Chief Development Officer

RAINN•Washington, DC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

RAINN’s Development team is the engine behind this mission, cultivating a community of compassionate champions through major gifts, digital fundraising campaigns, corporate partnerships, planned giving, and foundation support. As Chief Development Officer, you will serve on RAINN’s senior leadership team and partner with passionate professionals and a dedicated board to inspire generosity, deepen donor relationships, and build the sustainable revenue needed to meet the rising demand for RAINN’s services.

Requirements

12+ years of progressive leadership experience in a senior nonprofit development role overseeing a multi-channel revenue program.
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.
Robust strategic thinking skills, with experience scaling programs.
Proven ability to develop, implement, and manage successful long-term strategic fundraising plans, with demonstrated success in major gifts, institutional partnerships, and digital fundraising.
Track record of personally cultivating and closing major gifts from individual donors, foundations, and/or corporate partners.
Sound and fiscally responsible approach to financial forecasting, budgeting, and achieving revenue goals.
Superior management skills with demonstrated success leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing development teams.
Comfort and fluency in a technologically sophisticated fundraising environment, including CRM platforms, online giving tools, and data analytics.
Be willing and able to travel to RAINN’s Washington, DC headquarters and visit clients as needed (up to 25% domestic travel).
Possess or be willing to secure valid identification for domestic travel.
Successfully complete a criminal background check administered by RAINN.
Be willing to, at times, work a non-traditional schedule, which may include evenings and/or weekends.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree a plus.

Responsibilities

Update, implement, and manage a comprehensive multi-channel development strategy to grow funding from major donors, individual donors, corporations, foundations, and planned giving.
Set and meet ambitious annual revenue goals and multi-year fundraising campaign targets.
Manage performance measures, dashboards, and reporting structures to constantly evaluate the effectiveness of fundraising efforts across all channels.
Represent RAINN to donors, prospects, fundraising volunteers, and the public, serving as a credible and compelling external ambassador for our work.
Manage and grow a robust major gifts program, personally cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects.
Expand RAINN’s prospect pipeline through proactive identification, research, and qualification of new donor opportunities.
Identify new potential board members who have fundraising capacity; work closely with existing board members to help them meet give/get goals.
Identify, cultivate and close new corporate partnerships.
Lead the strategy of RAINN’s foundation and federal grants program, managing relationships with foundations and government funders and creating high-quality proposals and reports.
Develop and steward planned giving and legacy gift opportunities to ensure long-term stability.
Manage and grow RAINN’s digital and online fundraising programs, including monthly recurring donors, email campaigns, peer-to-peer fundraising, advertising, and emerging digital channels.
Manage our external digital marketing agency and collaborate with internal communications team.
Test, test, and keep testing, in order to maximize digital fundraising success.
Leverage data and analytics to optimize performance and ROI.
Develop and manage the Development department budget.
Provide accurate donation forecasting, revenue projections, and variance analysis.
Ensure RAINN’s CRM (Virtuous) and other fundraising technology is fully leveraged to meet our needs and to support accurate tracking, donor stewardship, and strategic decision-making.
Collaborate with Finance to ensure accurate gift accounting and compliance with donor restrictions and reporting requirements.
Lead, mentor, and manage performance expectations for a team of development professionals covering individual gifts, digital fundraising, grants, and philanthropy.
Provide strategic oversight and day-to-day direction for all development activities.
Serve as a senior organizational leader, collaborating across departments to effectively fulfill RAINN’s broader mission and strategic priorities.
Always act ethically and honestly. Internally and externally, you are known to be reliable, accountable, and trustworthy.
Ensure full compliance with fundraising regulations, laws, donor accountability standards, and ethical codes of conduct.