Key Responsibilities: The Chief Development Officer will provide strategic leadership across all aspects of national fundraising, external engagement, and development operations.

Strategic Leadership and Vision
● Develop and execute an integrated national fundraising strategy aligned with Humble’s mission, impact, and growth goals.
● Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and Board of Trustees in long-term planning, financial modeling, and resource development to support national expansion.
● Lead and strengthen a development operation that supports both national priorities and the needs of city-level affiliates.
● Build and sustain a culture of philanthropy across the organization by engaging leadership, staff, and board members in fundraising and donor engagement efforts.

Fundraising and Portfolio Management
● Develop and steward a national portfolio of high-capacity individual, foundation, and corporate donors; lead segmentation, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts.
● Design and lead the national major gifts strategy; partner with and support city-level teams, as appropriate, to build leadership donor pipelines and multi-year giving initiatives.
● Set direction for and oversee national annual giving campaigns and year-end appeals.
● Establish and guide a national corporate partnerships strategy, encompassing sponsorships, cause-marketing, and other
revenue-generating collaborations.
● Design and oversee the national grants strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and revenue goals.

Board and Leadership Engagement
● Partner with the CEO to support and activate Board of Trustees engagement in fundraising, donor cultivation, and external relationship-building.

Communications, Partnerships and External Relations
● In collaboration with the National Director of Development, ensure that Humble Design is represented at meetings, conferences, events, and other public forums to enhance the organization’s visibility and reputation.
● Lead national communications and marketing resources, while collaborating with city-level teams, to ensure compelling storytelling, donor messaging, and campaign materials that build fundraising cases reflecting both local and national impact.

Management and Operations
● Establish clear processes, metrics, and reporting to evaluate fundraising performance.
● Ensure accurate, timely donor data management and compliance with fundraising regulations and best practices.
● Oversee the national development budget, revenue projections, and pipeline analysis.