Senior Associate, Prospect Development

Position Title: Senior Associate, Prospect Development

Location: Remote in CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, TN, TX, VA, or WA

Reports to
:
Senior Director, Prospect Development

Travel Required: None

Assignment Type: Full-time;
Exempt

Hiring Range
: $58,695 to $64,500 USD

Application Requirements: Resume and completed application questions

About Americares:

Americares is a global health and disaster relief organization that helps people and communities around the world access health in times of disaster and every day. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies.

For more information, visit americares.org.

We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated.

We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice.

We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace.

We are better together; partnership is at our core.

We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow.

We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive.

About the position:

The Senior Associate, Prospect Development helps strengthen fundraising performance through prospect research, portfolio management, and data-driven insights. This position supports fundraising strategy by identifying and prioritizing foundation and corporate prospects, delivering actionable donor intelligence, analyzing fundraising performance, and providing proactive market research that enhances donor engagement and revenue growth. The role partners closely with frontline fundraisers, Prospect Development leadership, and CRM colleagues to build and maintain a robust fundraising pipeline.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct strategic prospect research and identification, qualifying and prioritizing foundation and corporate prospects aligned with Americares' mission, program priorities, and fundraising goals.
• Prepare concise and actionable donor intelligence, including prospect profiles, research summaries, landscape analyses, and briefing materials that support cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and engagement strategies.
• Partner with frontline fundraisers and Prospect Development leadership to support portfolio management, prospect movement tracking, portfolio review preparation, and next-step recommendations.
• Analyze CRM data, dashboards, and fundraising metrics to assess pipeline health, identify trends, surface new opportunities, and inform fundraising strategy.
• Maintain accurate prospect records, research findings, engagement history, assignments, and supporting documentation within CRM and shared systems.
• Monitor philanthropic, foundation, and corporate giving trends and provide proactive intelligence on emerging funding opportunities relevant to Americares' work.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of prospect development operations, including SOPs, templates, reports, dashboards, and shared resources while providing surge support during peak periods and special projects.
• Actively model and contribute to Americares values, work culture and mission.
• Engage in and contribute to team spaces with openness, global competencies, and a growth mindset.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Key expectations for this role include:

• Learn and live the Americares Values.
• Complete all required new hire onboarding trainings.
• Build a strong understanding of the Americares mission, strategic priorities, fundraising goals, values, and Development team workflows.
• Establish effective working relationships with Prospect Development leadership, Institutional Giving fundraisers, CRM colleagues, and key Philanthropy & Partnerships stakeholders.
• Learn core systems, research platforms, CRM processes, portfolio management practices, and reporting tools.
• Begin producing high-quality prospect profiles, research summaries, and funding intelligence.
• Identify opportunities to improve consistency, data quality, and workflow efficiency across prospect development processes.

In the first 90 days:

• Learn and live the Americares Values.
• Complete all required new hire onboarding trainings.
• Build a strong understanding of the Americares mission, strategic priorities, fundraising goals, values, and Development team workflows.
• Establish effective working relationships with Prospect…