The Engine Room

Senior Director for Programs

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Join our team! We’re looking for a Senior Director for Programs

Deadline: Applications close October 25, 2026 at 5:00 pm UTC

Total compensation package: $8,000-$9,000 USD per month

Location: Remote - but must be within UTC-5 and UTC+2 time zones (NO EXCEPTIONS)

The Engine Room (TER) is a nonprofit organization with a distributed global team of experienced and committed activists, researchers, technologists and community organizers. Our vision is for social justice movements to use technology and data in safe, responsible and strategic ways, while actively mitigating the vulnerabilities created by digital systems. Since 2011, we have supported more than 800 organizations, big and small, from different corners of the globe. As a result of our work, humanitarian organizations have reconsidered using questionable technologies, more funders are managing grantee data in responsible ways, and many more activist groups have developed robust technical infrastructures and data management practices.

TER is soliciting applications for a Senior Director for Programs. This role will help us deepen and expand our organizational and team capacity to support partners with community-grounded approaches to resilient data and security practices, digital rights, and the exploration of tools - be they cutting edge or low/no-tech solutions. This person will be a member of the senior and expanded leadership teams and will work closely with the Executive Director and Senior Director for Organizational Health. Learn more about our current work on our website.

Our ideal candidate and new team member brings strong programmatic leadership skills and is interested in the work we do now and excited about working with the team on where we go next. The thruline is a commitment to staying community-centered and Majority World focused.

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What city and country will you be based in the majority of time for the foreseeable future? Is this city’s time zone within UTC-5 and UTC+2 time zones? If not, please do not apply.

Salary *

The salary range for this role is $8,000-$9,000 USD gross per month. Is this salary range acceptable to you? Where a candidate falls in this range will depend significantly on their level of experience and skills. If you are unsure about accepting something within this range, or would only accept a figure toward the top end of this range, feel free to mark "Maybe, depends"

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Are you available 36-40 hours per week (Monday-Friday) including our core working hours of 1:30-4:30 UTC?

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We value and support people whose language of comfort is different from English. For this role English at a professional level is a necessity. Do you speak and write in English unassisted at a professional level? Please tell us any additional languages you speak at an advanced level.

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