Senior Manager, Major Gifts & Planned Giving

Summary

Join the Wikimedia Foundation in our ambitious project to empower people to create and share the sum of all human knowledge. We are looking for a Senior Manager, Major Gifts & Planned Giving to lead the team who are responsible for our $10,000+ fundraising and planned giving efforts.

Responsibilities

• Retaining, recruiting and managing a team of fundraising professionals and consultants
• Establishing work plans, performance objectives, and goals for each team member and regularly reviewing performance
• Providing professional development and training required to cultivate staff skills and professionalism
• Achieving annual major gifts ($10K+) and planned giving targets
• Collaborating with other leaders in the fundraising program to develop donor journeys that funnel mid-level prospects into the major donor audience
• Collaborating with the Sr. Director of Development on the development of a sustainable major giving strategy for the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia Endowment
• Leading the ongoing development of the planned giving program and building a robust pipeline of planned giving commitments
• Partnering with the Sr. Director of Development, Major Gifts Stewardship Manager, and Fundraising Events Manager to further develop the events strategy to support increasing individual and planned giving fundraising
• Collaborating with the Endowment Board of Trustees to develop fundraising strategy, lead fundraising implementation and identify potential new board members
• Ensuring the cultivation and stewardship of a diverse portfolio of existing donors and donor prospects
• Overseeing portfolio management, major donor prospecting, and systems support for gift officers to identify and qualify new major donors
• Partnering with managers and subject matter experts across the fundraising program to define cross-team strategies, goals, and help set up the structure for execution
• Generating creative solutions to improve donor experience and fundraising performance
• Coordinating with other teams and departments in the Wikimedia Foundation to realize opportunities and enhance organizational impact