the client is seeking a strategic and entrepreneurial Director, Development & Partnerships to design and drive the organization’s revenue strategy and help sustain and scale its impact. Reporting to the CEO and serving on the senior leadership team, this leader will align fundraising with programmatic priorities, organizational growth, and long-term financial sustainability. The role will also focus on expanding and diversifying resource development through philanthropic support and partnerships that may include state and local government contracts for direct services and other strategic collaborations.
The Director will be responsible for developing overall revenue strategy across philanthropic funding, contracting, and partnerships, including setting annual and multi-year revenue goals aligned to organizational priorities. They will partner with strategy and program leadership to evaluate and position the organization’s work for funding opportunities, balancing opportunity, delivery capacity, impact, and sustainability. Working closely with operations, the role will build systems to track, forecast, and manage relationships and revenue across funding streams using data to inform planning and decisions. They will also support program teams in identifying and pursuing new opportunities with philanthropic partners and government partners, including contract opportunities and responses to public procurement processes.
This builder-and-leader role includes establishing and stewarding relationships with institutional funders such as foundations and philanthropic partners, as well as identifying and cultivating peer partnerships that may enable joint funding proposals and catalytic work. The Director will develop and oversee grant proposals, reports, and funder communications, and partner with senior leadership to engage funders and external stakeholders in support of the mission and growth, including briefing senior executives for high-impact meetings. They will represent the client externally at relevant conferences, convenings, and meetings, and produce compelling proposals intended to advance the mission and deliver outcomes for communities.