Donor Relations Manager

Recidiviz•Oakland, CA

35d•$95,000•Remote

About The Position

Recidiviz is thrilled to be hiring a Donor Relations Manager to join our team! You’ll join our small and mighty fundraising team that secures continued, sustainable funding for our work. We’re looking for a detail-oriented, analytical self-starter who gets a thrill out of wrangling lots of information and building systems to keep a high-performing team running smoothly. If you geek out over well-run systems and are very detail-oriented, we’d love to hear from you. If you’re excited to become an indispensable engine for a mission-driven organization and grow into donor relationship management, we want to hear from you. Fundraising experience is not required. The Donor Relations Manager is the engine that keeps our philanthropic machine running, ensuring every Recidiviz supporter receives white-glove service. That every dollar raised is tracked and reported on. That all supporters received tailored updates about what their support made possible. You are the team's dedicated information hub, diving into our data, products, and state partners to build the knowledge base that makes our pitches and reports shine. Ultimately, your meticulous organization and information synthesizing capacity will allow our team to pursue more philanthropic gifts and expand our overall funding success, leading to the long-term success of the organization.

Requirements

You’re passionate about our mission to dramatically reduce incarceration in ways that are safe and equitable.
You live and breathe organization. You bring order to chaos by being thorough and systematic. You get energized by creating and maintaining systems (e.g. project trackers, CRM management).
You’re a details person: You’re energized by creating systems and excited to take ownership of and build upon our existing philanthropy pipeline management processes. You’re a documentation wizard with exceptional attention to detail, written communication skills, and the ability to juggle numerous goals and deadlines.
You are scrappy and can’t imagine another way: You take pride in making more out of less and not stopping at the first hurdle. You’re excited to work in a startup environment and thrive in the fast pace, loveable chaos of it all. You can run with ambiguity. You can take a debrief from a funder meeting, figure out what “wild success” looks like, deep-dive into the details, become an expert, and deliver a result that you feel proud of. You are a resourceful and independent problem solver with proven ability to define a clear path and deliver results.
You’re a great, cross-functional teammate. You pick up balls that are dropping, you roll up your sleeves to do what it takes to move the mission forward, you identify gaps and fill them temporarily, while designing and advocating for the right long-term solution.

Nice To Haves

Have a personal connection to the criminal justice system and/or passion for doing work that matters: You have either lived or working experience with the operations and consequences of America’s criminal justice system. You don’t need to know everything about the field, but it’s helpful if the design and efficacy of our criminal justice processes feel like issues that you cannot choose to ignore.

Responsibilities

Own End-to-End Gift Management: Serve as the critical operational hub for fundraising and finance. Own the complete gift-tracking process, coordinating with Finance, ensuring all reporting deadlines are met, and maintaining an accurate, real-time donor pipeline.
Build the Knowledge Base: Create and manage a centralized, accessible resource for all Growth materials by proactively diving into data and product updates from across the team to record wins, collect the latest on product launches, and capture impact numbers.
Support Strategic Pitch Preparation: Act as the primary support for senior Growth team members, compiling context on funders, gathering necessary materials, and preparing materials for high-stakes donor meetings and events.
Expand the Donor Pool: Conduct ongoing, proactive research on new prospect funders and foundations to continuously expand our philanthropic opportunity set.
Cultivate Donor Relationships: Over time, and with dedicated mentorship, manage all aspects of donor stewardship, including direct relationship cultivation and pipeline movement.

Benefits

Effective, extremely thoughtful colleagues, working together on a mission that matters
90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents
Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays per year
401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Complimentary One Medical membership (availability based on location)
Partnership with Carrot to provide employees with inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, as well as a small but growing number of hormonal health and gender-affirming care benefits
Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness
Free mental health support via Talkspace
Well-located offices in Oakland and Manhattan, with the flexibility to work remotely or go into either office as you choose
An annual company offsite and other ad-hoc gatherings
All the exhilarating challenges and stretch opportunities of a tech startup, combined with the mission-driven heart of a nonprofit