Chief Growth Officer

Evidence Action

Chief Growth Officer driving fundraising and strategic partnerships for Evidence Action. Leading a team to maximize impact across health initiatives with innovative approaches and goal-oriented execution.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeRemote • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $230,000 - $270,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the roadmap, vision, and execution of scaling donations across individuals fundraising: Drive a major influx of capital from high-net-worth donors, building the pipeline, strengthening the donor community, and personally closing transformational gifts, while overseeing the broader individual donor funnel from retail to HNW, reaching new audiences with Evidence Action's impact and deepening ties with existing supporters.
Institutional fundraising: Partner with program teams on scaling our work across strategic foundations and major institutions, and advocate across the sector for evidence-based development
Communications, press, & website: Oversee Evidence Action’s brand voice and narrative, finding the most interesting and differentiating content - from stories about our work with fluid dynamics engineers in India to partnering on events with Nobel Prize-winning Economists
Donor analytics: Oversee analytics infrastructure and reporting
Manage existing team of 10 employees
Serve on executive leadership team of 900+ person organization
Be a passionate advocate and spokesperson for Evidence Action's mission and approach, in meetings with donors and partners, press interviews, and conferences
Drive organization transformation, training team members on best practices in fundraising and relationship management
Establish systems to ensure meaningful scale, including analytics infrastructure, donor pipelines, Salesforce tooling, and more

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of professional experience; most candidates will have 8+ years in fundraising with a proven personal track record of closing significant gifts or partnerships
Experience growing pipelines of $30M+
Experience leading top performing teams (5+) and developing team members
Creativity in execution - you see opportunities that others don’t, iterative approach to testing and validating tactics
Curiosity with a passion for “the close" (persistence in converting prospects into donors)
Utilizes a strong prioritization framework
Provide timely and actionable feedback to others; proactively solicit feedback and iterate
Comfort with AI, data analysis and Excel

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive benefits including international health care
HSA/FSA options
life insurance
disability coverage
retirement plans with a matching component
generous and flexible leave options
employee perks on a reimbursement basis

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Hard Skills & Tools

FundraisingDonor AnalyticsData AnalysisExcelPipeline Growth

Soft Skills

Creativity in ExecutionCuriosityPersistenceFeedback Solicitation