Donor Partnerships Strategist — Fundraising & Stewardship

Reason Foundation; Arlington (VA); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive benefits: 6% 401(k) match

Flexible time off

Health and dental plans

Wellness and mental health support

Résumé du poste

Stand Together is seeking a Partnership Success Manager to drive donor engagement and strategic fundraising initiatives from Arlington, VA. You will partner with partnership advisors to maximize donor contributions and tailor engagement plans for high-value donors.

Responsibilities include cross-functional collaboration across teams, tracking actions and proposals, and delivering impactful donor briefings while aligning with Stand Together initiatives and values of PBM, humility, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of fundraising experience with a focus on donor relations.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, professionalism, and the ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proven experience cultivating and stewarding 5-6 figure gifts.
• Familiarization or experience executing moves management strategy.
• Demonstrated marketing and communication skills.
• Proven experience in proactively driving multiple concurrent projects to completion through continuous transformation and an entrepreneurial approach.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative in a multifaceted organization to create a world class experience for our donor partners.
• Proficient knowledge of technology including MS Office suite of products and proficiency with CRMs, such as Salesforce.

Responsabilités

• Be a thought partner alongside partnership advisors to devise strategic plans and execution strategies to maximize donor contributions.
• Identify, source, and execute personalized engagement plans - including communications and events - that customize the individual needs of each donor.
• Serve as a cross functional manager between capabilities and departments to ensure effective and efficient collaboration.
• Have in-depth knowledge of Stand Together strategic initiatives to match them with donor partners and priorities.
• Participate in meetings, Salesforce review, and regular communications with internal and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate a collaborative environment by sharing donor feedback and points of view across the Stand Together community.
• Project manage the portfolio by tracking all action items and products, coordinating internal and external meetings.
• Ensure all interactions with donors are relevant and impactful by deploying the right collateral and messaging.

Connaissances

Fundraising

Donor relations

Project management

Communication

Attention to detail

Moves management

CRM experience

Independent worker

Outils

Salesforce

MS Office

Description du poste

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

Are you excited to apply your fundraising expertise to address some of the nation’s most complex challenges?

As a Partnership Success Manager, you will play a critical role on a team that devises strategies to enable the country’s leading business and philanthropic leaders to maximize their financial and leadership contributions to tackle the nation’s most complex challenges. You will conduct proactive analysis and research to identify new alignment opportunities within our donor partners and the Stand Together community. Your responsibilities will include working across the Stand Together organization, recommending aligned strategies to partnership advisors, and developing individualized stewardship programs.

Location: Arlington, VA (in-office)

How You Will Contribute

• Be a thought partner alongside partnership advisors to devise strategic plans and execution strategies to maximize donor contributions.
• Identify, source, and execute personalized engagement plans - including communications and events - that customize the individual needs of each donor.
• Serve as a cross functional manager between capabilities and departments to ensure effective and efficient collaboration (e.g. proposal teams, major gift officers, events, communications, and legal department for compliant, accurate, and clean proposal and stewardship products for donor partners).
• Have in-depth knowledge of Stand Together strategic initiatives in order to match them with donor partners and priorities. You will participate in meetings, Salesforce review, and regular communications with internal and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate a collaborative environment by sharing donor feedback and points of view across the Stand Together community.
• Project manage the portfolio by tracking all action items (tasks) and products (proposals, stewardship products, etc.), preparing the team and their collaborators for strategy and donor briefings, coordinating internal and external meetings.
• Ensure all interactions with donors are relevant and impactful by deploying the right combination of collateral, messaging and other media to make Stand Together a top 5 priority in donors’ lives.

What You Will Bring

• 3+ years of fundraising experience with a focus on donor relations.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, professionalism, and the ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proven experience cultivating and stewarding 5-6 figure gifts.
• Familiarization or experience executing moves management strategy.
• Demonstrated marketing and communication skills.
• Proven experience in proactively driving multiple concurrent projects to completion through continuous transformation and an entrepreneurial approach.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative in a multifaceted organization to create a world class experience for our donor partners.
• Proficient knowledge of technology including MS Office suite of products and proficiency with CRMs, such as Salesforce.
• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

Standout Candidates Will Bring

• Familiarity with sales cycles, including contribution to quarterly reviews and revenue forecasting.
• Insight into pipeline and prospecting qualification.
• Account management or B2C experience via external partnership engagement.

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.
• Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.

Our Values: Working for an organization within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other places. The culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.

90000 - 130000 USD a year

For this role, the anticipated base salary range is $90,000–$130,000 per year. This role may also be eligible for additional bonus compensation designed to align total compensation with an employee’s overall contribution to the organization.

Our Principles-Based Management™ (PBM) compensation philosophy is grounded in an individualized approach that rewards the long-term value each person creates for the organization. Compensation decisions are informed by a variety of factors, including relevant experience, capabilities, demonstrated skills, role responsibilities, and expected contribution. Consistent with this approach, base salary may vary within or outside of the anticipated range based on these considerations.