Position Purpose

As a direct report of the Senior Director, Corporate Development, the Director, Corporate Development will play a leading role in the fundraising efforts for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), with key focus on identifying, cultivating and securing new national corporate partnerships, directly resulting in significant new revenue for the organization. This position will also support development efforts of the Senior Director and other BBBSA senior managers as needed.

Travel: Approximately 25-30%

Location: Remote, based in the Continental United States, CST or EST time zone preferred.

FLSA: Full Time, Exempt

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Establish new corporate relationships and strategic alliances to secure financial support to reach the organizational fundraising objectives and key revenue targets.
Build a robust pipeline of corporate prospects (40-60 annually) with $250,000+ annual partnership potential, with a personal fundraising goal of $2,000,000+ in new corporate revenue. This will include prospect research and identification, solicitation, closing, partnership onboarding and effective transiting of new partners to BBBSA Corporate Account Management team.
Create dynamic, strategic, and engaging presentations and other prospecting tools/resources as needed. Foster a strong and collaborative relationship with BBBSA marketing and communications.
In partnership with RD Operations Team, oversee development and effective utilization by RD Team of new business reporting systems, Salesforce and internal project management resources.
Support Corporate Engagement Account Management team as needed to maximize existing corporate relationships to grow revenue, volunteerism and network engagement including employee engagement, ERG activation, leadership development, and more.
Serve as an organizational expert on program-based corporate partnerships achieving key deliverables through grants, sponsorship, and other methods of giving.
Maintain programmatic knowledge and sophistication to develop and deploy partnership proposals that align with corporate giving trends and activations with mission-based engagement including philanthropic brand trends, employee engagement, and consumer activation.
Engage in external activities to understand and react to industry and donor trends and effectively incorporates these into the plans.
Engage BBBSA leadership and BBBS Agency leaders throughout the network to develop integrated partnership opportunities and bring proposals/agreements to scale.
Support key deliverables of the Resource Development team including conference sponsorship, year-end giving, key affinity month activation, donor impact and reporting (annual report, society recognition), 3rd party resource and system alignment and network activation.
Increase capacity and ensure effective operations
Work effectively with all departments to deliver objectives.
Accountable to an annual fundraising goal and prospect engagement metrics.
Contributes to positive morale, proactively solves problems, owns decisions, and engages in continuous improvement.

Culture

Demonstrate commitment to BBBSA’s shared leadership competencies and organizational values.
Provide consistent follow-up regarding assigned projects and after meetings.
Cultivate an environment where all team members feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their potential.
Exemplifies servant leadership qualities internally and across the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) network with agency staff and volunteer leaders.
Manages related and other duties as assigned in support of department and business needs.

Education & Related Work Experience

Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications, OR related education/ experience equivalency.

Years of Related Work Experience: Minimum of seven (7) years of demonstrated successful resource development, nonprofit sales experience; successful track record with managing and activating a pipeline of prospects through a moves management process to develop national partnerships of 6-figures or more, required. Experience managing and initiating corporate relationships with the non-profit sector is a plus; experience working with high level corporate representatives and volunteer Board members is critical.

Skills and Knowledge: Advanced skills in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office, Salesforce, and sales activation continuum; Highly skilled in project management, process/system development and development of effective implementation strategies; Excellent verbal and written communications skills; Superior interpersonal skills; problem resolution skills; Highly organized in approach, with ability to set and manage priorities; Ability to build and manage project budgets.

Our Commitment

At Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, we recognize, affirm, and celebrate the backgrounds, lives, and experiences of all of our stakeholders, including youth, families, donors, volunteers, and staff. We ensure the opportunity for all voices and perspectives to be heard and honored. In the workplace, we foster an environment where all people can be their best selves. We affirm that every person has the opportunity to reach their full potential. We strive to realize the full potential that is within all of us by ensuring that all voices and perspectives are heard and honored.

Equal Employment Opportunity

BBBSA provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, age, sex, familial or marital status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, or any other legally-protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Employee must be able to perform all essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Job Responsibilities

The above statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. BBBSA may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is directly recruiting and hiring for this position. We are not engaging any staffing/recruitment firms or agencies for this position. If any candidate profile/resume/identifying information is sent to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and/or Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies, we will not pay any referral or firm fees in relation to this information.