Description
The Senior Director of Development, East, will lead a strategic fundraising program for the eastern region of the United States and will be remote (based out of New York City). You will cultivate and steward a small portfolio of critical seven- and eight-figure relationships, and will manage and grow the region’s team of high-caliber fundraisers who are responsible for aggressively expanding the prospect pipeline. You will work closely with select Board members and volunteers, Foundation leadership, and other principals from the Obama network to cultivate, solicit, and steward key prospects.
Reporting directly to the Vice President of Development, the Senior Director will be part of a core group of senior leaders across the Frontline Fundraising team responsible for leading a comprehensive fundraising strategy at a critical moment in our fundraising campaign. This is an ideal opportunity for a proven, fearless, creative, and values-driven nonprofit leader with management experience who’s highly motivated to work collaboratively in pursuit of big goals.
Requirements
- Extensive professional fundraising experience, with expertise in principal and major gift cultivation and solicitation.
- Demonstrated experience leading an aggressive fundraising program during a capital and/or endowment campaign at a large institution.
- Experience building, leading, and coaching dynamic, diverse, and highly competent teams of fundraisers.
- Superior oral and written communication and presentation skills.
- An ability to work with donor data and analytics, and accountability to metrics.
- A highly developed talent for collaboration and an ability to interact with leaders across the Development team and the broader Foundation.
- Track record of building relationships with major and principal gift level donors, ideally closing principal gifts of at least $1M+.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence, with an ability to develop and maintain long-term, productive relationships internally and externally.
