Senior Director, Development

The New Leaders Network is an extraordinary group of principled, next-generation entrepreneurs and philanthropists committed to unleashing the potential of a free and open society and helping others improve their lives. Our organizational role is to empower our members as visionaries and match their life goals and priorities with our network strategies and capabilities to achieve an outsized return.  The New Leader Network is part of The Seminar Network which builds mission-driven partnerships with individuals, companies, and foundations to drive change in education, communities, business, public policy, and politics that empowers people to improve their lives.

We are looking for colleagues committed to advancing our mission with energy, commitment, and passion for what they do. This is a unique opportunity for a candidate with a demonstrated track record of developing key stakeholder relationships to advance important social change efforts with a high value and unique group of business and philanthropic leaders. 

• Manage New Leader Network donor relations initiatives, ensuring we have the capabilities necessary to advance our vision
• Develop customized member impact opportunities that best align with member goals and priorities
• Build credibility and act independently to cultivate relationships to increase membership
• Determine goals, priorities, and resource allocation across the initiative
• Liaison with internal and external partners to optimize across a portfolio of investments
• Collaborate with the internal communications and marketing team to create and execute personalized communications and engagement plans for each donor and prospect
• Manage projects with multiple stakeholders to drive the donor relations objectives and seek out innovative ways to improve and grow the initiative
• Build and oversee a system to develop opportunities and to identify new prospective partners interested in investments
• Responsible for scaling member investments with growth in capacity
• Develop membership evaluation measurements and maintain the quality of the membership portfolio
• Plan and manage introductions to other New Leaders and key Seminar Network partners

• Understanding of, and passion for, economic freedom and individual liberty
• 5+ years of related experience required
• Ability to drive multiple concurrent projects to completion
• Adaptable to changing circumstances
• Proactive, entrepreneurial, and a high sense of urgency
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, professionalism, and ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders
• Past experience in major gift fundraising and a familiarity with concepts of Moves Management preferred
• Ability to travel up to 50% within the United States
• Computer literacy, including MS Office; proficiency with donor databases, such as Salesforce

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. EOE/M/F/D/V