Major Gift Officer – Corporate Giving

Strongward • New Orleans, LA

10d • $73,000 - $100,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Major Gifts Officer, Corporate Giving is a frontline fundraising role responsible for building, growing, and stewarding corporate partnerships that advance Strongward’s disaster recovery and resilience mission. Reporting to the Director of Institutional Giving, the position manages a portfolio of corporate donors and prospects, develops mission-aligned partnership opportunities, and drives revenue growth through strategic cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.

The role engages corporate leaders, CSR teams, employee engagement programs, and corporate foundations. It develops proposals, sponsorship packages, and engagement strategies; collaborates across teams to align partnership commitments with organizational priorities; and represents Strongward externally to expand visibility, trust, and philanthropic support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. Equivalent combinations of education, professional training, and directly related fundraising, sales, or partnership experience may be considered.
• Five to seven years of fundraising, corporate partnerships, business development, sponsorship sales, account management, or related relationship-based revenue experience.
• Demonstrated success managing donor, client, or partner relationships and achieving revenue goals through cultivation, solicitation, negotiation, stewardship, or renewal.
• Experience developing proposals, sponsorship packages, presentations, donor reports, or partner-facing communications.
• Proficiency with CRM systems, donor databases, and moves management tools.
• Ability to maintain accurate donor records, track pipeline activity and next steps, and use fundraising data to support revenue forecasting and portfolio strategy.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Ability to create polished proposals, sponsorship materials, presentations, reports, and donor communications for corporate audiences.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills and ability to cultivate trust and credibility with corporate leaders, CSR teams, donors, colleagues, and external partners.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and storytelling skills, with ability to connect corporate priorities to Strongward’s mission and impact.
• Strategic, results-oriented, and entrepreneurial approach, with ability to identify opportunities, advance relationships, and meet fundraising goals.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, project management, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative, adaptable, and mission-driven approach, sound judgment, and commitment to representing Strongward professionally and authentically.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Must successfully complete required background checks, including criminal history, sex offender registry, state, and FBI checks, as applicable.
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment with regular in-office presence and remote work opportunities.
• Ability to attend donor meetings, corporate partner events, networking opportunities, staff events, trainings, and occasional evening or weekend commitments as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in nonprofit management, business, communications, marketing, public relations, or a related field preferred.
• Experience securing and stewarding corporate philanthropic partnerships, sponsorships, CSR relationships, employee engagement opportunities, or corporate foundation support preferred.
• Experience in a mission-driven, nonprofit, disaster recovery, community development, resilience, housing, or service-oriented environment preferred.
• Salesforce or Raiser’s Edge experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a portfolio of corporate donors and prospects to achieve annual fundraising goals and strengthen long-term philanthropic partnerships.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward corporate partners through all stages of the donor lifecycle.
• Develop customized engagement, sponsorship, employee giving, and volunteer opportunities that align corporate philanthropic priorities with Strongward’s mission and strategic initiatives.
• Build and maintain relationships with corporate leaders, CSR teams, employee engagement programs, and corporate foundations.
• Support the development of multi-year and transformational corporate partnerships that expand revenue, visibility, and mission impact.
• Partner with the Director of Institutional Giving to execute Strongward’s corporate and institutional fundraising strategy.
• Prepare proposals, sponsorship packages, presentations, reports, and stewardship materials tailored to corporate audiences.
• Collaborate with programs, finance, marketing and communications, and executive leadership to identify partnership opportunities and develop donor-centered engagement strategies.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure timely fulfillment of partnership commitments, reporting requirements, recognition benefits, and stewardship activities.
• Conduct prospect research and identify new corporate funding, sponsorship, employee engagement, and strategic partnership opportunities.
• Maintain accurate CRM records of donor engagement, pipeline activity, revenue projections, next steps, and stewardship actions.
• Track progress toward fundraising goals and report on portfolio performance, partnership activity, and emerging opportunities.
• Monitor trends in corporate philanthropy, CSR, ESG, employee engagement, and disaster-related giving to inform outreach and partnership development.
• Represent Strongward at meetings, events, conferences, and networking opportunities to strengthen visibility and partnerships.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level