
Development Manager
Sandy Hook Promise
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $70,000 - $80,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Manage and maintain Salesforce donor records for major giving, including gift processing, record creation, and ongoing data hygiene.
- Produce and refine reporting and dashboards that support real-time major gifts strategy and decision-making.
- Lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs) for major gifts, including pipeline analysis, segmentation, and portfolio reporting.
- Assign all new $5,000+ donors based on capacity, affinity, and strategy.
- Lead monthly financial reconciliation processes across Development, Finance, and Operations.
- Serve as internal point of contact for all major giving data needs and ongoing CRM optimization.
- Translate data into clarity, insight, and direction.
- Build and manage SHP’s mid-level donor program, including segmentation, outreach, and conversion strategy.
- Create and execute all mid-level donor communications (email, mailings, and personalized engagement).
- Develop and test systems to measure mid-level donor engagement, retention, and upgrade opportunities.
- Identify mid-level donors with major gift potential and partner with Development colleagues proactive outreach strategies.
- Manage all mass communications to major donors, including segmentation and content review.
- Lead the new major donor assignment process and produce regular reporting on follow-up and pipeline activity.
- Own and execute four virtual engagement events annually for major and selected mid-level donors, including planning, messaging, logistics, and follow-up.
Requirements
- 6+ years of Development experience, ideally with exposure to major or mid-level donor strategies.
- Demonstrated experience and improvement on systems using CRM systems, preferably Salesforce.org
- Exceptional analytical skills with proven ability to create reports, interpret data, and surface actionable insights.
- Experience leading events both in-person and virtual.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; high emotional intelligence and professional maturity.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and collaborate effectively across teams.
- Flexible, detail-oriented, solutions-focused, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Outlook.
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Flexible schedules
- Paid holidays and 10 days sick leave
- Paid parental leave
- Health, dental, and vision
- Employer paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability
- 401k match
- Professional development stipend
- Wellness & mental health support
- Employer Paid Employee Assistance Program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
data analysisreportingCRM systemsSalesforcefinancial reconciliationdonor engagementsegmentationpipeline analysismajor gifts strategymid-level donor strategy
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsemotional intelligenceprofessional maturitycollaborationflexibilitydetail-orientedsolutions-focusedindependencetime management