Major Gifts Officer - Central (Remote or Hybrid, Houston, TX, San Antonio, TX or Austin, TX)

About the role

The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Major Gifts Officer is a member of WWP's fundraising team. This role involves driving the growth of a portfolio of major and prospective donors, communicating effectively with potential funding sources, and soliciting high net worth individuals through personal contact and cultivation events.

Responsibilities

• Drive the growth of a portfolio of major and prospective donors.
• Articulate effectively, verbally and in writing, WWP’s history, mission, vision, and programs to potential funding sources.
• Ensure portfolio is properly balanced for effective moves management.
• Track communications within Salesforce CRM to ensure prioritizing individual passions through relationship based fundraising strategies.
• Represent WWP and speak to community audiences, organizations, and donors.
• Travel to meet with existing and prospective donors in support of program objectives.
• Establish effective working relationships and work collaboratively with WWP teammates across the organization, e.g., Communications, Marketing, Programs, and other Resource Development teams, working cross channels to garner new donors.
• Develop appropriate cultivation strategies.
• Move potential donors in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure.
• Develop highly personalized donor communications including proposals, stewardship reports, and general program updates.
• Utilize wealth screening information, other research, and networks of existing donors to identify prospective major donors.
• Attend and actively participate in required training and/or meetings, including but not limited to New Teammate Orientation, WWP Cares, ASIST Suicide Prevention training, Leadership training, culture/team based training, or departmental huddles.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Five years of fundraising or sales experience.
• Five years of demonstrated achievement identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major donors.
• Two years of experience working with Salesforce or similar CRM database.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, training, or certification.

Skills

• Strong business acumen with the ability to monitor, compile, and analyze data to guide decision making.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain professional relationships and build successful and effective relationships.
• Ability to communicate technical information and requirements to teammates and leadership.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize, delegate, and ensure that deadlines are met.
• Demonstrated understanding of Wounded Warrior Project and its mission, values, programs, and services, and the impact of these programs and services on wounded warriors and their families.
• Demonstrated understanding of military service organizations (MSOs) and veteran service organizations (VSOs).
• High energy level.
• Self-starter; willing to take initiative.
• Demonstrated computer proficiency using Microsoft Office, e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Unequivocal commitment to the highest standards of personal and business ethics and conduct.
• Mission-driven, guided by core values, and a pleasure to work with.

Benefits

We offer a flexible hybrid work schedule (three days in the office, two days’ work from home), full medical, dental, and vision coverage for both teammates AND family members, competitive pay and performance incentives, a fun, mission-focused, and collaborative team environment, and a mission that matters.

Pay

Competitive pay and performance incentives.

Schedule

A flexible hybrid work schedule (three days in the office, two days’ work from home).

Benefits

Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for both teammates AND family members.

Company Information

The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please note: Wounded Warrior Project is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms without a written search agreement in place. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Wounded Warrior Project via email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Wounded Warrior Project in any form without a valid written search agreement in place will be deemed the sole property of Wounded Warrior Project, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Wounded Warrior Project as a result of the referral or through other means."