Senior Development Officer - Major Gifts Officer

Intermountain Residential; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-the-job training

Health insurance

Health Savings Account

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Recreation gear

Volunteer time

Job summary

Intermountain is seeking an experienced Senior Development Officer – Major Gifts to lead our major gifts program, cultivating individuals, corporations, foundations, and legacy donors to support behavioral health programs for children and families.

Reporting to the Director of Development, you will manage a portfolio of roughly 100 prospects, design cultivation and solicitation strategies, and collaborate with executives to advance transformational giving.

Job description

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Full Time Regular Development Helena, MT, US

12 days ago Requisition ID: 1405

Salary Range: $90,000.00 – $120,000.00 Annually

Senior Development Officer - Major Gifts Officer

Senior Development Officer – Major Gifts Officer

Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000

Help Transform the Lives of Children. Build Relationships That Change Futures.

At Intermountain, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to heal, grow, and thrive. For more than a century, we've helped children and families overcome the effects of trauma, behavioral health challenges, and adversity through innovative treatment, education, and compassionate care.

We're seeking an experienced, relationship-driven Senior Development Officer – Major Gifts to join our growing philanthropy team. This is an opportunity for an accomplished fundraiser who thrives on building authentic relationships, inspiring transformational giving, and connecting generous people with a mission that changes lives every day.

If you're energized by meaningful donor conversations, strategic portfolio management, and creating lasting philanthropic partnerships, we'd love to meet you.

About the Role

Reporting to the Director of Development, the Senior Development Officer leads Intermountain's major gifts program, cultivating and stewarding individuals, corporations, foundations, and legacy donors whose investments advance innovative behavioral health programs for children and families.

You’ll manage a dynamic portfolio of approximately 100 major gift prospects and donors while helping shape the future of philanthropy at Intermountain through strategic relationship management, planned giving, and endowment development.

This position offers the opportunity to work closely with executive leadership, board members, program leaders, and grateful supporters to create transformational philanthropic partnerships.

What You'll Do

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 100 major gift prospects and donors.
• Develop personalized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies that inspire long-term engagement.
• Conduct face-to-face donor visits and meaningful touchpoints throughout the year.
• Partner with organizational leadership to align donor interests with strategic priorities.
• Create compelling proposals, impact reports, and cases for support that demonstrate measurable outcomes.
• Design and host intimate donor experiences, campus tours, and cultivation events that deepen connection to our mission.
• Achieve ambitious annual fundraising goals across major gifts, corporate partnerships, planned giving, and endowed support.
• Advance donors from initial engagement to transformational investment.
• Identify and qualify new prospects through research, referrals, and community engagement.
• Collaborate on donor communications and fundraising materials that inspire generosity.
• Stay current on philanthropy trends, charitable tax strategies, and best practices in major and planned giving.
• Represent Intermountain throughout the community with professionalism, authenticity, and enthusiasm.
• Share our story through presentations, tours, educational experiences, and community events.
• Coach board members and volunteer leaders in donor engagement and solicitation.
• Serve as a trusted connector between donors, organizational leadership, and program staff.
• Communicate our mission and funding priorities with confidence, passion, and credibility.

We're Looking For

You are a seasoned fundraising professional who understands that major gifts are built on authentic relationships, thoughtful strategy, and trust.

You Bring

• Demonstrated success securing five- and six-figure gifts.
• Experience managing a major gift portfolio and achieving fundraising goals.
• Strong knowledge of planned giving, endowments, and donor stewardship.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to engage confidently with philanthropists, executives, volunteers, and community leaders.
• Strategic thinking paired with disciplined follow-through.
• Passion for improving the lives of children and families.

Most importantly, you're someone who believes philanthropy has the power to transform communities—and you're excited to help generous people invest in brighter futures for youth facing behavioral health challenges.

Why Intermountain?

When you join Intermountain, you're joining a mission-driven organization where philanthropy directly changes lives. Every gift helps provide hope, healing, education, and opportunity for children and families navigating some of life's most difficult challenges.

You’ll work alongside dedicated professionals who believe deeply in our mission and value collaboration, innovation, and authentic relationships.

If you're looking for a fundraising career where every donor conversation has the potential to change a child's future, we'd love to hear from you.

Benefits

• On-the-job training
• Employer-sponsored health insurance for medical, dental and vision
• Health Savings Account contributions
• Retirement contribution of 4%, fully vested after only one year!
• Robust Personal and Holiday Leave
• Access to recreation gear
• Paid time to volunteer in the community

Intermountain is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion, diversity and equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

Intermountain Deaconess Children's Services is an equal opportunity employer.