Pipeline Management Analyst

Barack Obama Foundation; United States; Remote; USD 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Barack Obama Foundation seeks a Pipeline Management Analyst to support frontline fundraisers with data and system help, from research requests to briefing materials and portfolio insights.

You’ll work with the Prospect Research team on pipeline projects, event briefings, and donor data updates, reporting to the Director, Prospect Research & Portfolio Insights, in a remote role based in the Chicago area.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years donor research experience.
• Familiar with research techniques and vendors such as iWave and LexisNexis.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-changing environment with a high workload.
• Ability to analyze and interpret large volumes of data and uncover trends.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently in a team.

Responsibilities

• Support mid-level giving by researching donors, rating capacity, and profiling prospects.
• Prepare briefing materials for events and campus tours.
• Assist in portfolio-building initiatives with the Prospect Research team.
• Maintain regular updates to donor data and pipelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Donor research

Prospect profiling

Portfolio development

Briefing preparation

Data analytics

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

iWave

LexisNexis

Salesforce

Job description

At The Obama Foundation, our mission is to inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world. We seek to build an active democratic culture where people are equipped and motivated to make change in the communities where they live, work, and play. Right here on the South Side of Chicago, we’re building a home for this vision, a global center for change with a range of opportunities - coordinated programming, community outreach events, educational moments, and more - that invite visitors from down the block or across the globe to turn hope into action.

Achieving our ambitious goals starts with an exceptional team built on our Hope to Action Values - Courage, Empathy, Integrity, Accountability, Community, Inclusivity, Pragmatism, Resilience, Imagination, and Hope. A Framework that anyone, anywhere, can use to build trust, activate participation, and expand opportunity in their community.

Purpose of the Role

The Pipeline Management Analyst will serve as a member of the Prospect Research team. The Analyst will ensure that our frontline fundraisers have the data and system support they need to succeed, plugging into various workflows - from fulfilling research requests, to producing event briefings, to assisting the team with portfolio building initiatives. Key duties include direct research support to our Mid-Level giving program, assisting in the preparation of briefing materials for events and campus tours, and partnering with the Prospect Research team on various pipeline and donor data update projects.

As the Pipeline Management Analyst, you’ll be reporting directly to the Director, Prospect Research & Portfolio Insights.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Mid-Level Giving: conducting donor research, providing capacity ratings and profiles on new five-figure prospects, and collaborating with the fundraisers to determine which donors may be ready to move into a Major Gifts portfolio.
• Event/Tour Support: provide timely background information on individuals and corporations attending Foundation events and/or Obama Presidential Center tours.
• Media Monitoring and Tracking: establish and formalize a system for regularly updating Prospect Research Associates on news relevant to donors in their team portfolios.
• Reputational Vetting: lead the monthly and ongoing processes for basic risk assessment and management for donors and prospects.
• Prospect Identification: using a combination of internal and external data sources, perform regular pipeline building searches.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Deliverables / Outcomes

• Prospect/donor profiles and other research briefings
• On-time briefing documents to support in-person engagement
• Newly-identified Foundation prospects

The salary range for this role is between $51,965 and $64,980.

This is a remote role based in the Chicago area.

For an overview of our benefits package, including insurance, paid time off, retirement & more, please visit https://www.obama.org/careers/.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Foundation is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at [e-mail] if you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application.

About the Obama Foundation

At the Obama Foundation, we are guided by a core belief: that ordinary people working together can change history. Our mission is to inspire those people to take action, empower them to change their world for the better, and connect them so they can achieve more together than they can alone.

We were founded by community organizers, so when we seek change, we do it by bringing people together.

That approach begins at home, on the South Side of Chicago, where we are building the Obama Presidential Center. The Center represents a historic opportunity for Chicago: a chance to build a world-class museum and public gathering space that celebrates our nation’s first African American President and First Lady, steps away from where he began his career, where she was raised, and where—together—they made their home.

But that approach extends to all our work, whether it’s holding leadership training sessions in communities throughout the U.S., bringing local leaders together in countries around the world, working to support the global education of girls, or ensuring young men of color have pathways to opportunity.

As President Obama has said, “we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together.” So join us.

For more information, please visit www.obama.org.

• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in donor research or a related field.
• Proficiency with various research techniques and industry-standard vendors such as iWave and LexisNexis preferred.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-changing environment while juggling a high volume of work.
• Ability to analyze and interpret large volumes of data and uncover hidden trends.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills and ability to function independently while working in a team-oriented environment.
• Salesforce experience preferred.