On a mission to end youth loneliness.
Inspiring intentional, meaningful connections.

Industry: Non-profit Organizations
Company Size: 2-10 employees

Only7Seconds®

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**Director of Philanthropy Job Description **~~Position Reports to the Executive Director ~~

**To apply: ** Email luke@only7seconds.com your resume and cover letter.

**About Us **Only7Seconds is a national leader in addressing the youth loneliness crisis. By 2035, we aim to have two million youth and young adults experience meaningful, intentional connection. This will result in youth leading less lonely, more socially healthy lives. We accomplish this by driving multimedia awareness campaigns, deploying evidence-informed education, and building youth-led programs.

This position will play a critical part of the next phase of our organization’s growth. The Director of Philanthropy (DP) will work collaboratively with the Executive Director, Governing Board, VP of Programs, Director of Marketing and Communications, and organization’s grant writer to drive and lead philanthropic efforts. The Director of Philanthropy is a highly motivated, relational, self-starter. This position is an important next step as we build an organizational culture of philanthropy. Our philanthropic culture is transparent, humble, and grateful, while bolding seeking to scale our impact with goals that reflect a high performing team.

**Why This Role **

This is a high‑impact leadership role responsible for shaping and executing Only7Seconds’ philanthropic growth strategy during an important stage of organizational scale. The Director of Philanthropy will have meaningful influence over fundraising direction and long‑term institutional partnerships. This role offers the opportunity to build and shape a philanthropy function with significant influence over long‑term organizational sustainability and scale.

**Director of Philanthropy (DP): **The Director of Philanthropy (DP) is a full time position at Only7Seconds. The DP is a cross-organizational leader, responsible for donor stewardship & support, fundraising operations, grant support, and other philanthropic initiatives to further the organization’s mission. The Director of Philanthropy is accountable for achieving annual philanthropy revenue targets across major donors and institutional giving (including direct responsibility for a personal major donor portfolio), in partnership with the Executive Director and Board.

The DP builds & advances relationships with a large existing donor network and supports new and existing grant & foundation efforts. Additionally, the DP identifies opportunities to expand the organization’s fundraising footprint and leads the growth of the organization.

Only7Seconds has ample opportunity and pipeline to begin immediate philanthropic efforts. This position will be able to join and enter with a ready-made, ready-researched pipeline that is ready for activation.

**DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY RESPONSIBILITIES: **

**Donor Strategy, Cultivation, and Stewardship: **

- Design, refine, and manage major donors program

- Lead and support development team of board, volunteers and Executive Director to steward and grow major donor relationships

- Establish and lead a planned giving program

- Identify, develop, and steward both prospective and active donor relationships

- Responsible for donor discovery and qualification

- Develop individualized cultivation and solicitation strategies

- Own a portfolio of major donors/prospects

**Institutional Giving: **

- Review, prioritize, research, grow, and execute on pipeline of current grants and foundations

- Write and coordinate the submission of funding applications to Grantors, Trusts, and Foundations (in collaboration with program staff & grant writer).

- Lead on the account management of Grantors, Trusts, and Foundation partnerships, ensuring regular contact, updates and reports are provided

- Understand funder priorities and steward funders into long-term partners.

- Develop and retain relationships with key grant and foundation funders, both prospective and active

**Data Management: **

- Manage donor database, including recording the profile and fundraising activity of donors on DonorBox

- Support transition to new CRM (Salesforce)

- Ensure follow up with donors is executed (including but not limited to giving receipts and thank you follow-ups)

**Strategy: **

- Actively work alongside the Executive Director to further build a philanthropy strategy

- Develop and manage philanthropy budget and annual work plan to ensure board-set targets are met

- Collaborate with programming staff on prioritized funding needs

- Identify additional fundraising opportunities and raise awareness of the organizations’ work

- Serve as the primary philanthropic advisor to the Executive Director and Board

- Prepare and present fundraising strategy, progress, and forecasts to the Board

**We are looking for someone who is: **

- Tenacious: You push projects and tasks to completion, ensuring desired results are achieved. You thrive on finishing things, checking items off lists, and seeing projects through to the end.

- A Galvanizor: You naturally inspire, rally, and organize others to take action on a project or idea. You are adept at motivating people, checking in regularly, and creating momentum.

- An Enabler: You provide support and assistance to others, ensuring projects move forward and tasks are completed.

