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CARE USA • San Francisco, CA

7d • $230,000 - $260,000

About The Position

CARE is seeking a senior leader to expand its relationships with technology and AI leaders and the new wealth and influence emerging from Silicon Valley. The role will develop CARE’s position with frontier AI labs, technology-company leaders and employees, family offices, wealth advisors, foundations, and other giving vehicles. Reporting to the Chief Revenue Officer, the leader will own an initial fundraising goal of $100 million over two years, build a pipeline of transformational relationships, and lead CARE’s strategy and execution in this market. The role works across Resource Development, Programs, Marketing, and Digital, and includes direct engagement with CARE’s President and CEO and Board.

The leader will build and personally manage a prioritized network of at least 25 prospective partners, moving relationships from initial conversations to major commitments alongside Resource Development channel leads. They will launch and lead a standing Bay Area advisory group of 8–12 technology and philanthropy leaders, and organize in-person salons, fireside chats, dinners, and trips to see CARE’s work firsthand. They will cultivate champions, make introductions, advise senior leadership on positioning, and determine when to involve the President and CEO, Chief Revenue Officer, and Board members.

The role will also position CARE as a partner for AI labs and technology companies seeking real-world impact. The leader will broker and steward projects pairing external engineers, researchers, and product teams with CARE program teams; grow the CARE AI Corps; and ensure projects reflect the needs of communities served, use technology responsibly, and are designed to scale. The work should generate tangible partnerships and evidence of impact that can strengthen CARE’s case to funders. The leader will coordinate the market plan, calendar, and action items with colleagues across Resource Development, Marketing, and Programs. Coordination support for day-to-day logistics is planned.

CARE describes itself as a humanitarian organization reaching 60 million people annually in more than 100 countries, with 97% of its staff coming from the communities it serves. Its experience includes taking solutions to national scale in health systems and vaccination, nutrition, and financial inclusion, as well as deploying emerging technology such as Edge AI, satellite imagery, and AI-enabled farming and maternal-health tools. The position will help communicate these capabilities to an audience that may not yet know CARE in this way.

Annual salary: $230,000–$260,000. Individual offers reflect experience and skills relative to job requirements, as well as labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget factors.

Requirements

• Ability to build and personally manage a network of at least 25 prospective partners and move relationships from initial conversations toward major commitments.
• Ability to lead strategy and execution in the technology and AI market and work horizontally with Resource Development, Programs, Marketing, and Digital.
• Ability to cultivate senior-level relationships and work with CARE’s President and CEO, Chief Revenue Officer, and Board.
• Ability to broker and steward technology partnerships that deliver tangible shared work and evidence of impact.
• Ability to lead planning and coordination across teams for salons, fireside chats, dinners, and field visits.

Responsibilities

• Build and personally manage a prioritized network of at least 25 prospective funders, technology leaders, family offices, foundations, advisors, and connectors, moving relationships from first conversation toward major commitments alongside Resource Development channel leads.
• Work toward an initial fundraising goal of $100 million over two years and build CARE’s pipeline of transformational relationships in the technology and AI community.
• Position CARE as a partner of choice for AI labs and technology companies seeking real-world impact, and broker and steward joint projects between their technical teams and CARE program teams.
• Grow the CARE AI Corps and ensure projects are shaped by the communities CARE serves, designed for responsible use, built to scale, and able to produce evidence of impact.
• Launch and lead a standing Bay Area advisory group of 8–12 influential technology and philanthropy leaders to shape CARE’s strategy, expand its network, and open doors.
• Turn introductions into substantive conversations, cultivate champions, and represent CARE in person at Bay Area salons, fireside chats, and dinners.
• Determine when to involve CARE’s President and CEO, Chief Revenue Officer, and engaged Board members in partnership conversations.
• Work with senior leadership and the Board to sharpen CARE’s case and positioning.
• Lead the plan, calendar, and action items for CARE’s work in this market, coordinating with Resource Development, Marketing, and Programs to deliver events and trips to see CARE’s work firsthand.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed