Senior Director, Development

americaspromisealliance · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About APA  APA runs a community for the CEOs and executive teams of the leading nonprofits in the US (<a href="https://www.americaspromise.org/alliance-members">see members</a>). APA’s work focuses on three interconnected issue areas that shape opportunity and mobility for the next generation: aligning K12 education and youth development, reimagining postsecondary to workforce pathways, and increasing civic and democratic engagement. Our community currently includes 190 member organizations and 975 executive leaders. These organizations serve 34M young people annually and control $2B in annual spending. The average member organization is spending 80-100 hours in Alliance programming each year. APA provides the infrastructure and stewardship necessary for our member organizations to <a href="https://www.americaspromise.org/alliance-impact">increase their impact and grow their reach</a>, to effectively navigate new dynamics that arise in the field, and to launch collective action initiatives that address field-wide challenges too complex for any single organization to take on alone.   The Opportunity  The Senior Director of Development is a member of America’s Promise Alliance’s External Affairs team responsible for the end-to-end management and growth of a portfolio of national philanthropic funders and prospects. Reporting to the Vice President of External Affairs, the Senior Director ensures that priority funding relationships and opportunities move forward with strong preparation, clear next steps, high-quality materials, disciplined follow-through, and consistent stewardship.  The role is designed for an experienced institutional fundraising professional who has managed a large national portfolio and has a demonstrated track record of building funding pipelines around new or emerging ideas. As APA launches its new strategic plan and expands its Collective Action work, the Senior Director will help translate organizational priorities into fundable opportunities, identify and cultivate aligned prospects, and manage opportunities from early research and positioning through proposal development, funding, stewardship, reporting, and renewal.  This is not primarily a frontline fundraising role. APA’s CEO, Vice President of External Affairs, and other senior leaders will often serve as the primary relationship holders for national funders. The Senior Director serves as the internal development lead behind those relationships—bringing strong fundraising judgment, anticipating what is needed next, equipping senior leaders for funder conversations, and independently driving the execution required to move the portfolio forward.  Key Responsibilities    Portfolio Management  <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Manage a portfolio of current and prospective institutional funders, ensuring each relationship has a clear strategy, next steps, timeline, and path toward cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, or renewal.  </li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":360,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"singleLevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Conduct ongoing prospect research and qualification to identify new funding opportunities aligned with APA’s strategic priorities and emerging bodies of work. <span data-ccp-props="{

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