Chief Advancement Officer

Chief Advancement Officer

Help ignite the next generation of inventors creators and changemakers.

KID Museum is not just a makerspace. We are a redefining how children learn experience STEM and envision their future. Every day we empower youthespecially those historically underrepresented in STEMto build confidence creativity and the real-world skills to shape tomorrow. As we expand our reach and scale our impact nationally were searching for a Chief Advancement Officer (CAO) who is energized by possibility motivated by mission and ready to propel a you believe storytelling can change minds if you see fundraising as fuel for social change and if you want your work to matter in a tangible generational waythis role is for you.

Why This Role Is Extraordinary

This is not a traditional advancement role.
This is your chance to shape a national narrative grow a powerhouse brand and catalyze resources that will help millions of young people discover their potential.

As CAO you will:

Build a movement not just a marketing plan.
Champion a mission that blends STEM creativity equity and innovation.
Elevate a bold future-forward organization poised for national scale.
Lead a high-performing team ready to grow alongside you.
Drive a major capital campaign that will transform what STEM education looks like in America.

Youll work directly with visionary leaders and a deeply committed Boardpeople who believe that empowering kids to create is one of the most powerful investments we can make in our collective future.

What Youll Lead

Brand Marketing & Communications

• Be the architect of KID Museums storyone rooted in creativity innovation and impact.
• Elevate our regional and national visibility through powerful narrative media strategy thought leadership and bold campaigns.
• Shape how educators families funders and policymakers understand the future of learning.
• Turn program outcomes into compelling stories that inspire belief action and investment.
• Build a modern communications engine that connects brand engagement directly to revenue growth.

Development

• Design and lead an integrated multi-year revenue strategy to fuel ambitious growth.
• Steer a high-profile capital campaign and cultivate a portfolio of deeply engaged major donors.
• Partner with the Executive Director Board and campaign committee as a trusted strategist and moves-management driver.
• Strengthen forecasting pipeline growth data-driven systems and long-term donor relationships.
• Ensure fundraising and messaging sing from the same sheet of musiccohesive compelling energizing.

Leadership & Organizational Impact

• Build and mentor high-performing teams that thrive with clarity purpose and accountability.
• Influence cross-organizational strategy as a key member of the senior leadership team.
• Collaborate closely with Programs Impact and Operations to align revenue growth with mission expansion.
• Be a strategic advisor on positioning sustainability and big-picture organizational direction.

About You

You are a strategic innovative and mission-driven leader who is energized by building scaling and storytelling. You bring:

• 15 years leading advancement communications and/or marketing in education youth development or mission-driven innovation.
• Proven success with major gifts and capital campaigns.
• A compelling narrative voice and a love of strategic storytelling.
• Experience advising executive leadership and partnering with boards.
• A track record of inspiring teams and creating high-performance cultures.
• An entrepreneurial mindset emotional intelligence and the ability to navigate dynamic environments with clarity and purpose.

Most importantly:
You care deeply about unlocking opportunity for young peopleand youre ready to build the systems relationships and visibility needed to take this work to the national stage.

Why Join Us

Because this work matters.
Because kids deserve access to joyful hands-on future-forward learning.
Because the next generation of innovators is incredibly diverseand the world needs their ideas.
Because youll be part of an organization that dreams big acts boldly and turns what if into whats next.

And because your leadership will directly shape the trajectory of a nationally influential movement in STEM equity and education innovation.

Ready to Build the Future With Us

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