Director of Development & Donor Experience

Career Opportunity -- Director of Development and Donor Experience with Found Village in Greater Cincinnati, OH ## Are you a strategic, relationship-driven development leader who is energized by both mission and infrastructure? Are you ready to build the systems, strategy, and donor experience that will help a growing organization scale with discipline, clarity, and long-term sustainability? If so, we want to speak with you! The Director of Development & Donor Experience will build, and lead Found Village's next-generation development engine. This nonprofit fundraising operations leader will build and oversee the organization's development function, initially focusing on the infrastructure, systems, and team needed to support fundraising. This systems-focused leadership role is responsible for creating disciplined, data-informed, and scalable fundraising infrastructure while executive leadership carries the organizational vision and leads the highest-level relationships. The Director will coordinate strategy, strengthen the donor journey, and build a sustainable revenue engine so no single relationship determines success. Over time, the role will assume broader responsibility for grants, financial reporting, and other fundraising activities. Responsibilities: - Develop and operationalize funding strategies aligned with Found Village's strategic priorities. - Build and manage a multi-year revenue engine across major gifts, mid-level donors, and recurring support. - Design and maintain donor pipeline systems, prospect strategies, and campaign tracking infrastructure. - Define donor segments and create intentional pathways for engagement. - Design a high-quality donor experience across all touchpoints, including stewardship frameworks, communication flows, and engagement cadence. - Lead CRM strategy, donor reporting, and pipeline visibility systems. - Facilitate weekly revenue and prospect movement meetings and monitor conversion, pipeline health, and donor retention. - Supervise Development Operations staff and help scale the development function over time. - Partner closely with executive leadership on top-tier donor strategy while building a culture of disciplined execution, relational trust, and accountability. - Build and lead the organization's fundraising and development function, including dependable systems, structure, and database-entry capabilities. - Strengthen donor, volunteer, and community partnership engagement through consistent donor-experience processes and related events. - Hire, develop, and supervise two additional development team members, creating a team of approximately three people. - Coordinate closely with marketing on donor communications and engagement. - Support donor-facing communications and interactions without initially managing an individual donor portfolio; team members reporting to the Director will manage individual donor portfolios. - Gradually assume responsibility for grants, financial reporting, and the broader development function currently managed by Katie. ?First-Year Priorities: - Build strong relationships with donors and external stakeholders. - Create dependable development systems and structure. - Establish consistent donor-experience processes and related events. - Hire and develop a fundraising team. - Build the operational foundation that allows Katie to transition out of acting as the organization's chief development officer. Role Focus and Scope: The Director's initial focus will be people leadership, systems, structure, supervision, team building, and cross-functional coordination rather than carrying a personal donor portfol