Senior Director of Development

Neighborhood • Chesapeake, VA

5d • $105,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Neighborhood is seeking a Senior Director of Development to lead and execute its fundraising strategy in close partnership with the CEO. This role is crucial for building and scaling a major donor-centered revenue engine, strengthening foundation and corporate philanthropic partnerships, and managing a personal portfolio of major donors. The Senior Director will drive donor pipeline growth, enhance existing fundraising systems, and help institutionalize fundraising as Neighborhood scales. This is a hands-on, senior leadership role within a growth-stage organization focused on regional expansion and achieving significant revenue growth. The goal is to build a capital strategy capable of supporting the organization's growth towards $3 to $5 million in annual revenue. Success within the first 24 months includes expanding the major donor base, securing multi-year commitments, increasing donor retention and gift size, establishing forecasting and reporting systems, activating the board in revenue strategy, and embedding fundraising strength within the organization.

Requirements

• 7 or more years of senior-level fundraising leadership experience within nonprofit or mission-driven organizations.
• Demonstrated success securing five and six figure gifts.
• Experience managing a major donor portfolio.
• Strong strategic planning and forecasting capability.
• Comfort operating without a large internal development team.
• Alignment with dignity-centered, systems-aware approaches to economic mobility.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in growth-stage or entrepreneurial organizations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of a multi-year fundraising strategy aligned with organizational expansion.
• Build annual fundraising plans with clear growth targets.
• Lead revenue forecasting and dashboard reporting.
• Align fundraising pacing with organizational growth priorities.
• Identify capital gaps and help develop strategies to address them.
• Design and lead a major donor program capable of supporting scale.
• Manage a personal portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects.
• Secure new major gifts and multi-year commitments.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of qualified major donor prospects.
• Partner closely with the CEO on top-tier cultivation and solicitation.
• Lead foundation strategy and grants calendar.
• Ensure competitive proposal development and reporting.
• Cultivate long-term foundation partnerships.
• Develop corporate philanthropic partnerships aligned with mission and systems change.
• Oversee CRM integrity and moves management discipline.
• Strengthen donor segmentation and stewardship systems.
• Optimize fundraising systems already built.
• Leverage automation and external consultants strategically.
• Improve donor impact reporting and engagement cadence.
• Partner directly with the CEO to prioritize fundraising focus.
• Prepare the CEO for major donor meetings and solicitations.
• Help develop a board fundraising engagement strategy.
• Increase board participation and accountability in revenue growth efforts.
• Help evolve the organization’s case for support as Neighborhood scales.

Benefits

• Salary: $105,000
• Annual insurance stipend: $4,000
• Structured annual compensation increases, including performance-based step increases and cost-of-living adjustments.
• PTO: 160 hours (20 days)
• Office closed the full week of Thanksgiving
• Office closed two full weeks at Christmas

What This Job Offers

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