Remote Executive Director - Campaign & Fundraising Leader

Square One Politics; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited time off

Coworking space stipend

Excellent health, vision and dental

Job summary

Square One Politics is seeking an Executive Director to lead fundraising, strategy, and campaign support across the country. The ED will report to the President, manage four full-time staff, and guide day-to-day operations while expanding our donor base and advancing progressive change.

The ideal candidate has 10-15+ years in politics or nonprofit leadership, a proven fundraising track record, strong team coaching, budget oversight, and a commitment to diversity.

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years experience preferred in political, advocacy, and/or related non-profit work, including senior roles in campaigns or political organizations.
• Strong commitment to uplifting diverse Democratic candidates, with a willingness to think outside-the-box to help reshape the way Democratic candidates are recruited and elected.
• Deep understanding of the current political ecosystem.
• Significant experience in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage and develop teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A positive attitude — with a desire to create a best-in-class workplace where staff feel value, supported, and committed to the work.

Responsibilities

• Pursue an ambitious fundraising program together with our Head of Giving and leadership team to introduce our work to a broad base of new donors around the country.
• Retain and regularly engage with our existing base of longtime supporters, including hosting specific programming for these donors.
• Engage in regular call time for donor prospecting, cultivation, and stewardship.
• Work with fundraising staff to execute in-person fundraising events and/or meetings.
• Oversee a successful small-dollar online fundraising program.
• Staff Management and Leadership: Manage and grow our team, including supervision of political, operations, and fundraising staff.
• Lead, coach, develop, and retain a high-performance team in order to achieve organizational goals; including regularly meeting 1:1 with all direct reports.
• Work with the COO to create and manage the organization’s budget, and multi-entity reporting and compliance.
• Collaborate with the President to execute on a 2-cycle strategy to lead impact through continued growth in 2028 and 2030.
• Program Oversight: Together with our National Political Director and President, implement our candidate support program, overseeing program elements from recruitment to campaign support to post-election initiatives and educational materials.
• Work directly with our candidates and campaigns during election season.
• Work with our leadership team to oversee new initiatives that support our mission.
• Expand our reach by building strong relationships and speaking on behalf of the organization to press, conferences, partners and more.

Skills

Fundraising

Donor relations

Staff management

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Budget management

Communication

DEI

Job description

Square One Politics is seeking an Executive Director to lead fundraising, strategy, and campaign support across the country. The ED will report to the President, manage four full-time staff, and guide day-to-day operations while expanding our donor base and advancing progressive change.

The ideal candidate has 10-15+ years in politics or nonprofit leadership, a proven fundraising track record, strong team coaching, budget oversight, and a commitment to diversity.