Vice President, Development
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JobgetherProgressive philanthropy
Based in the United StatesFull-TimeVp
Salary191,200 - 238,800 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 10 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in philanthropy, strategic partnerships, or major and principal gifts fundraising within a complex organization.
- Required Skills
- SalesforceTeam management
Requirements
- At least 10 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in philanthropy, strategic partnerships, or major and principal gifts fundraising within a complex organization.
- Demonstrated success meeting or exceeding fundraising goals and advancing through increasingly senior leadership roles.
- Comprehensive knowledge of donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and long-term relationship development.
- Track record engaging high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, institutional funders, foundations, and corporate philanthropies.
- Direct experience engaging donors of color and understanding relevant philanthropic behaviors, motivations, and relationship dynamics.
- Experience developing fundraising campaigns and programmatic strategies with organizational and program leaders.
- Experience building, managing, hiring, supervising, and developing high-performing teams.
- Demonstrated ability to engage board members and senior volunteers as fundraising partners.
- Understanding of nonprofit organizational structures, financials, and management; experience with 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities is strongly preferred.
- Strong strategic planning, project management, decision-making, and change leadership capabilities focused on measurable outcomes.
- Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills, including navigating complex partnerships and building trust across functions.
- Proficiency with Salesforce or a similar CRM platform; Microsoft Office Suite and NetSuite familiarity are a plus.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement an organization-wide fundraising strategy, systems, donor pipeline, portfolio practices, and moves-management processes.
- Lead efforts to raise unrestricted and broadly restricted funding for organizational capacity, innovation, and long-term priorities.
- Develop and execute fundraising strategies for pooled grantmaking initiatives in democracy, climate justice, immigration, gender equity, and reproductive health.
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual and institutional donors, with emphasis on major and principal gifts and donors of color.
- Set fundraising targets and establish systems to track donor progress and portfolio performance.
- Build relationships with high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, donors of color, foundations, corporate philanthropies, and other philanthropic stakeholders.
- Partner with senior leaders and board members to prepare for donor engagements and develop cultivation and solicitation plans.
- Mentor Philanthropic Strategists and Program Officers in donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
- Manage and develop the existing development team, including a Major Gift Officer and Prospect Researcher, and establish additional roles as needed.
- Monitor philanthropic trends and donor behavior, strengthen fundraising processes and reporting, and adapt to changing conditions.
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