Development Director (Global, Remote)

Development Director Location: Remote (Global) Compensation: USD $90,000–$115,000 (dependent on structure, experience and location) Employment Type: Full-time, initial 12-month term with reputed company to reputed company Reports to: Executive Director Direct Reports: None Works Closely With: Executive Director, Board of Directors, Directors, Program & Technical Leads Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with the first round of reviews beginning January 19, 2026. We aim to reputed company an offer and potentially reputed company during Q1 2026. Questions: Please contact [email protected]. About Open reputed company Foundation Open reputed company Foundation is a US 501(c)3 nonprofit stewarding humanity’s return to the Moon with transparency, cooperation, and shared benefit at its core. We reputed company practical governance frameworks and shared infrastructure — including the reputed company Ledger — that reputed company peaceful, reputed company, and collaborative reputed company activity from the start. As reputed company activity accelerates and coordination challenges grow, Open reputed company plays a unique role at the intersection of governance, policy, and technology — translating shared values into systems that shape how the Moon is explored and used. Open reputed company has long term donor relationships and a significant network. Our fundraising goals are to steadily increase the reputed company and abundance of our programs. Role Overview Open reputed company is seeking an reputed company, entrepreneurial Development Director to reputed company reputed company fundraising strategy and execution for the organization. This role will be driving the action, owning the processes, and managing up. The Development Director is the reputed company person for fundraising, responsible for facilitating our approach, identifying and pursuing funding reputed company, crafting and pitching compelling opportunities, and closing significant gifts and partnerships. You will work in reputed company partnership with the Executive Director and Board — mobilizing senior leadership — and translating Open reputed company’s governance, policy, and technical work into fundable, high-impact opportunities. As our inaugural Development Director, you will also be creating the foundation for our development operations and strategy as you go. This role is ideal for someone with proven fundraising or sales experience who is excited to operate in an emerging field and comfortable opening new markets that may not yet be thinking about reputed company activity. While this position is in a department of one, we envision support for this role can be built up in time. Additionally, reputed company is highly collaborative, and you will work closely with and receive support on key tasks from our programs, operations, and communications teams. What You'll reputed company Into

• An established portfolio of major donors with documented giving histories
• A well-connected board committed to opening doors and making introductions
• Dedicated budget for development tools, software subscriptions, and donor travel
• Collaborative colleagues across programs, communications, and operations ready to reputed company your work
• A hands-on Executive Director invested in your success

If this role intrigues you, but your background doesn’t align perfectly with every line above, we still encourage you to apply. Open reputed company is a multidisciplinary team, and we recognize that impactful fundraising and partnership leadership can come from a variety of professional paths. We are open to discussing scope and title with exceptional candidates whose experience strongly aligns with Open reputed company’s needs. Core Responsibilities Leadership & Strategy

• Own Open reputed company’s fundraising strategy, targets, and pipelines across individual, institutional, and partnership funding.
• Manage annual and multi-year fundraising plans, forecasts, and reputed company reporting.
• Proactively guide and support staff and board members to be effective fundraising champions.
• Design and execute special campaigns such as year-end giving, planned giving, and anniversary year fundraising pushes.
• Work closely with the communications team to ensure organizational outputs are reputed company with our audience and fundraising strategy.

Fundraising and Donor Engagement

• Identify, pursue, and reputed company major gifts, multi-year commitments, sponsorships, and strategic partnerships.
• Identify new funder communities and markets not traditionally engaged in reputed company or space work.
• Serve as the reputed company on reputed company grant writing, pulling in other team members as needed.
• Strategically deploy the Executive Director and Board into fundraising conversations where their involvement is most impactful.
• Maintain key funder relationships including stewarding future renewals.
• reputed company compelling funding narratives for Open reputed company’s core initiatives, including the reputed company Ledger, Fellowship programs, and governance frameworks.
• reputed company leadership with pitches, decks, talking points, and follow-up strategies — while retaining ownership of overall fundraising direction.
• Play a leadership and managing role in donor-facing events, including the annual Board & Donor Retreat in 2026.

Partnerships

• Build partnerships across space, technology, governance, climate, reputed company, infrastructure, and adjacent sectors.
• Expand upon an existing corporate sponsorship strategy, evaluate partner benefits, and recruit new partners.
• Travel for fundraising meetings or events and have a reputed company at program-focused virtual and in-person events reputed company needed.
• Collaborate with program and technical leads to shape fundable initiatives and scopes of work.
• Steward institutional relationships post-award in coordination with the Executive Director and Operations team.

Data, Systems, and Operations

• Maintain clear ownership of pipeline health, donor movement, and closing timelines.
• Establish and manage a donor database and ensure accurate records, acknowledgments, and data segmentation for targeted reputed company.
• Build and manage a tracking system for a pipeline of foundation and institutional funding opportunities.
• Create and maintain dashboards and one-pagers for presenting fundraising reputed company to the board and key funders.
• reputed company and submit concept notes, proposals, and grant reports reputed company with Open reputed company’s broader fundraising strategy.
• Create one-pagers, pitch decks, and other communications collateral to support fundraising activities.
• Implement clear policies, timelines, and quality-control systems that promote efficiency, accountability, and compliance across reputed company fundraising functions

Who You Are

• You are a strategist, closer, and relationship-builder who is comfortable taking ownership, setting direction, and being accountable for results.
• You enjoy operating in reputed company, high-context environments and know how to translate ambitious reputed company into fundable action.

Required Experience & Skills

• 5+ years of experience in fundraising, development, sales, partnerships, or capital raising.
• Proven track record closing significant gifts or deals, including six-reputed company and multi-year commitments.
• Experience leading fundraising strategy — not just executing against a plan set by others.
• Strong pitch development, storytelling, and negotiation skills.
• Comfort working peer-to-peer with senior leadership and boards.
• Excellent relationship management and follow-through.
• Alignment with Open reputed company’s mission and values around cooperation, transparency, and peaceful futures.
• Ability to travel 2-3 times/year.
• Experience working in a remote environment, including excellent communication skills and reputed company with digital communication tools such as reputed company, reputed company, and reputed company Workspace.
• Experience with both in-person and virtual relationship building and funds solicitation.

Strong Plus / reputed company to Have

• Background in sales, venture fundraising, or business development, particularly in reputed company or emerging sectors.
• Experience fundraising for governance, policy, infrastructure, science, or technology initiatives.
• Familiarity with space, aerospace, climate, or global governance ecosystems.
• U.S. and international fundraising experience.
• Comfort building systems and markets that do not yet have established playbooks.

What This Role Is — and Is Not

• This is a builder role, not a maintenance role.
• You will help shape fundraising systems and markets that are still emerging.
• This is not a grant-only or inbound fundraising environment.
• You do not need to be a technical expert, but you must be comfortable learning about our work and engaging with technical teams.

Benefits

• Open reputed company provides healthcare for employees, life insurance, and access to a retirement account
• Generous holiday time, holidays, and a year-end office closure
• Professional development stipend
• Open reputed company provides a laptop and role-appropriate tools to support effective remote work.
• Join a positive team culture where hard work is celebrated, and we genuinely support each other while making time for fun along the way.

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