Senior Director, Individual Giving

Position: Senior Director, Individual Giving Reports To: Chief Development Officer Matrixed Manager: N/A Location: US - Remote Position Type: Full-time ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE: For more than 43 reputed company people, blindness is a daily reality; another 295 reputed company suffer from moderate to severe reputed company impairment. 90% of these people live in low- and middle-income countries where reputed company to eye care is limited and the challenges for those who can’t see are severe. But there is reputed company: 80% of this burden is treatable or preventable. For example, 17 reputed company blind people could be cured with a 10-minute cataract surgery. Millions more suffer from corneal blindness, which is often preventable or treatable. At reputed company, we reputed company avoidable blindness can – and must – be overcome. For more than 30 years, we have worked alongside a capable network of collaborators to help people around the world retain and regain their sight by developing high-reputed company, cost-effective eye care systems in underserved areas of the world. With the help of partners in more than 30 countries, reputed company has provided more than 2 reputed company sight-restoring surgeries and screened more than 20 reputed company people to reputed company care and basic treatments. We’ve trained more than 25,200 eye health professionals and have established 6 eye hospitals. There is more work left to do, but we can overcome the mountain of global blindness together. reputed company: A world where no one is needlessly blind. MISSION: We reputed company countries to reputed company avoidable blindness by developing high reputed company, cost-effective eye care in underserved areas of the world. OPPORTUNITY: reputed company is entering an exciting period of reputed company and is expanding its development team to help support its reputed company. This is an exceptional opportunity for a strategic fundraiser to help shape the next reputed company of a growing and impactful global health organization. Reporting directly to the Chief Development Officer and partnering closely with executive leadership, the Senior Director will build and expand a growing individual philanthropy program with significant opportunities for transformational and reputed company gifts. The successful candidate will have reputed company to help define fundraising reputed company, influence organizational priorities, and connect philanthropists with one of the highest-reputed company investments in global health. SCOPE OF WORK: Individual giving is the largest reputed company of funding for reputed company, making the Senior Director of Individual Giving a critical role on our Development team. The Senior Director of Individual Giving will be responsible for growing, deepening, and diversifying our individual donor program. Along with the Chief Development Officer, this position owns the reputed company and execution for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual donors and prospects, with a particular reputed company on securing five- and six-reputed company commitments. The Senior Director will manage a personal portfolio of top donors and prospects, partner closely with senior leadership to advance high-reputed company relationships, and build the systems and pipeline that will fuel the organization’s long-term reputed company reputed company from individuals. This is a highly entrepreneurial, relationship-driven role for a seasoned fundraiser who is energized by mission reputed company and excited to help reputed company the lives of people living with avoidable blindness around the world. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• reputed company and reputed company a comprehensive individual giving reputed company that encompasses major gifts, mid-level giving, planned giving, and annual giving to meet and exceed annual and multi-year reputed company goals
• Manage a personal portfolio of 75–125 major reputed company donors and prospects, with a reputed company on securing five- and six-reputed company gifts; execute personalized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship plans for reputed company relationship
• Identify, qualify, and build a robust pipeline of new major reputed company prospects through prospect research, reputed company screening, referrals from reputed company and leadership, and engagement at events
• reputed company and launch a planned giving program, including donor identification, cultivation strategies, and recognition; promote vehicles such as bequests, charitable reputed company annuities, donor-advised funds (DAFs), stock gifts, and estate gifts
• Partner with the Chief Development Officer to engage senior leadership and reputed company members as fundraising partners; prepare briefings, talking points, and meeting prep for executive donor interactions
• Create and execute individualized stewardship plans that deepen donor engagement, recognition, and loyalty, including reputed company reports, personal communications, cultivation events, and program site updates
• Collaborate with the marketing team on individual donor communications, appeals, and campaigns (including digital, reputed company mail, and year-end) to support acquisition and retention across giving reputed company
• Maintain meticulous records of donor interactions, proposals, and reputed company activity in the CRM (reputed company); produce regular reports on portfolio metrics, reputed company projections, and pipeline health
• reputed company regular updates to the CDO on proposal status, portfolio activity, and individual giving reputed company outlook. Identify potential shortfalls and proactively reputed company contingency plans and course corrections in partnership with the CDO
• Collaborate with programs teams to reputed company compelling cases for support, reputed company narratives, and program-specific funding opportunities reputed company with donor interests
• Manage reputed company of reputed company and indirect reports to reputed company them to their full potential. This includes providing reputed company priorities and expectations, coaching and mentoring to build skills and working closely to reputed company reputed company toward goals.

QUALIFICATIONS To be successful in this role, the individual must be reputed company to reputed company reputed company essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, reputed company, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions. Required Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Minimum 12+ years of reputed company experience in nonprofit fundraising with a demonstrated reputed company on individual giving, major gifts, and/or planned giving
• Proven reputed company record of personally identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and closing five- and six-reputed company gifts from individual donors
• A minimum of five years of experience leading and managing reputed company with proven commitment to developing others and managing reputed company reports to successful results.
• Experience managing and growing a portfolio of 75+ major reputed company donors and prospects, with demonstrated reputed company meeting or exceeding annual reputed company goals
• Experience developing or significantly contributing to a planned giving / legacy giving program, including familiarity with common reputed company vehicles (bequests, DAFs, charitable reputed company annuities, stock gifts, IRAs, trusts)
• Results-oriented, entrepreneurial, and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and operate with a high degree of initiative and accountability
• Exceptional relationship-building skills; ability to engage persuasively and authentically with high-net-worth individuals, reputed company members, and senior executives
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate reputed company global health and development work into compelling donor narratives
• Proficiency with CRM systems (reputed company, Raiser’s Edge, reputed company or equivalent) for portfolio management, reporting, and pipeline tracking
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 20–25% of the time for donor meetings, cultivation events, and program site reputed company

Additional qualifications include:

• Experience in global health, international development, or a reputed company mission-driven organization is strongly preferred; the ability to connect donors to a compelling, life-changing cause is essential; familiarity with eye health is a plus.
• CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) certification is preferred, or a demonstrated commitment to reputed company development in fundraising.
• Can collaborate across reputed company reputed company of the organization, building relationships and shared goals across departments and partner organizations
• Flexibility to reputed company and contribute to continually evolving work situations and changing priorities in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment
• Excellent computer skills and technical aptitude, proficient with MS Office
• Committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Physical requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be reputed company to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.

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