Development Director
Development Director
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02-05-2025
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About BRITE
Join BRITE a growing team of passionate individuals from diverse backgrounds advancing the advanced energy economy. We rapidly innovate develop deploy and maintain our operations and services to meet the demand for our programming that connects clients to capital and customers. If youre looking to make a meaningful impact while growing both professionally and personally in a fastpaced supportive environment we invite you to apply for our Development Director position.
Summary
The Development Director leads BRITEs corporate fundraising strategy securing sponsorships and corporate donations at the $10000$100000 level. This role focuses on building a strong pipeline of corporate partners fostering longterm relationships and maximizing revenue generation to support funding BRITEs existing programs and services. While BRITE has some existing corporate relationships this role will require heavily building out a new sponsorship pipeline with an emphasis on outbound relationship development and strategic donor cultivation. This position will require collaborating closely with internal staff. The Development Director role will not cover other Strategic Partnership functions like grant writing membership or events. Marketing and collateral support will be provided and coordinated through internal resources and external contractors as needed.
Responsibilities
Corporate Fundraising and Relationship Management 70
BRITE Core Values:
At BRITE were driven by Impact fueled by Curiosity grounded in Integrity committed to being PeopleFirst and energized by Fun. We prioritize meaningful outcomes embrace continuous learning act with transparency support each others growth and celebrate our work together.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Diversity Equity and Inclusion: BRITE is an equal opportunity employer. BRITE is committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. The collective sum of the individual differences life experiences knowledge inventiveness innovation selfexpression unique capabilities and talent that our stakeholders invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation and organizations achievement as well. We embrace and encourage clients entrepreneurs and the publics differences in age color disability ethnicity family or marital status gender identity or expression language national origin physical and mental ability political affiliation race religion sexual orientation socioeconomic status veteran status and other characteristics that make everyone unique.
Join BRITE a growing team of passionate individuals from diverse backgrounds advancing the advanced energy economy. We rapidly innovate develop deploy and maintain our operations and services to meet the demand for our programming that connects clients to capital and customers. If youre looking to make a meaningful impact while growing both professionally and personally in a fastpaced supportive environment we invite you to apply for our Development Director position.
Summary
The Development Director leads BRITEs corporate fundraising strategy securing sponsorships and corporate donations at the $10000$100000 level. This role focuses on building a strong pipeline of corporate partners fostering longterm relationships and maximizing revenue generation to support funding BRITEs existing programs and services. While BRITE has some existing corporate relationships this role will require heavily building out a new sponsorship pipeline with an emphasis on outbound relationship development and strategic donor cultivation. This position will require collaborating closely with internal staff. The Development Director role will not cover other Strategic Partnership functions like grant writing membership or events. Marketing and collateral support will be provided and coordinated through internal resources and external contractors as needed.
Responsibilities
Corporate Fundraising and Relationship Management 70
- Build and manage a pipeline of corporate prospects focusing on sponsorship and partnership opportunities of $10000 to $100000.
- Implement strategies to identify cultivate solicit and steward corporate donors maximizing engagement and revenue.
- Develop customized partnership opportunities aligned with corporate branding marketing and employee engagement goals.
- Organize and lead meetings and calls with potential and existing corporate sponsors with tangible next steps where possible to move the pipeline
- Lead corporate stewardship activities including impact reporting and recognition initiatives.
- Maintain accurate and timely donor records in Notion (our custombuilt CRM/relationship management system) or an equivalent CRM.
- Track prospect and donor engagement activities ensuring uptodate and actionable information.
- Collaborate with leadership to ensure corporate partner visibility aligns with sponsorship agreements.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external contractors for collateral development as needed.
- Attend and support BRITE events to enhance corporate partner engagement.
- Secure new corporate sponsorships at $10k.
- Retain and upgrade existing corporate donors.
- Build a highvalue pipeline toward $100klevel sponsorships.
- Contribute to strong crossfunctional collaboration aligned with BRITEs development goals.
- 610 years of fundraising or corporate business development experience with some nonprofit experience preferred.
- Proven track record securing five and sixfigure monetary gifts.
- Demonstrated proficiency managing work and relationships in CRM and project management platforms (e.g. Notion Asana or equivalent systems); technology fluency is a core requirement.
- Preferred industry experience: economic development chamber of commerce and university corporate relations.
- Strong relationshipbuilding communication and strategic sales skills.
- Resultsdriven resourceful and able to work independently.
- Highly organized selfstarter with the ability to source and build relationships from scratch.
- Collaborative team player committed to organizational success.
- Knowledge of energy and industrial transition technologies venture capital and/or startup growth stages a plus
- Salary: $90000 $105000 annually commensurate with experience and qualifications.
- For more information on benefits please click Here.
BRITE Core Values:
At BRITE were driven by Impact fueled by Curiosity grounded in Integrity committed to being PeopleFirst and energized by Fun. We prioritize meaningful outcomes embrace continuous learning act with transparency support each others growth and celebrate our work together.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Diversity Equity and Inclusion: BRITE is an equal opportunity employer. BRITE is committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. The collective sum of the individual differences life experiences knowledge inventiveness innovation selfexpression unique capabilities and talent that our stakeholders invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation and organizations achievement as well. We embrace and encourage clients entrepreneurs and the publics differences in age color disability ethnicity family or marital status gender identity or expression language national origin physical and mental ability political affiliation race religion sexual orientation socioeconomic status veteran status and other characteristics that make everyone unique.
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Senior IC
Employment Type
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