Vice President, Development

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

📋 Description

• Develop and execute a comprehensive development and fundraising strategy for Tides.

• Identify, nurture, solicit, and manage relationships with individual philanthropists and philanthropic organizations.

• Oversee fundraising initiatives led by Gift Officers and Philanthropic Strategists.

• Generate both broadly restricted and unrestricted operating support for Tides.

• Secure philanthropic funding for Tides-led projects focused on democracy, climate justice, immigration, gender equality, and reproductive health.

• Establish fundraising systems, donor pipelines, and moves-management methodologies.

• Set data-driven fundraising goals and monitor donor engagement and portfolio outcomes.

• Develop and maintain major and principal gift donor portfolios.

• Create strategies for donor onboarding, contributions, engagement, retention, and funder education.

• Guide Philanthropic Strategists and Program Officers through mentorship.

• Work collaboratively with Marketing, Business Development, and Programs teams to double the major donor pipeline.

• Engage with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure alignment of revenue objectives with the organization’s goals.

• Cultivate and expand a high-achieving development team.

• Prepare senior leaders and board members for interactions with high-value donors.

• Remain informed about the latest trends in fundraising and donor behavior.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong alignment with Tides’ vision, mission, and core values of respect, transparency, accountability, and collaboration.

• In-depth understanding of the components of fundraising programs.

• Proven success in cultivating, soliciting, and managing relationships with high-net-worth individuals and institutional funders.

• Experience in collaboratively developing programmatic and campaign strategies within complex organizational settings.

• Direct experience engaging with donors of color.

• High ethical standards, emotional intelligence, and political savvy.

• Credibility in interactions with major donors, foundation representatives, and movement leaders.

• Entrepreneurial spirit and strong self-motivation.

• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship-building capabilities.

• Extensive experience in building, managing, and developing high-performing teams in organizations of similar scale.

• Sound ethical judgment, discretion, and trustworthiness.

• Experience involving board members and senior volunteers in fundraising efforts.

• Proficient in Salesforce or similar CRM systems.

• At least 10 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in philanthropy, strategic partnerships, and/or major and principal gifts fundraising.

• Proven track record of achieving or surpassing fundraising targets.

• Understanding of nonprofit organizational structures, financials, and management practices.

• Experience with multi-entity frameworks, including 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations is highly preferred.

• Familiarity with MS Office Suite and NetSuite is an added advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.

• Pay equity.

• Remote work options.

• Reasonable accommodations provided for the interview process.

• Protections under equal employment opportunity laws.