Regional Development Director

Teach Plus• US,

7h•$115,000 - $125,000•Remote

About The Position

Teach Plus is a national nonprofit dedicated to empowering excellent, experienced, and diverse teachers to lead on critical policy and practice issues that advance equity, opportunity, and student success. The organization focuses on developing teacher leadership and voice to improve student outcomes by investing in talented teachers and developing them into informed, persuasive leaders who can elevate pressing education issues and advance opportunities for students. More information can be found at teachplus.org.

Requirements

Minimum of 7 years of relevant nonprofit experience, including 3–5 years cultivating and prospecting funders.
Proven ability to develop and implement fundraising strategies that increase revenue and strengthen donor relationships.
Skilled at launching and growing individual giving programs and building pipelines in emerging regions.
Track record of deepening donor engagement and stewardship, resulting in sustained support and long-term relationships.
Experience preparing executives to solicit major gifts.
Demonstrated success in expanding donor pipelines and increasing contributions across multiple states or regions.
Ability to manage multiple fundraising initiatives effectively, ensuring timely completion and measurable results.
Proficient in fundraising tools and data analysis (e.g., Salesforce, Asana) to track engagement and inform decisions.
Strong communication skills, able to create compelling proposals, reports, and donor materials that inspire support.
Effective project manager and collaborator, capable of driving cross-team initiatives that deliver tangible outcomes.
Commitment to Teach Plus’ mission and impact-driven work.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with the education landscape and policy advocacy is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as Portfolio Manager for Executive Directors across a portfolio of 5–7 states that collectively raises $3M–$6M annually, developing and supporting the execution of an organization-aligned strategy to build and maintain strong relationships with current and prospective funders, including creating personalized stewardship and engagement plans across the portfolio.
Partner with the Executive Directors across the portfolio to expand their fundraising pipelines through multiple strategies, including relationship mapping, preparing prospect research and analysis, attending events, and collaborating with regional teams on their strategic use of external engagements.
Lead preparation for—and strategically participate in—funder meetings in partnership with Executive Directors and national team members.
Project manage key development initiatives to ensure fully executed scopes of work (e.g., cross-functional grant proposals, donor stewardship plans and communications, grant reporting cycles, fundraising event logistics, major donor cultivation activities).
Collaborate across regional and national departments to author funder-focused, compelling communications and contribute to the writing of concept papers, proposals, reports, and other documents that maintain strong relationships with funders.
Maintain state funder pipeline data systems for the portfolio using the Salesforce, Asana, and Google Drive platforms to track cultivation activities and donor engagement, ensuring fundraising activities and notes are logged accurately, and calculate the overall weighted values of pipelines across the portfolio.
In partnership with the SVP of Development, support and co-lead professional development on effective practices for Teach Plus fundraising staff.
Collaborate across the development team to provide specialized support for all Executive Directors, leading on the creation of pipeline building, cultivation, and stewardship planning tools, and providing as-needed coaching for Executive Directors.
Collaborate across Teach Plus functions (Finance, Programs, Evaluation, Communications, etc) to drive continuous improvement of development practices.
Develop and execute a new strand of individual giving across the portfolio, including conducting prospect research, developing messaging and collateral, preparing and coaching Executive Directors for fundraising meetings, and identifying, cultivating, and requesting gifts from high-net-worth individuals.
Serve as a convener for cross-functional collaboration across Teach Plus teams to ensure strategic external communication and identify opportunities to share grant-funded work more broadly.
Collaborate with different departments to lead the development and revision of compelling collateral used in partnership development and stewardship.
Partner with SVP of Development to support the Communications team in the collection and creation of impact stories across the network.