Director of Development: Campaign Leader & Donor Architect

Holocaust Museum Boston; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Holocaust Museum Boston is seeking an inaugural Director of Development to lead its growth as the $110M capital campaign advances toward opening in spring 2027.

Reporting to the President & CEO, the Director will oversee fundraising, membership, and external engagement, while building scalable systems, dashboards, and a moves-management program to sustain long-term philanthropic support.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in progressive development leadership with major gifts, campaigns, donor relations, and events.
• Proven success securing six-figure+ gifts and building donor pipelines.
• Experience building development departments, workflows, and policies.
• Ability to lead high-performing teams; growth/start-up experience preferred.
• Expertise with Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT for moves management, forecasting, reporting, and dashboards; bachelor's degree required; CFRE preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with President/CEO to complete $110M capital campaign and cultivate principal gifts.
• Personally manage portfolio of 75–100 principal and major gift prospects through cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and closing.
• Build and lead unified development function including fundraising, membership, events, and external engagement.
• Collaborate with CEO and Board on donor strategy and six- and seven-figure gifts.
• Establish scalable development systems, metrics, dashboards, reporting, and moves management.

Skills

Major gifts

Campaigns

Donor relations

Events

Team leadership

Fundraising strategy

Executive dashboards

Education

Bachelor’s degree

CFRE certification preferred

Tools

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT

Job description

Holocaust Museum Boston is seeking an inaugural Director of Development to lead its growth as the $110M capital campaign advances toward opening in spring 2027.

Reporting to the President & CEO, the Director will oversee fundraising, membership, and external engagement, while building scalable systems, dashboards, and a moves-management program to sustain long-term philanthropic support.