Senior Major Gifts Manager

Summary

Join Indivisible as a Senior Major Gifts Manager and play a key role in developing and executing strategies to cultivate major gift donors. You will be responsible for securing renewals, upgrading giving, and identifying new prospects. Success in this role requires strong writing, communication, and collaboration skills, along with a keen eye for detail and a passion for the Indivisible movement. Responsibilities include managing donor portfolios, organizing events, writing pitches, leading major gifts projects, and supporting cross-team efforts. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and a robust benefits package, including comprehensive health coverage, a professional development stipend, and an employer-matched 401(k). Immediate consideration is given to applications including a cover letter and resume.

Requirements

• At least 5 years relevant experience in fundraising, with at least 2 years experience cultivating large individual giving
• Excellent writing skills, with the ability to craft concise, persuasive pitches
• Previous experience fundraising in a fast-paced environment -- this could be in the non-profit or campaign space
• Experience planning and executing successful fundraising events, campaigns, and tactics
• At least one cycle of campaign experience
• Excellent organizational skills with high attention to detail and a demonstrated ability to think proactively and prioritize work
• Strong communication skills (via phone, email, and video chat) both with colleagues and donors
• Experience exercising discretion and confidentiality with sensitive information
• Ability to manage up to senior-level staff with confidence and good judgment
• Alignment on the core values and strategy of Indivisible

Responsibilities

• Secure renewals and upgrades from a segment of our portfolio of major donors
• Develop and implement personalized cultivation and stewardship strategies for the segment of donors in your portfolio, including regular meetings, communication, events, and other engagement activities throughout the year
• Manage the co-executive directors workblocks, ensuring their time is well managed and the development team asks are clear and well prepared; manage up to the Executive Team of Indivisible to support them in building their relationships with some donors in your portfolio
• Lead the development of 3-5 major gifts projects/events over the year
• This may include owning a campaign on a major scope of work for Indivisible, strategizing and owning aspects of donor-facing events, leading travel and event planning in target markets, or new initiatives that this position develops
• Write concise, persuasive pitches about Indivisible’s work, including in rapid response moments
• Lead writing and submission of grant reports, proposals, and other required written materials for a segment of major donors
• Support major gifts prospecting work in collaboration with the internal team and our external consultants to identify, research, qualify, and help Indivisible’s leadership build relationships with new major gift donors and current donors who have capacity to upgrade their gifts
• Implement donor cultivation and engagement plans to develop personalized tactics to secure new gifts and upgrades of our top prospects
• Strengthen our relationship with donor advisors and donor communities we know, including by managing up to the leadership of Indivisible to ensure they are in frequent communication and preparing outreach for them to send
• Help to identify new donor advisors and donor communities, and create strategies for building connections
• Prioritize knowledge management, ensuring all major donor data is properly stored and maintained in Salesforce
• Help in other cross-team development efforts by supporting foundation team projects over the course of the year
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Salesforce or similar donor database
• Experience writing and submitting formal grant reports and proposals
• Experience working across entities – 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and PAC

Benefits

• Full medical/dental/vision/life coverage
• Professional development stipend
• Employer matched 401(k) plan