Senior VP of Development

Fundraising Strategy & Revenue Leadership• Develop and lead a comprehensive annual and long-term Development strategy aligned with e3's mission, strategic plan, financial priorities, and ministry opportunities.• Partner with the CEO and Finance leadership to establish annual Development revenue goals, growth targets, forecasts, and funding priorities.• Maintain executive accountability for the broader Development revenue portfolio, including unrestricted and restricted giving, major gifts, special initiatives and campaigns, foundation and grant support, planned giving, and other appropriate philanthropic channels.• Build and maintain a healthy fundraising pipeline and regularly evaluate revenue performance, donor trends, opportunities, risks, and progress toward established goals.• Develop strategies to strengthen and diversify philanthropic revenue, reduce concentration risk, expand the donor base, and increase long-term financial sustainability.• Oversee Development plans, departmental budgets, systems, resources, priorities, and performance measures.

Major Donor Development & Stewardship• Personally manage a portfolio of significant current and prospective donors and actively cultivate, solicit, and steward major and transformational gifts.• Build long-term, trust-based relationships with individuals, families, foundations, churches, and other partners capable of making significant investments in e3's mission.• Lead efforts to expand the major-gift pipeline and ensure an appropriate volume of meaningful donor proposals, asks, and follow-up activities each year.• Develop and oversee strategies for donor acquisition, engagement, retention, stewardship, reactivation, and increased giving.• Ensure donors receive meaningful communication regarding ministry impact, outcomes, funding priorities, and the use of their gifts.• Represent e3 Partners Ministry and its initiatives at donor meetings, ministry gatherings, events, conferences, and other external functions.

Development Team Leadership• Provide leadership, strategic direction, coaching, and accountability to the Development team and its leaders.• Establish clear departmental and individual goals, performance measures, portfolio expectations, priorities, and standards of excellence.• Recruit, develop, retain, mentor, and appropriately structure a high-performing Development team capable of supporting current and future organizational needs.• Create a culture of collaboration, accountability, donor service, continuous improvement, and results-oriented ministry.• Maintain appropriate visibility into Development portfolios, pipelines, activities, and results while empowering team members to execute effectively.• Address performance issues promptly and constructively and develop succession and talent strategies for the Development function.

Development Operations, Reporting & Organizational Collaboration• Ensure fundraising systems, CRM practices, donor record...