Vice President, Fundraising

TNTP • AL: Alabama, AL

24d • $189,253 - $283,880 • Remote

About The Position

The Vice President, Fundraising is a senior enterprise leader responsible for setting, strengthening, and delivering a multi-year fundraising strategy that sustains and accelerates TNTP’s impact. The role will build a world-class fundraising function and culture, including the models, processes, systems, and capabilities needed to fund the organization’s evolving strategic priorities. As TNTP advances its FY26–FY29 strategic plan, the Vice President will lay the groundwork in Year 1 and execute a more mature, diversified strategy in Years 2 and 3.

As a member of TNTP’s Leadership Team, the Vice President reports to the Chief of Strategy, Growth, and Finance and partners closely with the CEO, Executive Team, Board, and leaders across programs, research, finance, and operations. The role leads a diversified fundraising portfolio spanning institutional philanthropy and individual giving, as well as TNTP’s public funding strategy. It also develops the team, infrastructure, and external partnerships needed to deliver sustainable revenue and organizational impact.

TNTP is a fully remote, national organization of more than 600 full-time employees. It brings research, policy, and consulting together to reimagine the public education system and works with schools and districts across the country to advance outcomes and economic and social mobility for students.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of progressive fundraising or development leadership, including setting strategy and delivering results at senior or executive level.
• Demonstrated success leading teams toward ambitious revenue goals, with strong command of pipeline management, forecasting, and performance metrics.
• Proven ability to cultivate, solicit, and steward high-value relationships with foundations, corporations, and/or major individual donors, including closing complex, multi-year commitments.
• Strong executive presence and partnership skills, with the ability to advise and elevate leaders, including the CEO and Board members, in fundraising strategy and donor engagement.
• Experience building and improving fundraising infrastructure and processes, such as CRM/Salesforce, prospecting, proposal and reporting workflows, data quality, and team operating rhythms.
• Strategic and analytical mindset, with the ability to translate organizational strategy into revenue plans, budgets, and resourcing decisions.
• Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong talent, including managing geographically dispersed teams.
• Commitment to TNTP’s vision, values, and operating principles and to advancing educational equity and opportunity for students.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Must have valid U.S. work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess and strengthen TNTP’s fundraising model, culture, processes, and systems for current needs and future growth.
• Build enterprise-wide understanding of how fundraising works at TNTP, what must change, and how leaders and teams contribute to success.
• Lead the evolution toward a scalable, proactive, and strategic fundraising function capable of delivering on future strategic-plan priorities.
• Own and deliver a multi-year fundraising strategy and revenue model aligned with TNTP’s strategic plan, impact goals, and financial sustainability.
• Ensure emerging strategic priorities—including Education-to-Career initiatives, AI-enabled work and innovation, and the research agenda—are effectively resourced, primarily through philanthropy.
• Translate strategy into annual plans and establish groundwork for more ambitious future-year goals.
• Lead a diversified fundraising portfolio spanning institutional philanthropy, including foundations and corporations, and individual giving.
• Expand and diversify funding across geographies, donor types, and giving structures, including multi-year, unrestricted, and innovation-focused funding.
• Personally manage and close relationships with the highest-priority funders, including principal-level prospects.
• Lead TNTP’s public funding strategy across federal, state, and local funding streams, including identification, pursuit, and stewardship of government grants aligned with organizational priorities.
• Align public and philanthropic funding strategies and use blended funding approaches to expand scale, sustainability, and impact.
• Partner with program, research, and regional leaders to align priorities, narratives, and funding strategies.
• Partner with the CEO, Executive Team, and Board to strengthen external positioning, expand the funder network, and activate leadership in fundraising.
• Shape and operationalize a compelling value proposition reflecting TNTP’s evolution, innovation, and impact.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing fundraising team, strengthening skills, role clarity, and operating norms.
• Build team capabilities in strategic thinking, relationship management, execution, and learning.
• Establish goals, performance expectations, and development pathways for a distributed, remote team.
• Strengthen fundraising infrastructure and operations, including Salesforce CRM, prospecting, forecasting, proposal development, reporting, and data quality.
• Coordinate with Finance on budgeting, grant management, compliance, and risk.
• Use data and insights to improve decision-making, prioritization, and funder experience.

Benefits

• Competitive mid-market salaries.
• Generous paid time off.
• Comprehensive benefits supporting the physical, mental, and financial wellness of employees and their dependents.
• TNTP is closed during the last two weeks of December.

What This Job Offers

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