Jobs at Ford Foundation

Leads the Ford Foundation’s international Gender Equality portfolio, including grantmaking strategy, annual budgeting, global program officer management, strategic partnerships, evidence-based funding, and external representation on gender justice issues. The Director aligns global and U.S. initiatives, supports grant approvals, develops staff, manages complex institutional processes, and presents strategy and progress to senior leadership and trustees. The role requires deep Global South experience, strong gender and sexuality rights expertise, and up to 50% international and domestic travel.

Manage grant portfolios across multiple program areas, monitoring activities, timelines, due diligence, compliance, risks, records, and strategic alignment. Collaborate with program and grants management teams, communicate with grantees and stakeholders, support grant reporting and outreach, and represent the Foundation in meetings. The role requires strong grantmaking experience, analytical judgment, writing, collaboration, and workload-management skills.

Provides board and trustee support through complex scheduling, travel coordination, meeting logistics, expense processing, and confidential document management. Supports the Chief Legal Officer with calendar management, travel, expense tracking, communications, meeting preparation, and follow-up. Coordinates with internal departments, maintains operational records, supports administrative workflows, and helps improve team processes while exercising discretion and professionalism with trustees and senior leadership.

Leads the foundation’s responsible AI portfolio, strategy, governance, policy development, model evaluation, vendor assessment, and production deployment. Designs ethical AI solutions using modern machine learning and generative AI technologies, while optimizing performance, cost, scalability, and sustainability. Partners with executives, technical teams, vendors, and nontechnical staff to build AI literacy, communicate complex concepts, manage risks, and promote fairness, transparency, privacy, and responsible innovation across the organization.