Director of Development - Northern

Job Category:
Program Management

Requisition Number: DIREC
002225

• 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!

Ready to turn meaningful relationships into lasting impact? As the Director of Development to our Northern California region you will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors in support of the agency’s mission. You will play a key role in strengthening and growing our community of supporters while working alongside a supportive and inclusive team.

This position focuses on securing gifts by building long-term relationships with a diverse constituency, including individuals, corporate and institutional donors capable of making significant philanthropic investments. Bring your passion for fundraising and help shape the future of our organization, join our team today!

ABOUT SENECA

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.

Responsibilities:

Major Gifts Program Implementation

• Execute a comprehensive, strategic, donor-centered major gifts program in the Bay Area and throughout Northern 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
• Recruit to build the inaugural Nor Cal Leadership Board; manage board engagement, fundraising involvement and quarterly 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, celebration events, 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…