Director, Donor Engagement

Stand Together is a dynamic and mission-driven organization committed to driving positive social change and empowering individuals to overcome barriers. Join our team and be part of a collaborative community that values innovation, personal responsibility, and the power of bottom-up solutions. Together, we will create a society that fosters opportunity, dignity, and well-being for all.

The Stand Together development team brings top business leaders together to solve our country’s biggest problems through financial and strategic leadership of our most cutting-edge programs and investments. Stand Together’s high-performing major gifts program helps hundreds of donor partners actively participate in the programs they support, advancing our shared priorities through robust, year-round engagement. 
The Director, Donor Engagement will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to support donors contributing their experience, strategic guidance, and networks to increase the effectiveness of Stand Together’s strategies.  To be successful, the person in the role must build strong knowledge of Stand Together donor partners’ interests, passions, networks, and capabilities, with a focus on helping the group engage and lead substantively within our programmatic strategies. 

Your Responsibilities Include

• Build shared vision for donor engagement across the Stand Together community, in collaboration with key leaders. 
• Build and lead a team to identify top programmatic opportunities within Stand Together investments and build scaled strategies to match donor partners into roles where their sustained leadership can improve our performance. 
• Collaborate with the Partnerships team (Major Gifts) to identify and align individual donor partners who can advance Stand Together’s priorities within program investments based on their background, interests, networks, and mutual benefit (with partners achieving their goals for positive social change, and our strategies benefiting from their extraordinary capabilities). 
• Partner with the communications and marketing teams to create and execute communications and outreach plans to sustain partner engagement in advisory councils and other opportunities. 

Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization

• 5+ years in a development or high-level client engagement function. 
• Proactive, entrepreneurial, and operates with a high sense of urgency. 
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, professionalism, and ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders with a high degree of humility and discretion. 
• Ability to drive program and project management for multiple concurrent projects/funding opportunities to completion through continuous transformation and an entrepreneurial approach. 


Standout Candidates Will Have

• Experience in major gift fundraising and advisory board engagement.  
• Proven supervisory experience with a demonstrated background in cultivating and developing talent. 
• High knowledge and alignment around Stand Together’s vision and values. 

What We Offer

• A meaningful career where your work will improve the lives of millions of Americans – especially the least fortunate
• A vision-driven community of over 1,000 employees across the country who are dedicated to improving the lives of others
• Competitive salaries and bonuses. Our salary and bonus strategies are aligned to the value you create, not a standardized bell curve
• Generous 401K match - 6% match with immediate vesting
• Competitive health and wellness benefits
• Our flexible time-off policy allows all employees to take leave as needed
• A purchasing credit card to use for business expenses
• Mileage reimbursement for business travel separate from your commute
• Commuter assistance plans to offset the cost of commuting into our headquarters (on-site parking or metro)
• Opportunities for professional development and mentorship that can strengthen your effectiveness through Principle Based Management and other industry specific programs

Standout Candidates Will Have

• Experience in major gift fundraising and advisory board engagement.  
• Proven supervisory experience with a demonstrated background in cultivating and developing talent. 
• High knowledge and alignment around Stand Together’s vision and values. 

Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference.  Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest