Development Manager (Fundraising)

Move For Hunger

3d•Remote

About The Position

Move For Hunger is seeking a dynamic, relationship-driven fundraiser to support the growth of its fundraising program. Reporting to the Director of Development, this role will help drive revenue across corporate partnerships, sponsorships, individual giving, events, and prospects while serving as an ambassador for Move For Hunger's mission. The Development Manager will play a central role in maintaining a healthy development pipeline, delivering an excellent donor experience, and building the systems required to grow individual giving. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys prospect research, donor communication, fundraising operations, relationship management, and turning ideas into well-executed plans. The successful candidate is comfortable engaging with donors and corporate contacts, presenting on stages across the country, managing many details at once, using data to guide decisions, and working independently in a remote environment. We're looking for someone who isn't afraid to pick up the phone, ask for support, and jump in wherever needed to help us reach our goals.

Requirements

At least three years of relevant experience in nonprofit fundraising, corporate partnerships or sales with a proven track record of independently owning relationship management, cultivating donor pipelines, and stewarding gifts through the full lifecycle.
Motivated by achievement of goals, quick learner, self-directed, self-starter-capable of working both independently and interdependently with a team.
Values relationships and is energetic and passionate about the cause.
Comfortable with several evolving and often overlapping priorities, thrives in ambiguity, and is open to new ideas.
Compelling communicator, skilled at networking and negotiation, able to interact with executives and build lasting relationships.
Data-driven, comfortable leveraging and manipulating data to prioritize activity, monitor results, improve processes, and maintain accurate CRM records.
Experience with Salesforce or another CRM.
Familiarity with fundraising reporting, email marketing tools, and open to experimenting with AI.
Minimum of 3 years of experience working in nonprofit fundraising, marketing, or events, with a proven track record of independently owning relationship management, cultivating donor pipelines, and stewarding gifts through the full lifecycle.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and SharePoint), Salesforce, and Canva.
Comfort with remote-work tools, including video conferencing, Slack, and project management tools like Asana.
Ability to travel nationally for donor meetings, conferences, team gatherings, or special events, as needed.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with AI

Responsibilities

Support the cultivation, solicitation, renewal, and stewardship of corporate partners, sponsors, and prospects.
Manage assigned relationships and prospect portfolios, documenting outreach, opportunities, next steps, and engagement history in Salesforce.
Research prospective corporate partners whose business goals, employee engagement interests, or social-impact priorities align with Move For Hunger’s mission.
Prepare customized proposals, pitch materials, sponsorship packages, meeting briefs, and follow-up communications.
Identify opportunities to deepen partner engagement through employee giving, food drives, volunteer activities, cause-marketing campaigns, and other mission-aligned initiatives.
Coordinate sponsorship fulfillment with Development and Marketing colleagues, ensuring partners receive timely and accurate recognition, communications, and agreed-upon benefits.
Represent Move For Hunger in donor meetings, partner calls, conferences, networking events, and community-facing activities as needed.
Support the Director of Development with pipeline management, partner strategy, prospecting, and revenue planning.
Implement and manage components of the individual giving program, including donor segmentation, communications calendars, stewardship practices, and performance tracking.
Manage key elements of annual giving campaigns, including year-end giving, GivingTuesday, recurring donor outreach, donor renewal efforts, and targeted digital or email appeals.
Conduct donor and prospect research to identify cultivation opportunities, potential major-gift prospects, lapsed donors, and individuals with a strong connection to the mission.
Develop personalized stewardship and cultivation communications, including gift acknowledgments, impact updates, donor reports, thank-you messages, and renewal outreach.
Support donor moves management by documenting gift history, engagement activity, interests, capacity indicators, and recommended next steps in Salesforce.
Monitor individual giving data and campaign performance, including donor retention, average gift, recurring giving, appeal response, and acquisition results.
Support the creation and promotion of opportunities for employees, volunteers, board members, and other supporters to become individual donors and advocates.
Maintain accurate, complete, and timely donor and partner records in Salesforce, including contact information, meeting notes, gifts, proposals, tasks, and relationship activity.
Support gift processing, acknowledgment workflows, donor recognition, impact reporting, and stewardship activities in partnership with Development and Finance colleagues.
Use Salesforce and related tools to track progress toward revenue goals, monitor pipeline health, identify follow-up needs, and report on fundraising activity.
Collaborate with the Director of Development to identify revenue opportunities, implement fundraising strategies, and assess progress against personal and team goals.
Work across departments to ensure development communications, deliverables, impact stories, and fundraising campaigns are accurate and aligned with organizational priorities.
Develop clear internal processes, templates, tracking tools, and calendars that support a consistent and high-quality donor experience.
Manage multiple evolving priorities with strong follow-through and attention to detail.
Contribute to team projects and organizational initiatives as needed.