Director of Development & Donor Impact (Remote)

ASME; Livingston (NJ); Remote; USD 140,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work arrangement

Job summary

ASME is seeking a purpose-driven Director of Development to advance fundraising strategy for the ASME Foundation and manage an annual target of $1.35 million. You will lead annual giving, major gifts, and corporate/foundation initiatives, while supervising two coordinators and building partnerships that support scholarships and apprenticeships.

The role reports to the Senior Director of Philanthropy and requires 7–10+ years of fundraising success, strong leadership, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Nonprofit Management, Communications, or a related field.
• Advanced degree or CFRE credential preferred.
• 7 to 10+ years of progressively responsible fundraising or development experience, with a proven record of meeting or exceeding ambitious revenue targets.
• Demonstrated success securing annual, major, corporate, foundation, and planned gifts and managing donor portfolios for sustained growth.
• Track record of building strategic partnerships and institutional funding relationships.
• Proven leadership managing and motivating staff, volunteers, nonprofit boards, and executive stakeholders.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to articulate mission and craft compelling cases for support.
• Deep expertise in donor cultivation, moves management, and planned giving strategies.
• Proficiency with prospect research and wealth screening tools and methodologies.
• Proficiency with Salesforce, donor databases, and fundraising analytics.
• Strong strategic, project management, and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently.
• High emotional intelligence, cultural competency, integrity, initiative, creativity, and discretion with confidential matters.
• Collaborative leadership style and passion for advancing education, workforce development, and innovation in engineering.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Foundation's annual giving program and execute a multi-year fundraising strategy in partnership with the Senior Director of Philanthropy.
• Grow annual giving through integrated, data-informed acquisition, retention, upgrade, recognition, engagement, and stewardship strategies.
• Execute multi-channel campaigns across digital, recurring, workplace, peer-to-peer, and emerging giving platforms.
• Partner with Customer Experience, Marketing, Strategic Communications, consultants, and vendors to apply donor insights and create donor-centric impact narratives.
• Steward a defined portfolio of no more than ten major gift donors capable of investments of $10,000 or more, in coordination with the Senior Director.
• Prepare donor briefings, proposals, gift agreements, and pipeline records, and engage Board members, executive leadership, and volunteers in major gift efforts as directed.
• Lead the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of corporate and foundation funders through grants, sponsorships, strategic alliances, and emerging collective impact models.
• Grow the Foundation's legacy and planned giving program, cultivate planned gifts, develop donor education and storytelling, and ensure sound stewardship and documentation.
• Own prospect research and pipeline development across individual, corporate, and foundation audiences, including wealth screening, capacity and inclination ratings, and prospect qualification.
• Maintain accurate donor and prospect records within Salesforce and use research, analytics, and moves management to inform cultivation, forecasting, and pipeline health.
• Set and monitor annual giving goals, KPIs, and pipeline metrics against the $1.35 million annual fundraising target, and contribute to revenue forecasting and reporting.
• Provide direct leadership and daily supervision to the Donor Relations Coordinator and Program Coordinator, aligning their work with development and engagement goals.
• Collaborate across ASME, support enterprise engagement events and strategic initiatives, and represent the Foundation with donors, partners, and volunteers.
• Ensure compliance with ethical fundraising standards and organizational policies.

Skills

Fundraising

Donor relations

Major gifts

Donor stewardship

Storytelling

Mov es management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Bachelor's degree in Nonprofit Management

Bachelor's degree in Communications

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

ASME is seeking a purpose-driven Director of Development to advance fundraising strategy for the ASME Foundation and manage an annual target of $1.35 million. You will lead annual giving, major gifts, and corporate/foundation initiatives, while supervising two coordinators and building partnerships that support scholarships and apprenticeships.

The role reports to the Senior Director of Philanthropy and requires 7–10+ years of fundraising success, strong leadership, and excellent communication.