Senior Manager Major Gifts

Reports to: Senior Director of Development    

Travel Required: Yes   

Position Summary

The Senior Manager of Major Gifts is responsible for advancing relationships with individual donors who have the capacity to make significant philanthropic investments in The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). In this fundraising role, their primary focus is on securing gifts of $10,000 and above from a portfolio of individuals to support the organization’s mission. They achieve this by implementing strategies to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors toward annual, multi-year, endowed, and planned gifts that support the current and long-term priorities of GBFB. The Senior Manager of Major Gifts may collaborate with other GBFB team members, leaders, and volunteers to execute these activities.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage a geographically focused portfolio of 150+ individual donors and prospective donors; apply moves management best practices to secure five-, six-, and seven-figure gifts. 
• Actively cultivate and engage with donors on a consistent, ongoing basis, targeting a minimum of 150 visit contacts (in-person, virtual, telephone) annually across portfolio. 
• Conduct at least 25 major gift solicitations annually. 
• Collaborate with the frontline fundraisers, members of the Advancement team, other GBFB departments, senior and executive leadership, advocates, and volunteers to support donor cultivation and stewardship activities and events. 
• Consistently record activities and update information in Salesforce to ensure accuracy and upkeep of donor accounts, the overall donor pipeline, and for moves management tracking. 
• Frequent travel, with some evening and weekend work required.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills & Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years of major gift fundraising experience preferred; other proven experience managing donors, donor or constituency relations, or sales may be considered.
• Ability and willingness to travel within Massachusetts; Driver’s License required.
• Must possess a professional demeanor, as well as strong interpersonal, customer service, organizational, and verbal and written communications skills.
• Proven capacity to develop constructive relationships with donors, colleagues, volunteers, advocates, and others.
• Ability to prioritize and be proactive.
• Capable of working independently and collaboratively.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite and CRM databases required (Knowledge of Salesforce a plus).
• Genuine appreciation of GBFB’s mission and the ability to authentically communicate it.
• Demonstrates the required digital competencies that result in the effective usage of the full range of digital technologies at GBFB.

Physical Demands

• Ability to sit for up to 3 hours at a time.
• Ability to work in an office environment.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. with or without assistance.
• Ability to work remotely.

Work Environment 

Affirmative Action/EEO statement

GBFB provides equal employment opportunities to all Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, handicap, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits, and training.