OVERVIEWThe Vice President of Development serves as a strategic fundraising leader responsible for driving revenue growth, strengthening donor engagement, expanding strategic partnerships, and supporting major gift development in partnership with the CEO. This role provides leadership across fundraising strategy, regional development performance, and donor growth while helping position the organization for continued statewide and national expansion.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESThe VP of Development will have four primary roles, broken down into key responsibilities. They are:
Revenue Strategy & Organizational Growth
- Sets annual and multi-year fundraising strategy in partnership with the CEO
- Drives organization-wide revenue growth across individual, foundation, corporate, church, and strategic partnership channels
- Identifies opportunities to expand donor acquisition, partnerships, and long-term revenue streams
- Provides strategic oversight of fundraising performance, pipeline growth, and revenue forecasting
- Aligns fundraising priorities with organizational goals and expansion efforts
- Ensures the development function remains growth-oriented, scalable, and mission-aligned.
Major Donor Engagement & External Leadership
- Supports the CEO in cultivation and closing of major and transformational gifts
- Builds relationships with high-capacity donors, foundations, corporate leaders, and strategic partners
- Represents the organization in high-level philanthropic, business, and community environments
- Serves as a strategic partner in advancing key donor relationships and funding opportunities
- Expands visibility and influence within top-tier donor and philanthropic networks
- Helps position the organization as a recognized leader in family strengthening, prevention, and community impact
Regional Fundraising Leadership & Donor Growth
- Drives organization-wide donor acquisition and regional fundraising growth
- Coaches Regional Executive Directors on donor strategy, relationship development, and major gift cultivation
- Supports regional teams in strengthening donor pipelines and increasing conversion
- Identifies barriers impacting fundraising growth and works cross-functionally to solve them
- Strengthens accountability and performance across regional fundraising efforts
- Supports execution of major campaigns, events, and strategic funding initiatives
Leadership, Collaboration & Team Development
- Leads and develops a high-performing development team focused on growth, accountability, and execution
- Partners closely with development operations, marketing, finance, and program leadership to strengthen fundraising effectiveness
- Builds fundraising leadership capacity across regions and departments
- Fosters strong communication, alignment, and collaboration across the organization
- Helps build the infrastructure and talent needed to support continued statewide and national growth
REQUIREMENTS- Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in nonprofit development operations, data management, or a related field
- Proven experience managing high-performing teams with clear accountability systems
- Demonstrated ability to build, scale, and optimize development systems and infrastructure
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data integrity-mistakes in this role have significant impact
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and surface actionable insights
- Excellent organizational, project management, and communication skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with a high sense of urgency
- Proficient in Salesforce (required); experience with Zapier, WordPress, Basecamp, and Google Workspace preferred
- Must live in Southwest Florida (Includes: Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota Counties)
- Match Better Together's core values (described above)
TIMING, LOCATION AND COMPENSATIONBetter Together seeks to fill this position as soon as possible. The organization's headquarters are in Naples, Florida, but all the Better Together staff reside in Florida. Better Together has built a highly successful work culture over the past decade with systems and structures designed for clarity, flexibility, and great communication. Key elements of the environment include:
- Weekly team meetings with clear accountability and the opportunity to solve issues as a team.
- Quarterly in-person team meetings at which you'll build deeper relationships, set clear goals aligned with the Better Together vision, and brainstorm how to seize new opportunities
- An intensive 90-day orientation to familiarize you with the Better Together team, our policies, and how we operate
- Home office setup, including equipment and communication tools you need to hit the ground running
Compensation and Benefits:
Better Together also offers a generous compensation and benefits package. Our benefits package includes:
- Medical (99% employer paid, employee only)
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time off
- Retirement Savings Plan with 50/50 employer match up to 6%
QUESTIONSPlease direct all questions to [email protected].
