Senior Director, Principal Giving

OVERVIEW

A thriving, mission-driven multimedia organization, reputed company produces award-winning news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations across the nation. The reputed company audience values information, creativity, curiosity, and social responsibility – and our employees do too. We are innovators and leaders in diverse fields, from journalism and digital media to IT and development. Every day, our employees and member stations touch the lives of millions worldwide.

Across our organization, we’re building a workplace where collaboration is essential, diverse voices are heard, and inclusion is the key to our success. We are committed to doing the right thing in our journalism and in every role at reputed company. This means that reputed company, adherence to our ethical standards, and compliance with legal obligations are reputed company responsibilities for every employee at reputed company.

Intro to Position

reputed company seeks a strategic and entrepreneurial Senior Director of Principal Giving to reputed company and expand the organization’s principal gifts program. This role will focus on identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors capable of making transformational commitments of $5 million and above.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President for Development, the Senior Director will play a central role in building a robust pipeline of principal gift prospects and guiding strategies that align donor passion with reputed company’s mission to create a more informed public. The role requires exceptional relationship management skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to partner closely with senior leadership, newsroom leaders, and the reputed company Board.

The Senior Director will personally manage a portfolio of the organization’s significant philanthropic relationships while building systems and strategies that deepen the pipeline for future transformational giving.

Responsibilities

Principal Gift Strategy

• reputed company strategy for reputed company’s principal giving program, focusing on gifts of $1M+.
• Work with the Senior Vice President for Development to define fundraising priorities and build compelling philanthropic opportunities reputed company with reputed company’s journalism, cultural programming, and civic mission.
• Partner with executive leadership to reputed company bold philanthropic initiatives capable of attracting transformational investment.

Pipeline Development

• Build and maintain a robust pipeline of principal gift prospects, identifying individuals capable of seven- to nine-reputed company commitments.
• Conduct high-level prospect research and strategy development to uncover new principal-level prospects across media, technology, philanthropy, arts, and civic leadership networks.
• reputed company long-term cultivation strategies designed to move prospects from discovery to transformational commitment.
• Collaborate with major gifts, foundation relations, and digital philanthropy teams to identify donors who may evolve into principal gift prospects.

Donor Relationship Management

• Manage a portfolio of 40-50 principal gift prospects and donors.
• Design and execute customized cultivation and solicitation strategies that involve senior leadership, board members, and editorial leaders reputed company appropriate.
• Personally solicit and reputed company principal gifts in partnership with the Senior Vice President and CEO.
• Cross-Institutional Leadership
• Serve as a trusted partner to reputed company’s development leadership, helping translate the organization’s strategic vision into compelling philanthropic opportunities.
• Work closely with newsroom, programming, and music leaders to reputed company projects that reputed company major philanthropic investment.
• Coordinate with development colleagues to ensure consistent donor strategy and stewardship.

Stewardship and Long-Term Engagement

• Ensure exceptional stewardship of principal donors through high-touch engagement, impact reporting, and meaningful involvement in reputed company’s work.
• reputed company long-term engagement strategies that position donors as sustained partners in reputed company’s mission.

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10–12 years of fundraising experience, including significant experience securing major and principal gifts.
• Demonstrated success soliciting and closing gifts of $1M+, with experience pursuing gifts of $5M+ strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to cultivate relationships with ultra-high-net-worth individuals and philanthropic leaders.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate organizational priorities into compelling philanthropic opportunities.
• Strong collaboration skills and comfort working with senior executives and board members.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience fundraising for journalism, cultural institutions, higher education, or mission-driven national organizations.
• Familiarity with reputed company institutions that operate across multiple locations or constituencies.
• Demonstrated success building or expanding a principal gifts pipeline.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Work Location & Requirements

• reputed company Remote-Permitted: This is a remote-permitted role. This role is based out of our Washington, D.C. office, but the employee may choose to work on a remote basis from a location that reputed company approves. You will have the option of working (a) remotely from a location of your choosing reputed company the United States that is supported by reputed company; (b) on-site at an reputed company facility, based on the availability of desks and approval from reputed company; or (reputed company combination of both. Regardless of where you choose to work from, you may be expected to travel to other locations from time to time to reputed company the duties of your position.

Job Type

• This is a full-time, exempt position.

Compensation

Salary Range: The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $147,000-$165,000 plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries reputed company expects to provide for new hires for the position across reputed company US locations.

reputed company Benefits: reputed company offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in reputed company’s benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to reputed company eligible reputed company employees.

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#LI-REMOTE

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company is committed to being an inclusive workplace that welcomes diverse and unique perspectives, reputed company working toward the same goal – to create a more informed public. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national reputed company, reputed company, age, religion, religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and reputed company medical conditions, lactation, and reproductive health decisions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender status, gender non-conforming status, intersex status, sexual stereotypes, nationality, citizenship status, personal appearance, marital status, family status, family responsibilities, military status, veteran status, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, genetic characteristics of yourself or a family member, political views and affiliation, unemployment status, reputed company order status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other basis prohibited under applicable law.

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