Major Gift Officer West Coast

About the role

The Advisor, Strategic Philanthropy (Major Gift Officer) is a senior frontline fundraising position within Susan G. Komen’s Major Gifts & Planned Giving team. This role is responsible for managing and growing a national portfolio of high-capacity donors across multiple regions, developing strong philanthropic partnerships, and securing multi-year and leadership-level gifts to advance Komen’s mission.

Responsibilities

• Manage a national portfolio of major gift donors and prospects with an annual revenue responsibility growing to $1M+
• Build long-term philanthropic relationships that drive donor retention, upgrades, and increased lifetime value
• Develop and execute tailored discovery, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies
• Secure major gifts, multi-year commitments, planned gifts, and tax-smart contributions including DAF, stock, and IRA/QCD gifts
• Maintain consistent, high-touch donor engagement across channels including in-person meetings, video, phone, and personalized written communication
• Partner with local market teams as necessary to coordinate cultivation strategies and local engagement opportunities to provide a seamless donor experience across regions
• Partner with the Vice President and National Director of Donor Experience to support overall major gift strategy and qualification pipelines
• Represent Komen at donor meetings, cultivation events, and stewardship engagements regionally and nationally
• Support donor briefings, impact reporting, stewardship presentations, and recognition planning
• Participate in donor strategy sessions related to high-capacity prospect engagement
• Contribute to continuous improvement of national donor engagement strategies
• Perform additional duties as assigned to support the mission and success of Susan G. Komen

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or CFRE certification strongly preferred
• 7–10+ years of frontline fundraising experience with a strong track record in major gifts
• Demonstrated success personally managing major gift portfolios generating $1M+ annually
• Proven experience closing multi-year commitments and cultivating planned and tax-smart gifts
• Proven experience closing six and seven figure gifts
• Proven experience collaborating in a matrixed or national fundraising organization
• Proficiency with Salesforce or comparable donor management systems
• Tech fluency with Microsoft Office Suite and CRMs with strong documentation skills with attention to detail
• Familiarity with platforms such as Gravyty, FreeWill, Momentum, Windfall, and Kindsight is a plus
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment
• Adaptability in a fast-paced, goal-driven fundraising culture

Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to mission-centered, donor-first fundraising practices

Skills

• Major gift fundraising
• Multi-region or national portfolio management
• Stewardship strategy and donor experience
• Tax-smart philanthropy (DAF, stock, IRA/QCD)
• Revenue accountability of $1M+ annually
• CRM reporting and performance management

Benefits

Komen provides a remote and/or home based working environment for all active employees. Komen defines remote as the ability to work from any physical location within the U.S. where an employee can perform specified work duties without disruption or distraction. Komen defines home-based roles as positions that are required to reside in a specific market. Work schedules for both remote and home based are determined by the organizational needs of each department.

Pay

Approximate salary $96,000 to $125,000, exact compensation ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job level, internal equity and budget. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's skills, experience and geographic location.

Schedule

Komen provides a remote and/or home based working environment for all active employees. Komen defines remote as the ability to work from any physical location within the U.S. where an employee can perform specified work duties without disruption or distraction. Komen defines home-based roles as positions that are required to reside in a specific market. Work schedules for both remote and home based are determined by the organizational needs of each department.