Vice President of Development, External Affairs Strategy, Operations

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🕒 July 21

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $230k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Operations

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Positively Partners

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11 - 50 employees

🌍 Social Impact

👥 HR Tech

🤝 Non-profit

Social Impact • HR Tech • Non-profit

Positively Partners is a social enterprise dedicated to fostering equity and inclusion within workplaces, particularly focusing on dismantling systemic barriers for marginalized communities. The company collaborates with nonprofits and socially-minded organizations to connect diverse candidates with career opportunities in the social impact sector. Positively Partners' team comprises psychology practitioners, HR professionals, and system design experts who work together to create mission-driven and productive work environments. The company's mission is to align employees' values and strengths with their roles to enhance organizational impact and employee engagement.

📋 Description

• Provides strategic and operational leadership for Upstream’s Development and External Affairs department • Ensures the systems, planning processes, and team coordination to achieve revenue goals • Leads the operating strategy for the Development & External Affairs team • Integrates donor engagement strategy with organization strategy • Oversees team systems and operations • Tracks progress toward goals and recommends adjustments • Leads fundraising activities and donor communications • Oversees operational prioritization and donor engagement strategies • Develops annual operating plan goals and KPIs for the team • Oversees training for transformational fundraising capabilities

🎯 Requirements

• 12-15+ years of progressive experience in development, external affairs, revenue strategy, or a closely related field • Demonstrated success as a senior operating leader responsible for enterprise-level strategy, systems, planning, performance management, and cross-team coordination • Experience on a development team that has secured eight- or nine-figure (transformational) gifts • Proven experience designing and overseeing investor relations, external affairs and major gifts strategies through teams • Strong track record of leading and developing senior leaders across multiple development-adjacent functions • Demonstrated experience partnering closely with C-suite leaders and boards • Exceptional executive presence, credibility, and judgment • Demonstrated ability to operate as a buffer and integrator • Experience building or overseeing training, enablement, and content systems that strengthen executive presence and donor communications • Deep understanding of fundraising operating models • Proven ability to evaluate strategic tradeoffs and allocate limited resources.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Long and short term disability • 401K with employer match • Generous vacation • Personal time off • Sick time off • Holiday time off • Parental leave • Professional development • Fitness allowance • Cell phone allowance