Senior Portfolio Development Manager – Regional

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate in the development and execution of comprehensive Advancement strategies, encompassing church engagement, donor acquisition, and private fundraising efforts.

• Provide guidance to offices regarding major donor fundraising strategies, leveraging donor insights, market opportunities, and relationship-building tactics.

• Direct donor acquisition initiatives and brand enhancement strategies customized for local offices.

• Spearhead cross-functional advancement projects from strategic planning through to execution.

• Deliver strategic guidance and support to the portfolio of offices.

• Oversee and assist offices in meeting fundraising metrics and annual objectives.

• Assess strengths and weaknesses in local messaging and branding, including narratives, social media engagement, email marketing, and adherence to brand guidelines.

• Distribute centralized development resources for stewardship and local office development requirements.

• Equip local personnel with strategies, tools, and coaching to enhance church engagement and donor acquisition.

• Advocate for the implementation of significant national campaigns within assigned offices.

• Manage campaign preparedness and execution, coordinating fundraising strategies, timelines, deliverables, resources, and support systems.

• Provide training and assistance in utilizing HubSpot, Dynamics, RENXT, and other CRM tools.

• Support portfolio analysis, goal establishment, and opportunity categorization.

• Mentor fundraising staff on sales methodologies, meeting organization, pitch formulation, and partner relations.

• Collaborate with partnership and corporate/foundation teams on donor and foundation proposals and reporting.

• Promote cross-office learning and sharing of best practices.

• Instruct on portfolio management, forecasting, donor strategy guides, and portfolio categorization.

• Identify prospective leads and aid in lead cultivation alongside the Sales Process and Pipeline team.

• Supervise team members, including overseeing work, approving timesheets and leave requests, tracking performance, setting objectives, conducting check-ins, and documenting performance issues.

• Guide staff as a spiritual mentor through prayer, devotionals, and nurturing a Christian atmosphere.

⛳️ Requirements

• A mature and personal Christian faith.

• A strong commitment to World Relief's mission, vision, and values.

• A passion for serving and empowering the Church to make a difference in vulnerable communities.

• Capacity to affirm and/or acknowledge World Relief's Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity, and the National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document.

• A Bachelor's degree, ideally in Business Administration, Non-Profit Management, Marketing, Communications, or a related discipline.

• Over 5 years of progressive experience in nonprofit fundraising, including the development of major gift pipelines.

• At least 2 years of direct supervisory experience, encompassing performance management, goal monitoring, professional growth, and team coaching.

• Strong project management capabilities with a proven history of managing projects from concept through to completion.

• Willingness to travel to offices across the United States approximately 3-4 times annually and participate in divisional meetings twice a year.

• A results-oriented mindset with strategic insight.

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and encourage strong collaboration.

• Exceptional people management skills.

• Excellent communication abilities and emotional intelligence.

• Familiarity with Raiser's Edge NXT.

• Experience with HubSpot.

• Proficiency in Asana.

• Competence in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive benefits package for full-time employees.

• Employee discount program.

• Cigna Healthy Workforce well-being program.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

• A Christian faith-based work environment.

• Travel to offices across the United States approximately 3-4 times per year and attendance at divisional meetings twice annually.