Open Philanthropy is a philanthropic advisor and funder; our mission is to help others as much as we can with the resources available to us. We stress openness to many possibilities and have chosen our focus areas based on importance, neglectedness, and tractability. Our current giving areas include potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence, global health and development, scientific research, global public health policy, farm animal welfare, and biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. In 2024, we directed $650 million to high-impact causes, and we’ve directed over $4 billion in grants since our formation.
About the Recruiting teamOpen Philanthropy is growing rapidly. The organization has doubled in size over the last two years, and the Recruiting team has overseen every step of those acquisitions, helping teams do everything from identifying their initial hiring needs to making final offers. We develop and implement the systems by which Open Philanthropy finds and evaluates top talent, and serve as its institutional memory and point of call for all things hiring. The team currently has six members, led by Phil Zealley. We’re looking to add more members to keep up with Open Philanthropy’s continued growth.
Recruiting at Open Philanthropy comprises two primary workstreams: pipeline development and round management. Roughly, pipeline development entails everything we do to get strong candidates to apply to Open Philanthropy, and round management is everything we do to find and hire the strongest candidate from the applicant pool. This posting is for the pipeline development workstream, which is discussed in more detail below.
What you’d be doingWorking alongside Miriam Hinthorn, you will report to Phil Zealley and be responsible for evolving and executing on Open Philanthropy’s overarching strategy for talent pipeline development. You will ensure we proactively build the robust and diverse talent pipelines necessary to meet Open Philanthropy’s ambitious growth targets and continue hiring world-class individuals across all focus areas.
We expect to hire at the Recruiter level by default, but we’re open to hiring at the Senior Recruiter level for exceptional candidates with especially relevant experience, context on our work, or existing networks in relevant talent pools. As a Senior Recruiter would manage the pipeline development sub-team, we would also expect experience managing or leading teams.
Your responsibilities would include:
High-priority round sourcing: Leading on sourcing for many of our hiring rounds by finding and inviting leads, taking informational calls with promising candidates, and responding to indications of interest.
Network building & partnerships: Cultivating our internal and external referral networks. This includes managing relationships with external partners (such as grantees, relevant community organizers, and peer organizations) and serving as a primary point of contact.
Events & representation: Traveling to relevant conferences (e.g. EA Global, the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative Symposium, retreats) to develop relationships with potential referrers and represent Open Phil.
Improving systems & reporting: Maintaining and improving systems for tracking leads, relationships, and sourcing outcomes. You will ensure these systems effectively report on pipeline health and sourcing efforts, providing necessary visibility for senior leadership.
Employer brand collaboration: Shaping how we present ourselves to potential candidates and guide updates to platforms like our Careers page and Glassdoor account, and occasionally collaborate with Open Phil’s Communications team on larger employer branding questions.
Cross-functional support: Supporting active round management and contribute to other recruiting priorities or projects as needed, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness across the team. This would also include providing support on strategy and leadership of the broader Recruiting team as needed.
It’s hard to predict everything you might do — we expect all staff to be flexible about what they work on and put contributing to our mission first.
Who might be a good fitWe think people from a variety of backgrounds could be great fits for our team. While direct prior experience leading a sourcing or pipeline development function is not required, we expect the strongest candidates might have relevant experience in areas like recruiting, partnerships, or EA/Global Catastrophic Risks community building.
We think you might be a great fit for this work if you:
Have strong interpersonal judgment and communication skills. You'll be representing Open Philanthropy to candidates and external partners. You can build trust, convey what's compelling about working here, navigate sensitive conversations effectively, and maintain a high degree of transparency.
Enjoy thinking about people and organizational needs. You can assess individual potential against complex role requirements, take a broad, systems-level view of Open Philanthropy’s talent needs across diverse cause areas, and connect pipeline strategy to long-term goals.
Are excited about supporting Open Phil’s work across cause areas. You’ll need enough context to identify and interface effectively with people working in areas such as effective altruism or global catastrophic risks.
Like to move fast, get things done, and prioritize aggressively; in general, we treat all recruiting work as urgent by default.
Are conscientious and organized — you’re reliable and responsive, and make sure important deliverables and relationships don't fall through the cracks.
While not required, we’d be excited about:
Past experience with talent sourcing or executive search
Existing networks or experience in technical AI safety, global catastrophic risks, or adjacent spheres
The ideal candidate for this position will possess many of the skills and experiences described above. However, there is no such thing as a “perfect” candidate. If you are on the fence about applying because you are unsure whether you are qualified, we strongly encourage you to do so.
Role details & benefitsCompensation: The baseline compensation for this role is $116,977.12, which (for U.S. hires) would be distributed as a base salary of $101,719.24 and an unconditional 401(k) grant of $15,257.89.
These compensation figures assume a remote location; we offer higher compensation for candidates located in San Francisco or Washington, D.C.
All compensation will be distributed in the form of take-home salary for internationally based hires.
Time zones and location: You can work remotely. While we aren’t able to sponsor visas for this role, we are open to hires outside the US willing to consistently overlap with US business hours for at least 5-6 hours of the day. Our current team is dispersed from Central U.S. through U.K. time zones.
Benefits: Our benefits package includes:
Excellent health insurance (we cover 100% of premiums within the U.S. for you and any eligible dependents) and an employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement for certain other personal health expenses.
Dental, vision, and life insurance for you and your family.
Four weeks of PTO recommended per year.
Four months of fully paid family leave.
A generous and flexible expense policy — we encourage staff to expense the ergonomic equipment, software, and other services that they need to stay healthy and productive.
A continual learning policy that encourages staff to spend time on professional development with related expenses covered.
Support for remote work — we’ll cover a remote workspace outside your home if you need one, or connect you with an Open Phil coworking hub in your city.
We can’t always provide every benefit we offer U.S. staff to international hires, but we’re working on it (and will usually provide cash equivalents of any benefits we can’t offer in your country).
Start date: We’d like to fill this role as soon as possible. We expect to make an offer in late June or early July, and hope new hires can start as soon as possible after receiving an offer. That said, we understand that some candidates may need longer to exit existing commitments (and hope you’ll let us know if this timeline doesn’t work for you, so we can follow up with you at a later date).
We’re accepting applications on a rolling basis. Please apply as soon as you’re able.
We aim to employ people with many different experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds who share our passion for accomplishing as much good as we can. We are committed to creating an environment where all employees have the opportunity to succeed, and we do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, or have any other questions about applying, please contact [email protected].
U.S.-based Operations staff are typically employed by Open Philanthropy Project LLC, which is not a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. As such, this role is unlikely to be eligible for public service loan forgiveness programs.
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