Senior Director, Philanthropic Partnerships Yonkers, NY

Senior Director, Philanthropic Partnerships

Yonkers, NY

Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for all. CR is known for our rigorous testing and trusted ratings on thousands of products and services. We report extensively on consumer trends and challenges, and survey millions of people in the U.S. each year. We leverage our evidence-based approach to advocate for consumer rights, working with policymakers and companies to find solutions for safer products and fair practices.

As a non-profit organization and social enterprise, the support we receive from our philanthropic partners is critical to CR’s mission of creating a fairer, safer and healthier marketplace for all consumers. Our philanthropic partners have included the Ford Foundation, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation who aided our work on digital privacy and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Energy Foundation who fueled our efforts towards a clean, safe and equitable energy and transportation future.

The Philanthropic Partnerships team works to secure principal gifts, institutional grants and impact investments in support of its mission, media, enterprise and impact strategies.

As the Senior Director, you’ll report to the VP, Consumer Impact, working closely with the CEO, executive leaders, and programmatic directors to strengthen CR’s profile and relationships in philanthropic networks, and build the institutional capacity to engage and maintain productive relationships with leading philanthropists and philanthropies.

The strategic leader we’re looking for is a proactive fundraiser and relationship builder. You should have deep experience driving new philanthropic relationships and securing significant resources.

If you have the drive and are excited by the prospect of partnering with a legacy brand that advocates and supports consumers,
in your cover letter, tell us why you’re the right person to drive the achievement of our investment goals.

This is a hybrid position. The successful candidate must reside within 75-miles of our Yonkers, NY or Washington, DC office. You must also have the ability to travel as needed (up to 40%) within the US. This position is not eligible for sponsorship or relocation.

Your efforts will help us create collaborative partnerships that drive change and promote innovation in the marketplace, ultimately empowering consumers to protect themselves.

• Bring creativity and thought leadership to help shape CR’s strategies to optimize impact and attract partners and investments.
• Oversee all activities related to restricted fundraising, setting strategic direction, executing operating plans, and ensuring that fundraising and budgetary goals are met and we are maximizing return on our investment.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to cultivate influential, high-net worth philanthropists and institutional funders. Partner with communications experts to raise CR’s profile in philanthropic arenas.
• Prioritize strategies for high value prospects (those with the potential to give six-, seven- and eight-figure commitments), to build long‑term sustainable relationships.
• Position CR to receive cy pres awards as appropriate, including raising CR’s profile in the legal community.
• Network through events, newsletters, and other engagement opportunities.
• Help ensure CR’s fundraising policies and practices promote industry best practices, meet the highest standards of ethics and integrity, and protect CR’s brand and reputation.
• Explore how CR as a social enterprise can leverage impact investing opportunities to achieve measurable social and financial benefits.

• Lead a nimble team to achieve fundraising goals with a focus on creating a diverse, equitable, inclusive, innovative, collaborative, and performance‑driven culture.
• Provide coaching and feedback to encourage and support high performance of team members.
• Work closely with the Vice President, Consumer Impact to strategically engage President & CEO in fundraising, and…