Chief Development Officer

Summary

Join Evidence Action as their innovative Chief Development Officer to significantly increase their impact globally. This full-time role, reporting to the CEO, involves overseeing fundraising across various donor types, partnering with program and operations teams, and building upon existing growth. You will lead a team, develop new funding models for government assistance projects, and shape the organization's narrative through media and communications. The position offers a hybrid or remote work option within the US, with some travel required. The ideal candidate possesses extensive fundraising experience, strong leadership skills, and a creative approach to achieving ambitious goals.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience, with 5+ years in fundraising and/or resource mobilization
• Experience growing pipelines of $30M+
• Experience leading top performing teams (5+) and developing team members
• Creativity in execution - you see opportunities that others don’t, iterative approach to testing and validating tactics
• Curiosity with a passion for “the close
• Utilizes a strong prioritization framework
• Provide timely and actionable feedback to others; proactively solicit feedback and iterate
• Comfort with data analysis and Excel (can perform complex functions)
• Willing to travel 10-20% of the time

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap, vision, and execution of scaling annual donations across individuals and institutions
• Lead the end-to-end funnel of individual donors (both retail and high net worth)
• Partner with program teams on scaling our work across strategic foundations and major institutions
• Advocate across the sector for evidence-based aid
• Own Evidence Action’s brand voice and narrative
• Oversee analytics infrastructure and reporting
• Manage existing team of 7 employees, scaling to ~10
• Serve on leadership team of 800+ person organization
• Be a passionate advocate and spokesperson for Evidence Action's mission and approach
• Drive communications strategy, defining and owning the Evidence Action brand
• Drive organization transformation, training team members on best practices in fundraising and relationship management
• Establish systems to ensure meaningful scale, including analytics infrastructure, donor pipelines, Salesforce tooling, and more

Benefits

• International health care
• HSA/FSA options
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Retirement plans with a matching component
• Generous and flexible leave options
• Other employee perks on a reimbursement basis