Senior Director, Development

Job Summary

• The ideal candidate is a creative self-starter who desires to grow professionally and has a record of successful progressive outreach. 
• He or she should be able to develop new strategies to positively impact people and support the mission. 
• The Sr. Director of Development should be an excellent communicator, open to constructive criticism, detail-oriented, able to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.  

• Collaborate with the Executive Director/CEO, COO and national team program directors to create a development plan to increase revenues to support the strategic direction of the organization


• Advise the organization on software and other information technology (IT) needs to maximize the development department’s efficiencies


• Aggressively lead and direct the implementation of the organization’s development plan from alumni, individuals and foundations with a focus on multi-year gifts of $25,000+


• Increase identification and cultivation of individual donors, with a focus on major gift development

• Prepare regular progress reports, monitoring budgets, receipts and expenditures related to fundraising including reporting at Board of Directors meetings each year


• Develop and manage timelines for fundraising activities to ensure critical fundraising benchmarks are met in a timely fashion


• Cross-functionally collaborate with other departments including marketing, finance, baseball operations and sport development on key projects and reports throughout the year


• Coordinate the design, printing and distribution of marketing and communication materials for development efforts


• Establish and build relationships with community stakeholders to advance the mission and fundraising goals of the organization