Vice President, Development

JGO

Vice President of Development raising major philanthropic gifts for JGO, which builds Jewish communities for graduate students. Leading fundraisers, donor strategy, partnerships, and scalable development systems.

Posted 8/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in major gift fundraising, relationship management, and team leadership within the philanthropic sector. Proven ability to develop strategic partnerships and effectively communicate organizational vision to diverse stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Proven FundraiserMajor Gifts StrategyRelationship ManagementTeam LeadershipPhilanthropic Investment

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Hard Skills

Fundraising StrategyDonor Pipeline ManagementCRM UsePortfolio StrategyMetrics and Forecasting

Soft Skills

Emotional IntelligenceExcellent CommunicationJudgmentCuriositySense of Humor

Industry Keywords

Jewish PhilanthropyCommunity LeadersPhilanthropistsFoundationsDevelopment Team

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Personally cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors and prospects
Build relationships capable of generating significant 5-, 6-, and 7-figure investments
Develop relationships with philanthropists, foundations, community leaders, executives, and connectors
Make direct asks and close significant gifts
Carry a meaningful personal fundraising goal and deliver significant revenue
Manage, coach, and develop JGO’s fundraising professionals
Establish fundraising expectations, accountability, portfolio strategy, and pipeline conversations
Recruit and build the development team
Advise the Director of Operations, CEO, and senior leadership on organizational strategy
Identify growth opportunities, partnerships, people, and ideas
Represent JGO with donors, foundations, Jewish communal leaders, partners, and external stakeholders
Become immersed in JGO’s programs, students, alumni, and impact
Translate JGO’s work into a compelling case for philanthropic investment
Communicate JGO’s vision through donor meetings, presentations, events, and conversations
Strengthen major gifts strategy, donor pipeline, and moves-management processes
Ensure consistent and strategic CRM use
Establish fundraising goals, metrics, forecasts, and accountability
Partner with the Director of Operations to build scalable development systems
Evaluate performance and identify improvements

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven fundraiser
Track record of personally closing significant philanthropic gifts or comparable high-value relationships
Experience managing, coaching, or leading other professionals
Strong instincts around major gifts, donor strategy, and relationship management
Existing network within Jewish philanthropy or the broader Jewish community valuable but not required
Comfort interacting with major philanthropists, executives, rabbis, students, communal leaders, and entrepreneurs
Excellent judgment, emotional intelligence, and follow-through
Willingness to travel regularly for donor meetings, student experiences, and JGO events
Sense of humor, curiosity, energy, and ability to operate in a fast-moving organization
Entrepreneurial, ambitious, creative, deeply relational, and unconventional mindset
Excellent communication skills
Deep connection to JGO’s mission
Comfort across the Jewish community
Hunger to grow

Benefits

Comp & perks

Family-friendly organization
Staff marriages, children, religious lives, and personal responsibilities matter
Regular travel for donor meetings, student experiences, and JGO events