Risk Management Program Manager (Mozambique)
GiveDirectly (company site, opens in a new tab)3+ yrsMizoramRemoteDirect career pageEst. 14–28 LPA
Posted on 2 Sept
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Job description
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About This Role
- Owns risk management and internal audit strategy across a portfolio of countries delivering cash transfers, ensuring prevention, detection, and mitigation of field-based risks.
- Directly manages Internal Audit Managers in assigned countries and leads sensitive/high-risk fraud investigations, including regular country field visits (at least once per year).
- Leads coordination with internal teams and external partners (e.g. telcos), drives development of project-specific risk management proposals, KPIs, and escalation protocols, and provides senior-level reporting on audits and investigations.
Minimum Requirements
- 3+ years leading audit, compliance, or risk management functions combining strategy design and hands-on fieldwork.
- Experience leading sensitive fraud investigations personally or overseeing high-risk cases.
- Demonstrated people management experience including hiring, performance reviews, and conflict management.
- Fluency in English and Portuguese; location requirement: Maputo/Nampula, Mozambique.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in cross-country or multi-site portfolio risk/audit management, ideally within NGO, humanitarian, or development sectors involving cash transfers.
- Data/analytics savvy with experience building KPIs, monitoring risk through data, and applying technology or AI to fraud prevention.
- Skilled at stakeholder management, collaborating with internal teams (Audit, Safeguarding, Programs, Tech) and external partners in low-resource or development contexts.