Executive Director - SVP of Major Gifts Decisions, Inc.

Major Gift Decisions, Inc. is seeking an Executive Director - SVP of Major Gifts Decisions, Inc. to serve as a senior leader responsible for client development, strategic direction, operational coordination, and high-level advisory support across fundraising and philanthropic decision-making engagements. This is a remote leadership role for a candidate who can work comfortably across executive strategy, relationship management, nonprofit fundraising, donor engagement, and business operations. The person in this role will help shape the firm’s public presence, internal standards, recruiting priorities, service offerings, and long-term growth strategy while also contributing directly to client success.

This position is designed for a highly mature and credible leader who understands that major gift work is often a long-cycle, relationship-driven discipline requiring patience, discretion, communication skill, and rigorous follow-through. The ideal candidate will be able to communicate with nonprofit executives, advancement professionals, board members, donors, consultants, and other stakeholders in a way that reflects judgment and confidence. You will help clients assess fundraising opportunities, support campaign planning, identify structural gaps, improve reporting discipline, and align fundraising work with measurable institutional priorities. At the same time, you will support Major Gift Decisions, Inc. as a growing business that needs thoughtful leadership in service design, quality control, and process development.

The Executive Director - SVP will have meaningful involvement in business development. That includes helping qualify inbound leads, shaping proposals, participating in discovery calls, identifying service fit, and helping prospective clients understand the value of disciplined philanthropic advisory support. You should be comfortable explaining complex service models in plain language and helping organizations understand where structured external support can accelerate results. You will also be expected to contribute to partnership thinking, talent evaluation, hiring decisions, contractor oversight, and the refinement of internal tools used for CRM tracking, outreach, meeting preparation, prospect review, and campaign support.

The role requires a strong appreciation for execution. We are not only seeking a strategist, but a leader who values documentation, priorities, accountability, and durable systems. The best candidate will know how to turn broad goals into practical workstreams. That may include assigning responsibilities, reviewing progress, identifying obstacles, and ensuring that deliverables reach a professional standard. You may guide client engagement strategy, review outreach language, advise on donor prioritization, weigh in on staffing design, and review financial or operational assumptions in fundraising-related planning. A sophisticated understanding of how organizations actually function is more important than abstract theory.

Day-to-day responsibilities may include overseeing client relationships, supporting major donor strategies, participating in campaign planning calls, reviewing proposals and decks, refining performance metrics, advising on executive-level fundraising staffing, and representing the firm in high-trust conversations. Because this is a senior role, your judgment matters. We value leaders who can identify what is missing from a process, not only execute what is already defined. You should be able to synthesize multiple streams of information and help create a clearer path forward when clients face uncertainty.

We are especially interested in candidates who have worked in nonprofit development, philanthropic advisory, family office support, campaign consulting, advancement leadership, or adjacent relationship-driven fields where trust and discretion are essential. Experience with major donor portfolios, campaign planning, fundraising operations, executive communications, or leadership recruiting is highly relevant. Exposure to CRMs such as Salesforce or Raiser’s Edge is beneficial, but the larger requirement is comfort working in a data-informed environment where contact history, follow-up quality, and pipeline discipline matter.

This is a remote role, but it is not passive. We expect responsiveness, professionalism, calendar discipline, and the ability to hold momentum across multiple threads. You should be comfortable operating independently, but also know how to build alignment across a distributed team. Strong writing is important. Strong listening is important. The ability to bring order to ambiguity is essential. Compensation will be aligned with experience and scope. Depending on background, this role may evolve into a broader leadership position overseeing a larger service division, recruiting lane, or portfolio of strategic accounts.

Success in this position will be measured by a combination of client outcomes, internal execution quality, revenue contribution, leadership maturity, and the ability to strengthen the firm’s systems and reputation. We want someone who can help create a stable, high-performing platform for growth without losing the careful, client-centered approach that defines effective major gift work. If you are a senior operator, advisor, or fundraising executive who can lead with both strategy and practical discipline, we encourage you to apply.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning and executive-level decision-making for client engagements and internal operations.
• Support business development, discovery conversations, proposal design, and service fit assessment.
• Advise clients on major gifts strategy, donor pipeline structure, campaign execution, and fundraising operations.
• Oversee internal processes, quality standards, team coordination, and performance expectations.
• Contribute to recruiting, onboarding, role design, and contractor or consultant oversight.
• Represent the firm in executive conversations with nonprofit leaders, donors, advisors, and strategic partners.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in fundraising, nonprofit management, philanthropic advisory, or related executive work.
• Strong communication, writing, judgment, and relationship management skills.
• Comfort managing ambiguity and turning broad goals into practical execution plans.
• Experience with major donor strategy, campaign support, advancement operations, or executive advisory work.
• Ability to work remotely with professionalism, responsiveness, and high accountability.

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