National Director, Workplace Giving & Engagement

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a national strategy to significantly grow workplace giving and matching gift revenue across all programs and events.
• Serve as Breakthrough T1D’s subject matter expert on workplace giving and matching gifts programs, trends, and platforms.
• Establish high-level vendor relationships and oversee platform strategy to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Set annual revenue goals, develop multi-year forecasts, and oversee financial planning and performance tracking for the program.
• Track and assess national KPIs; use insights to adjust strategy and set financial goals.
• Lead the development of external-facing matching gift communications, including emails, web content, and platform messaging, to increase donor participation and match conversion.
• Led the national matching gift strategy, driving employee-level participation by identifying match-eligible donors, increasing awareness of matching gift benefits, and leveraging tools and partnerships to maximize match activation and revenue growth.
• Collaborate with Global Development teams (e.g., Corporate Partnerships, Peer-to-Peer, Leadership Giving, Direct Response and Signature Events) to embed matching gift strategies into programs.
• Create resources, trainings, and tools to support fundraising staff and volunteers in selling and managing the programs.
• Represent Breakthrough T1D in national Corporate Social Responsibility and workplace giving networks to build visibility and open new doors.
• Develop and maintain campaign resources and best practices to support chapter and national staff in executing workplace giving strategies.
• Create a coordinated stewardship plan for workplace giving and matched donors across all channels, collaborating with channel leads to inform and implement strategies.
• Partner with Finance to define rules of engagement for revenue attribution, application tracking, and donor receipting, ensuring alignment and efficiency.

Qualifications

• College degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8 years of experience managing campaigns and directly raising 7+ figures annually through workplace giving and fundraising initiatives with Fortune 500 corporations.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking for small and large audiences, and the ability to craft compelling partner communications and represent Breakthrough T1D with professionalism.
• High degree of technological proficiency, with Microsoft Office Suite, donor databases (preferably Salesforce), collaboration platforms (SharePoint, Teams, Zoom), and matching gift platforms (Benevity, YourCause, CyberGrants, Double the Donation, Deed preferred).
• Entrepreneurial and growth mindset with a collaborative approach; comfortable working both independently and within a team.
• The ability to influence and drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders and field leadership, building buy-in for national strategies and ensuring consistent adoption and execution across teams.
• The ability to supervise and mentor staff and provide strategic guidance across the program.
• The ability to oversee training strategy and resources; guide curriculum development.
• The ability to travel up to 30% for partner engagement, national meetings, and campaign support.
• The ability to occasionally lift and transport materials up to 15–20 pounds (e.g., event materials, training resources).
• The flexibility to work occasional evenings or weekends in support of events, campaigns, or key partner engagements.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 403(b) retirement plan, voluntary benefits, flexible spending and commuter benefit accounts, an employee assistance program (EAP), life and disability insurance, performance-based bonuses, and generous paid time off.