Senior Director, Development, West Region

Title Sr Director Development West Region Reporting To Executive Director West Region Location Southern California location strongly preferred Hybrid Status Full Time;

Exempt Salary Range M4B10 Facing History & Ourselves is a global education non profit organization that challenges teachers and students to use lessons of history to stand up to racism antisemitism and other forms of bigotry and hate The Senior Director Development West SDD is a senior development leader for Facing History & Ourselves West region responsible for owning and executing an integrated multi state multi market fundraising plan that achieves the regions annual and long term revenue goals Reporting to the Executive Director West ED the SDD leads regional fundraising across individual giving institutional giving events and donor engagement and development operations The SDD leads the West development team maintains a focused portfolio of high value donors and prospects and partners with the ED to engage the West Region Advisory Boards in advancing regional fundraising priorities The role requires a proven ability to lead high performing development teams integrate multiple fundraising functions and drive revenue growth across distinct philanthropic markets Who You Are You are passionate about the power of education to shape the future by nurturing empathy curiosity and civic responsibility in young people You are a proven leader with experience raising significant funds from individuals foundations and corporations You value humility excellence empathy learning and feedback as well as a sense of sharing ownership keeping things simple and pursuing big goals You are a thoughtful and authentic relationship builder and approach fundraising through an analytical and data driven lens You are well organized action oriented and manage updownacross to remove bottlenecks and foster collaboration

• Own the design and execution of the West regions annual and multi year development plan in alignment with the strategy priorities and revenue goals established by the Executive Director and organizational leadership
• Lead an integrated development program across multiple states and distinct philanthropic markets
• Drive performance across the full range of regional development functions including individual giving institutional giving events and donor engagement and development operations
• Establish and maintain rigorous revenue forecasting pipeline and portfolio management and reporting practices that provide clear visibility into progress toward goals
• Translate national development strategies campaigns systems and initiatives into effective regional execution
• Use data and market intelligence to evaluate results allocate team capacity and adjust strategies to maximize revenue

• Lead a high performing four member regional development team in meeting and exceeding revenue goals
• Directly manage the Major Gifts Officer Associate Director Donor Experiences & Engagement and to be hired Sr Major Gifts Officer establishing clear goals performance expectations and accountability for results
• Ensure effective management and deployment of the Development Assistant through the Associate Director Donor Experiences & Engagement
• Partner closely with the matrixed Grant Writer supporting the West region to deliver high quality proposals reports and other fundraising materials
• Create strong integration across development functions to reinforce a unified donor strategy
• Develop staff as fundraisers and relationship managers through coaching goal setting performance management and regular review of portfolios and pipelines
• Build a culture of accountability collaboration disciplined execution and continuous…