Vice President of Development
$120,000–$200,000 year
Hybrid · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Breaktime is seeking a strategic, relationship-driven Vice President of Development to lead revenue growth and ensure long-term financial sustainability. The role focuses on major gifts, donor strategy, and building a scalable development function to raise $10M+ annually. Responsibilities include managing a portfolio of major donors, cultivating new donor relationships, partnering with the CEO on high-priority donor strategy, leading the Development team, overseeing institutional giving and government funding, aligning donor communications and campaigns with brand objectives, and strengthening development systems and CRM usage. The candidate should bring proven success in securing six- and seven-figure gifts, experience leading a development department, and the ability to translate organizational strategy into sustainable fundraising results.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive development and fundraising experience with a focus on major gifts
- Minimum of 5 years in a senior management role with direct oversight of staff and departmental budgets
- Demonstrated experience managing a comprehensive development department that raises $10 million or more annually
- Proven and highly quantifiable track record of personally securing 6 and 7-figure major gifts
- Proven success designing and closing a multi-million dollar capital campaign, or scaling a fundraising department during a period of rapid organizational growth
- Strong financial acumen with the ability to partner seamlessly with HR and Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and revenue tracking
- Familiarity with CRM data architecture, ideally utilizing Salesforce
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