Director of Development

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Lead and cultivate a high-achieving Development team, offering management and support to team members.

• Convert fundraising strategies into annual priorities, objectives, and implementation plans.

• Establish clear accountability, workflows, and processes within the team.

• Recruit, mentor, and develop staff as the team expands.

• Oversee the stewardship of institutional funders, foundations, family philanthropies, and major donors.

• Ensure thoughtful, timely, and high-quality engagement with donors.

• Direct donor reporting, impact communications, and stewardship planning.

• Collaborate with senior leadership on strategic donor cultivation initiatives.

• Enhance CRM systems, pipeline management, prospect research, reporting, and fundraising analytics.

• Refine grant management, proposal development, and reporting processes.

• Create dashboards and operational systems to facilitate data-driven decision-making.

• Ensure compliance, efficiency, and a culture of continuous improvement.

• Collaborate across Development, Communications, Finance, Programs, and Executive Leadership.

• Contribute to organizational planning and ongoing enhancement efforts.

• Represent Imagine with professionalism, integrity, and a dedication to excellence.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven success in leading development teams within a nonprofit setting, with direct management of multiple reports.

• Ideally supported annual fundraising budgets exceeding $15 million.

• Extensive experience managing donor stewardship programs for institutional funders, foundations, major donors, and philanthropic partners.

• Demonstrated ability to establish fundraising systems, enhance operational processes, and create scalable development infrastructure.

• Experience in managing budgets, departmental planning, and setting organizational priorities.

• Strong commitment to ethical fundraising, donor stewardship, and ongoing improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree is required.

• An advanced degree in nonprofit management, public administration, international development, business administration, communications, or a related field is advantageous.

• Relevant professional certifications are seen as an asset.

🏝️ Benefits

• Salary is competitive and based on experience.

• Regional travel for events and to operational countries.