Director, Development (Minneapolis, MN)

Company: Witt/Kieffer
Location: Minneapolis
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is seeking an experienced fundraising professional who will supervise all aspects of a peer-to-peer event-based portfolio, including oversight of event revenue and donor & fundraiser development and engagement. This self-starting individual will be responsible for driving fundraising success for the Tour de Cure cycling event, State of Diabetes, and Camp Needlepoint in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. Primary duties of the Director of Development will include the development and management of existing and new teams, individual fundraisers, corporate partners, event leadership, and volunteers.This individual will identify new opportunities to grow the local peer-to-peer portfolio across all fundraising channels to increase revenue, including individual fundraisers, corporate partnerships, and event leadership. A successful candidate will manage and steward a portfolio of corporate & friends and family teams, individual participants, volunteers, and corporate leaders. This position is accountable for significant revenue targets and will influence the strategic implementation of local campaign initiatives.The ideal candidate must have a proven record of success in peer-to-peer fundraising, campaign management, and relationship development.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESFundraising and Relationship Building

• Responsible for raising at least $750,000 - $1M annually.
• Formulate, implement, and lead strategies and tactics for fundraising and development activities to sustain continued growth, maximum penetration of core market areas, and opportunities for expansion for assigned peer-to-peer portfolio.
• Ability to manage and review daily campaign data through reports, dashboards, and revenue analysis identifying opportunities to capitalize on drive campaign revenue.
• Regularly monitor the performance of a fundraising portfolio to ensure timely responsiveness to new registrants, recognize fundraising and recruitment milestones, and maximize retention.
• Develops and executes plans for retention, upgrade, and acquisition (pipeline development) of applicable areas of business focus.
• Data mining resulting in the identification and acquisition of participants, team captains, corporate partners, sponsors, event leadership, and community leaders.
• Identifies and develops new business with both existing donors & constituents as well as new prospects and provides excellent relationship management.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of donor interactions within systems and trackers. Ensure that contacts, next steps, and tasks are consistently and accurately captured in donor records and central files.
• Track and report on progress, tactics, trends, financials, and other KPIs to analyze and determine success.
• Provides frequent financial input including budget management, forecasts, and revenue reports.
• Collaborate with an outstanding team of Field staff as well as the larger organization to ensure the campaign's growth and success, discuss best practices, and share new ideas.Participant Experience & Events
  • In partnership with event production vendor and Donor Relations Manager staff team lead support peer-to-peer events including but not limited to recruitment, corporate kickoffs, Event Day, Awards Celebrations, etc., ensuring an extraordinary and consistent participant and donor experience.
  • Supports other fundraising events, activities, and programs as assigned.
  • Builds and implements strategy to develop a pipeline of leaders, including the recruitment, management, and development of donors, volunteers, and committees. Provides leadership in building and implementing annual plans around volunteer leadership within fundraising programs and events.
  • Support the Executive Director in identifying and executing duties of the Event Chair. Comfortable with making six-figure asks to event leadership candidates.
  • Responsible for management of the Executive Leadership Team and Executive Challenge champions to drive significant revenue impact.
  • Identifies, builds, and stewards relationships with community, philanthropic, and corporate leaders as an integral part of volunteer and donor prospect development.Mission Integration
    • Identify and implement marketing opportunities, partnerships, influencers relationships, and other opportunities to increase ADA's presence and awareness within assigned market territory that drive business goals.
    • Supports and maintains the vision, mission, priorities, and guiding principles of ADA.QUALIFICATIONS
      • 5+ years of professional experience in empowering individuals through peer-to-peer fundraising, events, leadership, volunteerism, and corporate partnerships.
      • Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to present ADA's mission and how to get involved with groups of all sizes.
      • Demonstrated experience recruiting individuals to support an organization.
      • Demonstrated ability to mobilize and motivate individuals to achieve goals.
      • Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for growth in relationships.
      • Ability to organize time effectively and manage a large number of tasks simultaneously.
      • Initiative and independence, combined with the ability to work well as part of a team.
      • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with a variety of constituencies.
      • Excellent verbal and written skills, creativity, independent judgment, attention to detail, accuracy, strong editing skills, and follow-through.
      • Knowledge of software including Microsoft, DonorDrive (or other P2P platforms), and CRM.
      • Ability to travel as needed for meetings and events required.
      • Reliable transportation to travel.
      • Must be able to work occasional nights and weekends as needed to support events.
      • Authorization to work in the US required.
      • Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to fifteen pounds.
      • Must live within 50 miles of Minneapolis, MN.WHY WORK HEREThe American Diabetes Association (ADA) offers a rewarding career working for one of the premier voluntary health organizations in the world supporting people with type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. Our employees like working at the ADA because of our mission, the inclusive environment, work-life balance, our benefits and our culture:
        • Industry competitive base pay, ranging from $83,000-$88,000 for this role. Base offers are determined by several factors including but not limited to your relevant work experience, education, certifications, location, internal pay equity, etc.
        • A culture of recognition including new hire welcome announcements, service anniversary awards, referral bonuses, monthly All Employee Assembly, appreciation awards.
        • Generous Paid Time Off, including holidays, vacation days, personal days and sick days.
        • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), disability & life insurance, pet insurance, and retirement savings.
        • Guided by our mission, we provide top tier diabetes supply coverage through our medical benefits program.
        • A company focus on offering mental health programs and work/life balance with most of our employees working remote.
        • Joining our dedicated team affords the gratification of knowing beyond a doubt that you will impact the lives and well-being of millions.About the Organization: The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is a leader in the fight to end diabetes. Our mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. We provide lifesaving education and resources backed by trusted experts to help people learn how to make life with diabetes easier until the day diabetes is gone for good. Through research, the ADA searches relentlessly for a cure and supports the professionals who provide direct care. Our team is on the ground fighting for those with diabetes who suffer discrimination, health inequity, high health care costs and so much more. Employees of the ADA embrace this mission and vision and keep people living with diabetes at the center of everything we do.Req Number: DEV-25-00003Location: Minneapolis RemoteFull-Time/Part-Time: Full-TimeCategory: DevelopmentEOE Statement: It is the policy of the American Diabetes Association to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.This position is currently accepting applications.
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