The Development Director will partner with the Executive Director to advance organizational goals by overseeing annual giving, major gifts, foundation grants, corporate support, and special events, while setting the strategic direction for all fundraising and development communications activities. Key duties include collaborating on the annual fundraising plan, overseeing donor cultivation and stewardship, managing data, supervising staff, and ensuring 100% board participation in annual giving.

The Development Director will partner with the Executive Director to advance organizational goals by overseeing annual giving, major gifts, foundation grants, corporate support, and special events, while setting the strategic direction for all fundraising and development communications activities. Key duties include collaborating on the annual fundraising plan, overseeing donor cultivation and stewardship, managing data tracking, supervising staff, and executing comprehensive fundraising campaigns.

The role involves owning end-to-end commercial execution, driving contracts through approvals, and coordinating contract updates, renewals, and terminations to ensure documentation quality and compliance. Responsibilities also include enabling smooth launches by ensuring commercial readiness and supporting strategy development for growth initiatives through structured opportunity assessments and robust financial modeling.

The representative will be responsible for identifying and prospecting construction companies and infrastructure firms that need heavy equipment, conducting high-volume outbound outreach to generate qualified opportunities. This role owns the customer journey through to booking a demonstration and requires maintaining accurate CRM records.