Associate Director, Development; Albany, NY

Associate Director, Development

Location:

Albany, NY (must live within 50 miles of Albany). Remote work possible.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) seeks an experienced fundraising professional to manage all aspects of a peer‑to‑peer event‑based portfolio, including oversight of event revenue and donor & fundraiser development and engagement for the Tour de Cure cycling events in the Capital and Finger Lakes Regions.

• Ability to manage and review daily campaign data through reports, dashboards, and revenue analysis identifying opportunities to capitalize on drive campaign revenue.
• Regularly monitor the performance of a fundraising portfolio to ensure timely responsiveness to new registrants, accurate forecasting, recognize fundraising and recruitment milestones, and maximize retention and revenue.
• Manage and execute plans for retention, upgrade, and acquisition (pipeline development) of applicable areas of business focus.
• Data mining resulting in the identification and acquisition of participants, team captains, corporate partners, sponsors, and community leaders.
• Identify and develop new business with both existing donors & constituents as well as new prospects and provide excellent relationship management.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of donor interactions within systems and trackers. Ensure that contacts, next steps, and tasks are consistently and accurately captured in donor records and central files.
• Track progress, financials, and other KPIs to analyze and determine success.
• Experience making $50,000+ corporate sponsorship and team asks.
• Support other fundraising events, activities, and programs as assigned.

• Support the development of the market’s local pipeline of constituents and event leaders, to drive market activity.
• Support the Executive Director & Development Director with the execution of Event Chair, Executive Leadership Team, and Executive Challenge champions, ensuring revenue targets and standards are met.
• Identify, build, and steward relationships with community, philanthropic, and corporate leaders as an integral part of volunteer and donor prospect development.

• Identify and implement marketing opportunities, partnerships, influencer relationships, and other opportunities to increase ADA’s presence and awareness within assigned market territory that drive business goals.
• Support and maintain the vision, mission, priorities, and guiding principles of ADA.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years of professional experience in empowering individuals through peer‑to‑peer fundraising, events, leadership, volunteerism, and corporate partnerships.
• Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to present ADA’s mission and how to get involved with groups of all sizes.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting individuals to support an organization.
• Demonstrated ability to mobilize and motivate individuals to achieve goals.
• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for growth in relationships.
• Ability to organize time effectively and manage a large number of tasks simultaneously.
• Initiative and independence, combined with the ability to work well as part of a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with a variety of constituencies.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, creativity, independent judgment, attention to detail, accuracy, strong editing skills, and follow‑through.
• Knowledge of software including Microsoft, Donor Drive (or other P2P platforms), and CRM.
• Ability to travel as needed for meetings and events required.
• Reliable transportation to travel.
• Must be able to work occasional nights and weekends as needed to support events.
• Authorization to work in the US required.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to fifteen pounds.
• Must live within 50 miles of Albany, NY.

• Industry competitive base pay, ranging from $63,000 – $68,000 for this role. Base offers are determined by several factors including but not limited to relevant work experience, education, certifications, location, internal pay equity, etc.
• This position is eligible…