Fundraising Senior Manager, Walk to End Alzheimer’s

About the role

The Senior Manager of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s joins an exclusive team of leaders responsible for the implementation of Walk to End Alzheimer’s®, the world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Walk to End Alzheimer’s® ranks as the second-largest peer-to-peer fundraising event in the United States and continues to set the pace as one of the fastest-growing walk events in the country. In 2024, Walk to End Alzheimer’s® was again recognized as the #2 peer-to-peer fundraising event in the country. On top of that, Walk was acknowledged for achieving the largest dollar growth of any program in the top 30.

Responsibilities

• Generate excitement and enthusiasm in the community, coach and inspire your volunteers to implement and build on proven strategies and best practices that result in event growth year over year.
• Utilize proven networking and relationship-building skills to cultivate key community connections, drive success and achieve revenue goals by strategically identifying and engaging community and corporate leaders and building and empowering sustainable volunteer committees in Greater Williamsburg and Middle Peninsula.
• Manage 2 direct reports and oversee 2 Walks to End Alzheimer’s.

Requirements

• Proven success at building sustainable corporate and community relationships that contribute to achieving event revenue goals, greater community participation and heightened brand awareness.
• Successfully recruited, managed, and coached volunteers to effectively implement best and proven practices to achieve fundraising goals.
• Managed or capable of managing multiple volunteer-led mass-market events simultaneously that have resulted in revenue growth year over year.
• Known as a convener and able to build a positive, healthy, and inclusive team environment that has resulted in long-term community relationships.
• Loved a challenge and achieved or surpassed designated revenue and participant goals through team and individual fundraising, corporate solicitation, and community partnerships.
• Worked with companies to expand existing initiatives/activities, secured new corporate sponsorships, teams, participants, Champions, and volunteers, and created and managed vendors and cause marketing activation campaigns.
• Communicate and organize effectively, manage event budgets, train volunteers, set timelines and milestones, and use data to affect positive outcomes.
• Generate a positive return on investment and increased fundraising revenue with the goal of renewing and/or growing larger accounts and multi-year funding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of proven experience in recruiting and mobilizing volunteers to achieve goals OR 3-5 years successful experience of meeting sales targets.
• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: Confident, goal-oriented, positive self-starter, able to work independently with limited supervision and collaboratively with internal and external partners. Demonstrated ability to develop and nurture corporate relationships and partnerships. Ability to manage large numbers of volunteers at different levels of expertise with diplomacy. Excellent interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication and follow-through. Strong computer skills, proficient with Microsoft Office products and social media; experience with, or ability to rapidly learn Luminate/Convio software.