Senior Director of Investment

Full-time, Remote, Exempt

About Rewiring America

Rewiring America is the leading electrification nonprofit, focused on electrifying our homes, businesses, and communities. We develop accessible, actionable data and tools, and build coalitions and partnerships to make going electric easier for households and communities. Rewiring America helps Americans save money, tackle nationwide emissions goals, improve health, and build the next generation of the clean energy workforce. We believe in an abundant, flourishing, climate-safe future, and know that, together, we can realize one.

Position Summary

We are growing our team and seeking an entrepreneurial Senior Director of Investment to join our Investment team. This position reports to the Head of Investment. In this newly-created position, the Senior Director of Investment will be principally responsible for establishing, refining, and keeping our fundraising strategy and systems running smoothly. As we are in the process of developing and launching a large capital campaign, the Senior Director of Investment will also support the Head of Investment and team in executing that successfully. The Senior Director of Investment Plays a pivotal role in ensuring the organization has a strong and growing base of funding to support our impact work.

What You’ll Do

Fundraising Strategy

• Work alongside the Head of Investment to develop, refine, and execute a multi-faceted fundraising strategy to support the rapid growth of Rewiring America.
• Improve and build upon existing systems for tracking and cultivating donors and prospects. 
• Manage focused initiatives and campaigns to secure major and leadership gifts and foundation and corporate grants.
• Track trends and opportunities to ensure that the case for support expresses Rewiring’s unique value proposition and considers donor/funder priorities.

Revenue Generation

• Implement strategies consistent with our ambitious capital campaign fundraising goal.
• Initiate, develop, and manage high-value relationships (principally $100k+) that result in significant income and value to Rewiring America, developing strategic relationships with investors, and making or facilitating specific asks for financial support.
• Maintain a robust portfolio of major and leadership donors, foundation and corporate partners, building lasting relationships and moving these relationships through the identification/qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship cycles.

Funder Cultivation and Pipeline Growth 

• Develop, grow, and manage the pipeline of high net worth individuals, foundations, and corporations who will invest in Rewiring’s growth and impact.
• Collaborate with colleagues to design, test, and implement novel revenue generation strategies that can diversify our income streams.
• Design and deliver engagement opportunities such as webinars, receptions, mailings, and events for donors and prospects. 

Stewardship 

• Ensure consistent and meaningful communications with investors to facilitate strong relationship building and stewardship.
• Ensure that proposals and reports to investors are properly prepared, submitted, and tracked and that the objectives of grants and funding agreements are met and reported according to appropriate deadlines.
• Ensure the integrity and functionality of the donor database, including best practices in tracking donor data with the highest degree of security, meeting all U.S. federal standards and regulations as required. 

Team Building & Management

• Serve as the key co-lead with the Head of Investment. 
• Actively manage investment staff, including establishing annual objectives, provide regular feedback and appropriate recognition, conduct annual performance reviews, and support ongoing professional development.
• Collaborate with the investment team to create, update, and implement efficient and effective investment-related systems and procedures.
• Improve and update dashboards to track progress and benchmarks against the revenue plan and proactively produce reports and analyses of campaigns to inform strategies and improve results, including donor retention and satisfaction.

Requirements

The ideal candidate for the Senior Director of Investment embodies the following qualities and characteristics, tailored to an advocacy nonprofit:

Core Qualifications:

• Strong commitment to the mission, vision, policies, and goals of Rewiring America. 
• Seasoned leader with at least 10 years of experience in fundraising, with a proven track record of securing six- to nine-figure level investments from individuals, family offices, or institutions. 
• Experience designing and leading innovative campaigns and success