- Self-motivated: You are proactive and take initiative on open-ended projects with little oversight.

**Director of Philanthropy Must Haves: **

- Demonstrated success leading and growing major donor and institutional giving programs with measurable revenue results

- Strong relationship management skills and the ability to adapt appropriate communication methods

- Has a successful track record of supporting and/or leading grant applications and successfully acquiring grants and managing grant reporting

- Experience utilizing and managing Salesforce (or very similar CRM)

- Experience serving as a senior fundraising leader within an organization

- Experience directly soliciting and closing gift asks

- Experience portfolio planning

- Ability to translate program impact into fundable narratives

- Comfort working with budgets, financial reports and ROI.

- Strong understanding of restricted vs. unrestricted funding

- Comfort leading through influence, even without direct reports

- Capable of leading at a high strategic level while executing at a granular level

- Passion for Only7Seconds' mission

- Experience as a self-starter, with a track record of accomplishment while working under minimal supervision.

**Director of Philanthropy Nice to Haves: **

- Focuses on and attends to details with the ability to respond to changing needs as presented.

- Experience building multi-year philanthropy strategies

- Experience forecasting and revenue modeling

- Experience structuring gift agreements and grant budgets

- Experience managing growth-stage fundraising programs within a scaling organization

- Experience planning or supporting capital, growth or major initiatives

- Ability to assess campaign readiness

- Experience launching or managing planned giving programs

- Familiarity with bequests, DAF, stock gifts and complex assets

**Measures Of Success: **

This position will be successful by:

- Achieving growth in major donor revenue

- Retention and expansion of institutional partners

- Strengthening and qualifying of the donor pipeline

- Progress against fundraising targets

- Increased organization-wide philanthropic operational efficiency using systems & tools to ensure efficient execution, including tracking & reporting.

Location: Candidate should be located in Western Washington, and must be located in Washington state. Willing to travel throughout the Pacific Northwest. A couple of travels nationally each year may be required.

Compensation: This is a full time salaried position that is competitive and commensurates with experience. Approximate annual salary range is expected to be $90,000-$100,000 with immediate growth opportunity upon impact. Salary range reflects current scope, with a clearly defined path toward increased compensation as fundraising targets and organizational scale increase. Only7Seconds offers a generous benefits package, including a very generous top-tier health insurance plan, a 403(b) savings plan, ample PTO, and an environment of support that fosters growth and advancement.

To apply: Email luke@only7seconds.com your resume and cover letter.

Only7Seconds is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to giving consideration to all talent in connection to employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.

Only7Seconds’ Values

- We create with excellence.

- We engage with courage and boldness.

- We participate with respect and joy.

- We support a culture of belonging and community

- Every person matters. We recognize the dignity of each person, the innate value they bring through their beliefs, culture, heritage and abilities.

- Every individual has impact. Whatever your circle of influence, everyone has the ability to positively impact others.

- Everyone needs connection. No one is immune to the need for human connection. It is vital to our health and well-being.

Director of Philanthropy

Leadership Connect is a data-driven decision intelligence company focused on policy & procurement in the public sector.

We combine deep research expertise and cutting-edge technology to help clients win business and influence policy across a wide range of specialties and verticals.

We work with nearly every U.S. government agency, many S&P 500 companies, and leading organizations in media, consulting, law, banking, and the not-for-profit world.  We help everyone from marketing and business development teams to senior leaders prep for important meetings, uncover existing relationships, and build new ones.

Our clients trust their reputations to the quality of our data. With our proprietary 24-step information collection process that employs technology and human validation, we continuously identify the key decision makers and influencers you care about most and put them at your fingertips. Clients access Leadership Connect through the web, apps, and data integrations.

Only in Leadership Connect:
- Leadership Connect is the world's only service that connects bills to legislative staff.
- Navigate complex government organizations: Federal, State & Local.
- Stakeholder Mapping. See how your organization is connected to another. 
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Industry: Technology, Information and Media
Company Size: 51-200 employees

Leadership Connect

**Who are we?**

At Leadership Connect, we believe that relationships are everything in business and in life. Founded by two former CEOs of S&P 500 companies and a former presidential press secretary, our premier information service is built for developing relationships that impact decisions in government, business, and media. Utilizing deep research expertise and cutting-edge technology, we help our clients win business and influence policy across various specialties and verticals. We are a close-knit team dedicated to helping each of our users make a difference.

