Vice President of Development

Full-Time, Exempt, $120,000 – $200,000 Annualized Salary (Bonus Eligible), Hybrid (Up to 4 days a week in person), Full benefits from Day 1

Organization Overview

Breaktime ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit working to break the cycle of young adult homelessness by equipping young adults with the job and financial security they need to establish housing security. Our vision is a world without young adult homelessness. By providing employment, wraparound services, and financial support, Breaktime ensures that every young person has the tools they need to achieve job, financial, and long-term housing security.

Breaktime prides itself on our supportive, flexible, and rewarding work environment. We offer valuable benefits such as unlimited paid time off, Summer Fridays, 401k matching, 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance, Flexible Savings Accounts, and flexible hybrid work. Breaktime is rapidly expanding as an organization, and we believe there are significant opportunities for advancement.

The Opportunity

Breaktime is seeking a strategic, relationship-driven, and deeply committed Vice President of Development to lead our next chapter of revenue growth and ensure the long-term financial sustainability of our mission.

At its core, this role has three major responsibilities: personally generating significant philanthropic revenue, leading the Development team as a strong, coordinated revenue engine, and serving as an organization-wide leader who supports the CEO, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Leadership Team.

As Breaktime continues to grow, the VP will build scalable revenue streams, develop a robust new-donor pipeline, steward high-priority donor relationships, both new and existing, strengthen institutional and government funding strategies, and help embed a strong culture of development across the organization. We are seeking a high-energy, experienced fundraising leader with a proven track record of securing six- and seven-figure gifts, managing a comprehensive development function, and building the systems, relationships, and team practices needed to raise $10 million or more annually.

What You Will Do

Major Gifts & Revenue Generation, 50%

• Build, manage, and grow your own portfolio of major donors and funding opportunities, leading the full relationship cycle from prospect identification through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Proactively identify and cultivate new donor relationships, building a strong major gifts pipeline that expands Breaktime’s philanthropic reach regionally and nationally.
• Partner closely with the CEO on high-priority donor strategy, helping to steward existing CEO-held relationships while thoughtfully growing them over time.
• Serve as Breaktime’s lead major gifts strategist, personally securing six- and seven-figure gifts and helping the organization meet or exceed ambitious annual revenue goals.
• Create and execute a thoughtful donor retention strategy that deepens loyalty, grows multi-year commitments, and strengthens long-term philanthropic partnerships.

Development Team Leadership & Revenue Operations, 30%

• Lead, coach, and support a high-performing Development team, creating a culture of collaboration, accountability, learning, and shared ownership for revenue results.
• Ensure the full Development function operates as a single, coordinated revenue engine spanning major gifts, institutional giving, corporate partnerships, government funding, events, donor communications, and development operations.
• Provide executive oversight for Breaktime’s institutional giving and government grants strategy, ensuring a strong and competitive pipeline of foundation, corporate, and public funding.
• Serve as a strategic advisor on local, state, and federal government funding opportunities, supporting compliance, relationship-building with civic partners, and alignment with Breaktime’s programmatic goals.
• Partner with the Senior Director of Communications to ensure donor-facing messaging, campaigns, annual reports, and public relations efforts are aligned with Breaktime’s brand and fundraising strategy.
• Strengthen development systems,…