Cause Prioritization Lead

GiveWell ’s mission is to help people in need as much as we can by researching the most cost‑effective ways to save and improve lives, sharing our work openly, and directing donations to the programs we believe will do the most good.

Our work, which focuses on global health and well-being, is funded by tens of thousands of donors who rely on our research to inform their giving. We’ve grown from directing $1. 5 million in 2010 to directing more than $400 million in 2025.

We anticipate our total grantmaking is likely to approach or even exceed $1 billion this year, and we are working toward a future that could be several times that scale.

Through years of deliberate groundwork, we’ve been growing our research capacity and scope in order to direct substantially more funding to the most impactful opportunities we can find.

Summary GiveWell is seeking a Cause Prioritization Lead to own and improve our cause prioritization process, develop a portfolio of early-stage grants across emerging cause areas, and rapidly respond to promising new opportunities that are unusual for GiveWell , do not fit with our existing grantmaking teams and may require innovative approaches to investigation.

As part of our lean research team, you will have an outsized influence on our funding decisions and help us save and improve lives on a global scale.

You’ll create and lead ambitious research agendas, answer complex questions, and inform high-impact grantmaking decisions by combining rigorous evidence review, cost-effectiveness modeling, and thoughtful judgment. The Cause Prioritization lead will join GiveWell at Senior Program Officer level.

You will build a sub-team within the New Areas team and will report to our New Areas team lead. The role As Cause Prioritization Lead, you will be an intellectual leader of GiveWell ’s work in new domains. In this role, you will build and lead a new sub-team within GiveWell 's New Areas team.

You will be responsible for: Improving our cause prioritization