Senior Development Manager

Peel Compton Foundation•Bentonville, AR

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Development Manager is a key member of the Peel Compton Foundation Development team, responsible for driving contributed revenue through corporate partnerships, sponsorships, fundraising events, donor engagement, and stewardship. Working closely with the Director of Development, this position will build and manage a strong portfolio of corporate partners and donors while identifying new opportunities to grow contributed revenue across the Foundation. The Senior Development Manager will take a leadership role in moving relationships from cultivation through solicitation, renewal, and increased investment. This position is ideal for an experienced development professional who is ready to take greater ownership of revenue goals, independently manage donor and corporate relationships, and help build a growing development program.

Requirements

Strong relationship-building, fundraising, sales, and communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to cultivate relationships and successfully solicit financial support.
Experience managing corporate partnerships, sponsorships, donor portfolios, or other revenue-generating relationships.
Comfortable independently conducting donor meetings, presentations, tours, and solicitations.
Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to identify and develop new fundraising opportunities.
Strong project-management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple relationships, deadlines, and priorities.
Ability to analyze fundraising performance, manage a pipeline, and make recommendations based on results.
Experience working with donor databases or CRM systems.
Strong collaborative skills and ability to work across departments.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Three to four years of nonprofit development, fundraising, sponsorship, corporate partnership, or related experience required.
Demonstrated experience cultivating donors or corporate partners and generating contributed revenue required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Experience managing a portfolio of relationships and moving prospects through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship preferred.
Northwest Arkansas corporate or community relationships are a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead the Foundation’s corporate partnership and sponsorship program, including prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, proposals, renewals, upgrades, and multi-year partnerships.
Build and manage a robust corporate prospect pipeline and other mission-aligned companies.
Cultivate, solicit, and steward a portfolio of corporate partners and individual donors, conducting meetings, tours, presentations, and asks to grow contributed revenue.
Lead fundraising strategy and revenue generation for Foundation events, programs, and initiatives, including sponsorship packages and customized partnership opportunities.
Develop and oversee year-round sponsor and donor stewardship strategies that increase retention, engagement, and long-term investment.
Identify high-potential donors and corporate relationships for increased giving and partner with the Director of Development on major gift and strategic opportunities.
Manage corporate and fundraising event relationships from initial outreach through activation, recognition, fulfillment, and renewal.
Track pipeline activity, fundraising performance, sponsorship revenue, renewals, and forecasts and provide regular reporting and recommendations to the Director of Development.
Partner with the Development Manager to ensure strong execution of events, sponsorship fulfillment, donor communications, CRM activity, and stewardship initiatives.
Support annual development planning, revenue goal setting, budgeting, and evaluation of fundraising strategies.
Represent Peel Compton Foundation at donor meetings, corporate meetings, community events, networking opportunities, and Foundation events.
Collaborate across departments to identify creative partnerships and revenue opportunities that connect corporate and donor interests with the Foundation’s properties, programs, and mission.