Senior Major Gift Officer

Austin Pets Alive!; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Pets Alive! in Austin, Texas is seeking an experienced Senior Major Gift Officer to lead and grow the organization’s major gifts program, expanding donor partnerships to advance lifesaving work.

You will prospect, cultivate, solicit, and steward a high‑value donor portfolio, produce persuasive materials for top supporters, and collaborate with the Philanthropy team to meet ambitious fundraising goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in major gifts fundraising is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prospect, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gifts.
• Produce written materials for high-level supporters.
• Collaborate with the Philanthropy team to grow the major donor program and meet fundraising goals.

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Major Gift Officer to join our team. This dynamic and passionate individual will focus on creating connections and inspiring high-level supporters, all while strategically meeting aggressive fundraising goals for APA!’s lifesaving mission.

In this role, you will collaborate with APA!’s Philanthropy team to grow major giving and nurture the major donor program. Responsibilities include implementing strategic direction for prospecting, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gifts, producing written materials for high-level supporters, and managing APA!’s portfolio of existing and prospective major donors.

This position offers a creative opportunity to expand an existing major gifts program into a foundation of loyal donors making a deeper impact. The perfect candidate is a fearless, scrappy, resourceful self-starter, an effective communicator capable of engaging different audiences, and firmly committed to our lifesaving cause.