Director of Development - Southern

Job Category: Program Management

Requisition Number: DIREC
002224

• Posted :
  October 1, 2026
• Full-Time
• Remote

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Oakland, CA 94605, USA

• Pay or shift range: $124,195 USD to $138,195 USD
  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Now with a $2,000 sign-on bonus for new Seneca employees!

Lead and grow a dynamic Major Gifts program by building meaningful relationships with donors, prospects, community leaders, and stakeholders who are passionate about creating a lasting impact for children and families. In this role you will partner with organizational leadership, board members, and program teams to identify philanthropic opportunities, develop compelling cases to support, and inspire transformational giving across Southern California.

As our Director, you will utilize data, donor insights, and strategic planning to advance fundraising goals, strengthen long-term philanthropic support, and help shape the future of Seneca's mission. If you love connecting people to causes they care about and inspiring generosity that makes a different, become part of our team today!

Seneca has been nominated among the Bay Area’s Top Workplaces for several consecutive years. We’re committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with a network of excellent mental health, community-based, and educational services. We are committed to building a diverse staff. Our programs deeply engage in conversations and training on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to bring equity and justice to the youth and families we serve.

• Execute a comprehensive, strategic, donor-centered major gifts program in Los Angeles, San Diego and throughout Southern California that includes specific fundraising goals and targets, with a focus on acquisition of leadership gifts ($10,000+ annually) from high level prospects and donors
• Understand Seneca’s programs, priority initiatives, goals and financial needs to develop compelling cases for support that inspire leadership giving across diverse communities, with a focus on attracting new prospective donors to the work
• Support the development of efforts of other key primary relationship managers assigned to donors, including the CEO, Executive Director, Vice President of Development, other leadership staff and board members, including conducting prospect research and preparing briefing materials in advance of donor meetings
• Implement Moves management for the major gifts program that supports effective and timely progression of major gifts prospects from identification to solicitation to stewardship
• Work closely with the Development Assistant to plan and execute regular donor cultivation and stewardship events, house parties, program briefings, etc., in the Nor Cal region, partnering with program staff, board members and organizational leadership
• Prepare regular fundraising and regional activity reports for senior leadership and the board
• Develop and manage a portfolio of approximately 100 current donors and prospects giving or capable of giving $10,000+ annually, including individual, corporate and institutional funders
• Identify, engage, inspire and build relationships with all assigned donors through personalized, meaningful and timely engagement, outreach, site visits, donor meetings, proposals, and events
• Support effective prospecting to identify and research current donors and new prospects with capacity and inclination to make annual gifts of $10,000 or more
• Collaborate with cross-functional colleagues,…