**Role Summary & Impact**

The Vice President of Marketing will be responsible for leading the overarching marketing strategy and execution at Leadership Connect. This role is central to our mission of providing high-quality people intelligence to the public sector and government affairs landscape. The VP of Marketing will oversee the development of the brand, lead demand generation efforts, and ensure that our market positioning effectively communicates our value proposition to policy and government relations professionals.

The primary impact of this role will be the establishment of a scalable, data-driven marketing engine that supports ARR growth and market expansion. By providing strategic counsel to a senior leadership team and managing our marketing technology infrastructure, the VP of Marketing will ensure that our outreach is both efficient and aligned with our long-term business objectives.

**Core Responsibilities**

- Strategic Marketing Oversight: Own and execute the comprehensive marketing strategy, ensuring all initiatives align with the company’s growth targets and revenue goals.

- Market Messaging & Positioning: Develop and refine messaging specifically for state and local policy and government affairs professionals, focusing on the utility of our SaaS products in legislative and advocacy environments.

- Competitive Analysis & Displacement: Lead initiatives to communicate the advantages of Leadership Connect over existing market alternatives, focusing on high-quality data and product advocacy to encourage competitor displacement.

- CRM & MarTech Management: Oversee the integrated HubSpot and Salesforce ecosystem. Advise the organization on tool selection and technical focus areas to ensure data integrity and informed decision-making.

- Performance Marketing & KPI Ownership: Build a robust framework of KPIs (CAC, LTV, Pipeline Velocity, MQL-to-SQL conversion) that provides the executive team with a clear line of sight into marketing’s impact on growth.

- Digital Campaign Management: Direct the allocation of resources across digital marketing channels, ensuring that campaigns are optimized for reach, engagement, and conversion within our target demographics.

- Executive Advisory: Act as a subject matter expert for the senior leadership team, providing clear guidance on marketing best practices and performance metrics to stakeholders with varied marketing backgrounds.

**Preferred Experience & Qualifications**

- Marketing Leadership: Significant experience in a marketing leadership role within a data-driven B2B SaaS company, with a proven track record of contributing to ARR growth.

- Technical Proficiency: Expert-level understanding of CRM systems, specifically the coordination between HubSpot and Salesforce, and the ability to manage a modern marketing technology stack.

- Analytical Rigor: A background in building data-driven marketing departments where every dollar spent is tracked against revenue impact and growth benchmarks.

- Expert Communicator: The ability to influence and educate a senior leadership team, providing a steady hand and a clear vision for how marketing drives the company’s broader mission.

- Digital Campaign Execution: Hands-on experience designing multi-channel digital strategies that move the needle in niche, high-value B2B markets.

- Agility: A "player-coach" mentality—This is a building role. You’ll be setting strategy and doing hands-on execution.

- (Ideal) Public Sector Expertise: Substantial experience marketing to professionals in state and local government affairs, policy advocacy, or legislative relations.

**What is it like to work here?**

We foster an environment that encourages all our team members to excel by offering competitive compensation for top talent. We believe in creating a friendly and enjoyable workplace, with regular team-building events, happy hours, and more. Transparency is key within our company, and we hold weekly town halls led by our CEO to address questions regarding business plans, product direction, and company goals. In addition, we provide flexible PTO policies to ensure you can enjoy your time outside the office and focus on your personal life.

Everyone from full-stack developers to data scientists, former Hill staffers, and sales professionals help shape our in-depth people intelligence.

There is never a dull moment in our Washington, D.C. headquarters. People come from all over the world to join forces at Leadership Connect. We currently have teams working remotely and in-office and often get together for rooftop happy hours, exploring a brand new office, and meeting all the new hires on our growing team.

**Want to join our amazing team?**

**Benefits/Rewards**

Awesome medical insurance plan

Dental Insurance

Life & Disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Unlimited PTO!

Eleven Paid Holidays

$3,000 Employee Referral Program

Employer contribution to 401(k) plan

Rewards and recognition programs

~~**If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet 100% of the requirements, we still want to hear from you! ** Leadership Connect is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce where unique experiences are valued and everyone has the opportunity to contribute. Research has continuously shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet all of the listed qualifications. We want to help overcome this trend and seek to make space for unique and relevant skills and attributes. So, when applying to Leadership Connect we focus on evaluation based on key competencies needed for success in the position. We look forward to receiving your application!~~

~~Leadership Connect is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.~~

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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