Dforeferrals·3 months ago
Senior Program Officer, Endless Foundation
Dalio Family Office
Dalio Family Office Overview:
The Dalio Family Office (DFO) supports Barbara and Ray Dalio and their family in their ventures, investments, and philanthropic efforts under Dalio Philanthropies, which includes OceanX, Dalio Education, Endless Network, and the Beijing Dalio Foundation. The core of the DFO’s culture is built around meaningful work and meaningful relationships and the family’s commitment to giving back. The office is headquartered in Westport, CT with regional offices in New York City, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi.
Endless Overview:
Endless is a mission-driven game, learning, and technology organization with a bold vision: to empower people to shape technology, rather than be shaped by it. We believe the most powerful way to prepare young people for the digital world is through making games. Game creation is a uniquely engaging and scalable pathway to teach design, storytelling, collaboration, coding, and problem-solving—skills that prepare youth not just to play in the digital economy, but to create it.
To pursue this mission, we bring together three strands of work. Through our commercial ventures, we build games and platforms where youth learn by creating. Through our impact investments, we support companies aligned with our thesis that making is the most effective form of learning. And through our philanthropy, we expand access so that young people everywhere, not just the privileged, can learn through creation. At Endless, we use every tool available to advance towards one north star: empowering youth, at scale, to prepare for their futures by creating the games, and the world they want to live in. This role will sit squarely in the Endless Foundation and be focused on philanthropic impact.
Learn more about us at www.endlessglobal.com.
Position Summary:
We are looking for a Senior Program Officer who has experience in philanthropy or impact and who has a demonstrated affinity for the Endless mission. The Senior Program Officer should be adept at identifying opportunities, building partnerships and being an advocate for the Endless mission. The Senior Program Officer will play a key leadership role in managing and advancing the Endless Foundation’s grantmaking and strategic initiatives, with a strong focus on building and sustaining complex relationships across diverse stakeholders. This role will focus on emerging markets, with an initial focus on MENA, Africa, or India. This position requires expertise in program design, implementation, and evaluation, as well as the ability to navigate and balance the needs of grantees, partners, and internal teams. The Senior Program Officer will serve as a trusted advisor and connector, cultivating and shaping collaboration, addressing challenges with thoughtful creativity, and ensuring alignment with the foundation’s mission and goals. Ideal candidates will bring deep experience in stakeholder engagement, exceptional communication skills, deep nonprofit partnership building experience, and a proven track record of driving impact through grantmaking and partnerships in a dynamic and evolving environment. The Senior Program Officer will report to the Managing Director of Endless.
This role will have heavy international travel, and will require the individual to live in Abu Dhabi September -May annually.
Day-to-day responsibilities would include a combination of the following:
The ideal candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, attributes, and values:
Illustrative Benefits:
Qualifications:
Compensation:
Compensation for the role includes a competitive salary in the range from $240,000 -$300,000 (inclusive of a merit-based bonus, dependent on years of experience, level of education obtained, as well as applicable skillset) and an excellent benefits package, including a comprehensive employer paid medical plan and generous employer match for 401k.
Please note we are unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this position.
At the DFO, we believe our biggest asset is our people. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. The DFO treats all candidates and employees with respect and does not discriminate in our recruiting, hiring, and promoting processes and general treatment during employment, including on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, veteran status, or disability.