wealth fund on behalf of all of humanity, beginning its distribution to raise the floor where it is the lowest. About Windfall Trust Windfall Trust is a global policy accelerator preparing society for the economic disruption of transformative AI. We do this by raising awareness, building coalitions, and strengthening the evidence base for policy action. Our Scenarios Program convenes economists, AI researchers, policymakers and civil society leaders to explore plausible economic futures and identify the policy responses each future demands. The workshops are complemented by the Policy Atlas, Windfall’s evolving map of policy options for governments preparing for AI’s economic consequences. The Role As Senior Project Manager, Global Dividend Fund , you will help stand up a new institution from a standing start. The Fund is currently a research and design project. Over the next eighteen months it needs to become an operating entity with a legal structure, a governing board, a founding coalition, an endowment, and a first distribution. Much of what you manage will not exist yet when you start, and a significant share of your work will be deciding what needs to exist and then building it. You will work directly with the CEO, with external counsel in multiple jurisdictions, with delivery and coalition partners, and with prospective funders including AI companies and major foundations. Own the Fund's build plan, sequencing legal, governance, partnership, fundraising and pilot workstreams against external milestones and funder commitments. Manage external counsel across jurisdictions, including US tax-exempt organization counsel and Swiss foundation counsel, translating legal advice into decisions the team can act on. Drive partnership development with delivery organizations, coalition members and endorsers, including preparing term sheets and memoranda of understanding and managing them through to signature. Support fundraising end to end: building materials, preparing the CEO for funder conversations, responding to diligence requests, and maintaining the pipeline and reporting obligations to existing funders. Support the design and stand-up of the Fund's governance, including board formation, charter development and committee structures. Prepare the Fund's first distribution pilot in partnership with delivery organizations, from design through operational readiness. You are fast moving and good at structuring ambiguity. You can hold your own with foundation program officers, general counsel, AI company executives and the leadership of major development organizations, and you know when to press and when to defer. Much of the work involves confidential funder conversations, partner negotiations and unresolved internal positions. 5+ years in a role requiring end-to-end ownership of complex projects with external stakeholders. Relevant backgrounds include strategy consulting, foundation or fund operations, development finance, international organizations, legal or transaction management, or an early operating role at a fast-growing organization. Direct experience standing up something new, whether an organization, fund, program or major partnership. Track record managing external advisers, particularly legal counsel, and converting their advice into decisions. Excellent writing and synthesis. You will produce material that goes to boards, funders and counsel. Experience with partnership or contract negotiation, or a demonstrated ability to learn it quickly. Familiarity with at least some of: philanthropy, global development, nonprofit governance, institutional investment, or AI policy. Comfort working in a fast-moving, remote, international team, with the self-direction that requires. Willingness to travel internationally. Experience in cash transfer programs, social protection, or the nonprofit legal and governance space is a strong advantage but not a requirement. Process We run a structured hiring process designed to be thorough but respectful of your time. Application review . We review applications on a rolling basis, but will prioritize applications submitted before August 15th We actively encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences.