Director of Fundraising – Development

🕒 September 11

🏄 California, District of Columbia, +2 more states – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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Open Function

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11 - 50 employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Open Function is the leading digital public good for workflow automation, offering a 100% open-source platform that is trusted by governments, NGOs, and social enterprises worldwide. It enables organizations to build powerful automated workflows to eliminate tedious tasks, automate data integration, and facilitate secure data exchange. By providing interoperability among disparate technologies, Open Function allows for scalability and improved efficiency in managing critical business processes. Known for simplifying integrations and providing a reliable digital infrastructure, Open Function supports data transformation, real-time data management, and compliance with international standards like GDPR and HIPAA.

📋 Description

• Develop and lead OpenFn's fundraising strategy across major donors, foundations, and other mission-aligned funders • Establish fundraising processes, systems, and reporting cadence as OpenFn's first dedicated fundraising hire • Set and track fundraising priorities with the CEO and leadership team • Identify, cultivate, and steward relationships with foundations, family offices, and individual major donors • Build and maintain a prospective funder pipeline through multi-year commitment • Represent OpenFn with senior funder audiences and translate technical work into a compelling case for impact and support • Write and coordinate proposals, funding narratives, and reports • Partner with the CEO and program teams to gather impact data and stories • Build relationships across the Digital Public Goods and Digital Public Infrastructure funding community • Represent OpenFn in relevant policy conversations and convenings • Track and report fundraising pipeline, commitments, and funder engagement to the CEO and leadership • Ensure timely, high-quality funder communications and reporting

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in fundraising, development, or philanthropic partnerships, ideally within international development, global health, or technology-for-good organizations • Demonstrated network of relationships with foundations, major donors, or other institutional funders active in social impact or technology for development • Track record of securing significant gifts or grants and stewarding funder relationships over multiple years • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to translate technical, mission-driven work into a compelling case for support • Strong project management and organizational skills; comfortable building process where none exists • Ability to work independently and as part of a small, fully-remote team • Fluent, professional-level English communication skills, written and verbal • Ability to work effectively across a distributed, multicultural team • Reliable access to a quiet, dedicated remote workspace with strong, stable internet connectivity sufficient for daily video calls and cloud-based collaboration • Preferred: experience engaging in policy conversations or advocacy related to digital public goods and digital public infrastructure • Preferred: existing relationships with funders active in the DPG and DPI space • Preferred: experience fundraising for a growth-stage mission-driven organization • Preferred: familiarity with DPGs, open source, or GovTech ecosystems • Preferred: generalist mindset, comfortable wearing multiple hats in a lean organization

🏖️ Benefits

• Financial compensation includes a base salary plus a performance-based bonus tied to fundraising outcomes; total pay is commensurate with experience • Flexible working schedule • Fully remote work with team meetups across Europe and Africa • Exposure to industry and technology trends and leading health, humanitarian, and government digital transformation interventions • Opportunity for leadership and advancement • Key contributor to company strategy and direction • Opportunity to shape strategy and impact millions of lives through open source software in a small, mission-driven organization