Glide
Senior Director of Major and Individual Gifts
San Francisco · Director
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$175kDetected 63 days ago
SalesforceExcelPerformance ManagementCadenceLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringWritingAdaptabilityMicrosoft Office
About the role
- The Senior Director of Major and Individual Gifts is a pivotal leadership role responsible for the strategic integration and performance of GLIDE's comprehensive individual giving program.
- The individual in this role is an organizational leader who can ably-both internally and externally--represent the spirit and culture of philanthropy on which Glide is built.
- Revenue Benchmarking: Establish, monitor, and achieve rigorous annual and multi-year revenue targets across all individual giving streams.
Responsibilities
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the Communications Team, GLIDE Memorial Church, organization-wide staff and Board leadership to ensure a synchronized solicitation of cadence and cohesive messaging across all donor touchpoints.
- Pipeline Stewardship: Guide the broader team in creating meaningful stewardship journeys that convert prospects, first-time donors, regular supporters, and others into long-term, invested partners.
Requirements
- Proven experience in telling the story of an organization and conveying its importance.
- Ability to establish priorities and execute tasks with little direct supervision;
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Master's Degree, CFRE, CAP, 21/64, and other fundraising certifications a plus;
- Demonstrated multi-year experience managing a stable and successful fundraising team
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (written and verbal) with both internal and external constituencies. Proven experience in telling the story of an organization and conveying its importance.
- Commitment to professional and personal integrity;
- Adaptable and flexible style maintaining the appropriate balance of rigor and flexibility
- Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships across difference-from front-line staff to Board members
- Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality;
Nice to have
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
- Master's Degree, CFRE, CAP, 21/64, and other fundraising certifications a plus;
- Seven to 10-plus years of significant nonprofit fundraising and leadership (preferably 5-7 figure individual giving in the social/human services area);
- Computer Skills: MS Office suite including Excel and Word (mail merge preferred), Adobe products, fundraising software (Salesforce preferred)
Skills
- Adept at creating and tracking budgets, adhering to expense limits;
- Experience with Wealth Screening and Prospecting Software, such as Lexis for Development Professionals and Windfall preferred
- adept at crafting proposals, solicitation letters and correspondence;
- Computer
- MS Office suite including Excel and Word (mail merge preferred), Adobe products, fundraising software (Salesforce preferred)
- Leadership Competencies
- Glide values and expects its leaders to possess and demonstrate the following competencies:
- Work Environment GLIDE's buildings are located in the Tenderloin neighborhood.
Compensation
- Strategic Vision: Design and implement a multi-channel individual giving strategy that integrates the Annual Fund, Mid-Level, Major Gifts, and Planned Giving into a unified, high-growth engine.
- Revenue Benchmarking: Establish, monitor, and achieve rigorous annual and multi-year revenue targets across all individual giving streams.
- Annual Fund Oversight: Provide executive direction for the Sr Manager of Annual Fund, collaboratively defining goals for donor acquisition, retention, direct mail, and digital campaigns.
- Design and implement a multi-channel individual giving strategy that integrates the Annual Fund, Mid-Level, Major Gifts, and Planned Giving into a unified, high-growth engine.
Benefits
- Strategic Vision: Design and implement a multi-channel individual giving strategy that integrates the Annual Fund, Mid-Level, Major Gifts, and Planned Giving into a unified, high-growth engine.
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