Chief Development Officer

Company: Scion Staffing, Inc.
Location: San Jose
Posted on: June 2, 2025

Job Description:

Scion Executive Searchis proud to partner with a highly regarded $5M nonprofit in its search for a dynamicChief Development Officer (CDO).This is a rare and rewarding opportunity for a strategic, tech-savvy leader who thrives at the intersection of mission and growth. As CDO, you'll play a pivotal role in scaling impact and driving innovation for an organization, making a profound difference in the lives of the blind and visually impaired. This full-time,hybridleadership position is based inSan Jose or Palo Alto (your choice)and offers a competitive annual salary up to $170,000 DOE + bonus potential, along with a generous benefits package that includes100% employer-paid medical, dental, and visioncoverage and much more!

The Role:As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team and reporting directly to the CEO, the Chief Development Officer (CDO) will play a central role in building strong partnerships with fellow leaders, board members, and community stakeholders. The CDO will lead a dynamic Development Team comprised of both staff and volunteers in driving fundraising strategy and execution to ensure the continued growth and sustainability of essential services for the visually impaired.


RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Initiatives

• Manage and update workflows as needed to accept, record, and reconcile financial contributions.
• Grow revenues from individuals, corporations, family foundations, events, and other innovative nonprofit revenue channels (public grants are not currently under development).
• Expand the quantity of donors by leveraging Salesforce, a newly implemented tool.
• Participate in strategic planning with the leadership team and key stakeholders
• Lead the Board Development Committee in achieving revenue and participation goals.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, build relationships, and achieve results within groups that may have competing interests, opinions, or expectations.
  Fundraising Management
  • Cultivate a broad-based annual giving program, leveraging annual winter and spring campaigns.
  • Assess for quality and build upon healthy pipeline of major gift prospects.
  • Evaluate current comprehensive stewardship plan for donors.
  • Goals and resources in place to support several "named" annual fundraiser events.
  • Goals and support for the Corporate Partner Program, including a revenue plan (fee-for-service and charitable donations).
  • Ongoing assessment of events and campaigns as part of a continuous improvement model (currently leveraging the Success Report).
  • Emphasis on thoroughness and attention to detail in both narrative and quantitative reporting (e.g., year-to-date revenue, budgets, Board reporting)
  • Provide supervision/leadership to the Fundraising staff and volunteers (host committees).
  • Provide revenue generation support for Palo Alto, San Jose, and Santa Cruz offices.
  • Author narrative/copy for development and stewardship communications in culturally appropriate styles for each donor segment.
  • Provide thoughtful focus on appropriate copy for our clients living with vision loss.
  • Prioritize funding needs/gaps for the organization and develop a clear case for new funding.
  • Collaborate with accounting/GAAP practices to manage acceptance and recognition policies and procedures for charitable contributions.
  • Reconcile revenue metrics with accounting monthly.
    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
    • Bachelor's degree required.
    • 7+ years of proven fundraising success in the nonprofit sector, including donor cultivation. solicitation, stewardship, and donor base growth.
    • 3+ years of leadership and management experience, preferably within a leading nonprofit organization.
    • Experience securing funding from non-governmental grant sources.
    • Skilled at partnering with program staff to turn client needs into fundraising opportunities.
    • Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.
    • Experience in accounting, financial analysis, and budget preparation
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    • Ability to craft persuasive marketing and fundraising messaging.
    • Willingness to travel throughout the Peninsula and Santa Cruz regions, with occasional weekend commitments.
      COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
      • Annualsalary up to $170,000 DOE + Bonus Potential
      • 100% employer-covered medical, dental and vision plans
      • 403 (b) plan, with employer match
      • Substantial PTO, Vacation and Sick Time
      • Paid holidays
        For immediate consideration apply via https://scionstaffing.com/job/12898
        
        About Our Firm: Scion Executive Search is an award-winning national nonprofit recruitment and staffing specialist for nonprofit organizations, foundations, associations, and educational institutions! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals supporting incredible missions and programs. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire nonprofit recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing.
        
        We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm and our practices can be found online . Scion Nonprofit Staffing is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent.
        
        For opportunities located in a region that has enacted fair chance, arrest, or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Nonprofit Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualifiedapplications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.
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