Chief Development and Marketing Officer
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Job Location:
Los Angeles, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 275000 - 325000
Posted on:
23 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: Chief Development and Marketing Officer
Location: Chicago DC Los Angeles New York City Seattle or Oakland CA
This position can be remote and requires an ability to travel.
Reports To: Executive Director
Supervises: 4 to 6 direct reports
Sierra Clubs Mission is to explore enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the earths ecosystems and resources; and to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.
Context:
Scope: The Chief Development and Marketing Officer is a key executive leader responsible for driving integrated fundraising marketing and stakeholder engagement strategies to grow revenue and elevate Sierra Clubs brand impact. Reporting directly to the Executive Director and serving on the Leadership Team this leader bridges mission and resources ensuring that organizational strategy investments and revenue are aligned for long-term sustainability.
The role combines visionary leadership with hands-on operational executionimagining whats possible building the infrastructure to support it and leading teams to deliver with clarity accountability and care.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Chief Communications Officer on the strategic integration of revenue and constituent engagement ensuring that fundraising marketing community building brand integrity and advocacy efforts reinforce one another. The CDMO will establish and foster a comprehensive approach to revenue generation with connectivity at every level of the organization including fundraising and development membership stewardship marketing and communications alignment earned income corporate and cause-aligned partnerships influencer engagement and narrative and brand strategy.
Key responsibilities and impact (includes but is not limited to):
- Oversee and strengthen a complex revenue ecosystem generating more than $160M annually with a particular focus on growing unrestricted and flexible funding.
- Lead the development and execution of a multi-year integrated revenue and constituent engagement strategy in close collaboration with the Communications Program and Field Departments that aligns with Sierra Clubs strategic priorities and long-term financial health; specific focus on expanding and maximizing funding from individual donors.
- Serve as a senior external ambassador and leading voice for the organization to cultivate and steward relationships with key donors and stakeholders; deepen brand value; build organizational awareness; and grow the Sierra Club community.
- Review all revenue functions breaking down silos and strengthening team cohesion; enhance cross-functional and intra-unit collaboration to develop a seamless integrated division that values relational over transactional engagement.
- Manage a sophisticated funding landscape of 501(c)3 funds 501(c)4 funds and political funds. Balancing these legally distinct and strategic revenue sources is critical to their success.
- Build and embed enterprise-wide systems data practices and performance frameworks that enable collaboration transparency and informed decision-making across functions and geographies.
- Foster a culture of fundraising and shared ownership of revenue across staff volunteers leadership and Boards as well as strategic integration with a national network of chapters and chapter leaders.
- Provide strategic counsel to the Executive Director Boards of Directors Chapters and senior leaders on revenue diversification capital planning brand-aligned partnerships impact investing strategies benchmarking and constituent trends as well as key convenings and brand alignment opportunities.
- Partner closely with executive peers to ensure alignment across narrative engagement financial planning programmatic and organizational strategy.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills experience and competencies:
- Extensive development and marketing expertise: 10 years experience in revenue generation. Exemplary track record directing a large comprehensive complex development and/or marketing team preferably for a decentralized national organization including demonstrated results across functions siloes geographies and/or affiliates.
- Executive and team leadership: Substantial executive-level leadership experience and demonstrated ability to establish lead and drive objectives - particularly in a highly dynamic and evolvingenvironment - at the enterprise level. A results-driven leader who can inspire staff and volunteer leaders communicate clearly collaborate across departments and at alllevels of the organization and provide feedback and coaching to support the achievementof complex goals. Success inspiring board and other volunteer leaders to engage in revenue generation and marketing efforts.
- Systems and process improvement: Experience building internal systems and processes to facilitate and strengthen all components of a successful revenue-generation function.
- Mission and values alignment: A passion for the Sierra Clubs mission and commitment to environmental and social justice.
$275000 - $325000 a year
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range for this position is $275000 - $325000 annually.
The Sierra Club offers a competitive salary package commensurate with skills and experience plus excellent benefits that include medical dental and vision coverage and a retirement savings 401(k) plan.
This is a category 1 exempt non-represented leadership and managerial position.
Sierra Club values the expertise and talents of foreign nationals. Sierra Club sponsors both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas when certain criteria are met based on immigration laws and organizational needs. Such sponsorship is at the discretion of the Department Head and Sierra Club People Department in consultation with the Office of General Counsel. The Sierra Club cannot guarantee the approval of a visa petition. The Sierra Club is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce belonging.
To Apply
The Sierra Club provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all staff members. Employment decisions are based on merit qualifications lived experience and skills. The Sierra Club does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race color creed religion national origin immigration status socioeconomic status ancestry age sizeT sex sexual orientation gender gender identity familial status veteran status disability AIDS/HIV status medical condition prior conviction arrest history traits historically associated with race including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Sierra Club values applicants who are people that identify as Black Indigenous and other minority groups; women; queer transgender gender non-conforming and gender fluid people.
Explore enjoy and protect the planet.
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About Company
Sierra Club has grown to become America's largest grassroots environmental advocacy organization--and also one of its most effective. The Sierra Club promotes outdoor activities and environmental activism on both the local and national levels through political lobbying, education, out ... View more
