Director of Development

About The National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF)

The National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF) is dedicated to finding cures for inheritable blood and bleeding disorders and to addressing and preventing the complications of these disorders through research, education, and advocacy, enabling people and families to thrive. Learn more at Bleeding.org !

About the Role

As the Director of Development, you will play a key role in advancing our mission by expanding and sustaining a strong individual donor pipeline. Reporting to the Vice President of Advancement, this leadership position is responsible for managing mid-level donors ($1,000-$4,999 annually), overseeing annual donor portfolios, and leading non-pharma and foundational grants, corporate giving, and support event-based fundraising initiatives. This includes endurance events, third-party fundraising events, and other opportunities to drive revenue growth. The Director of Development will cultivate meaningful relationships with donors, develop innovative fundraising strategies, and lead initiatives that maximize philanthropic contributions. Additionally, this role may involve supervising staff members responsible for fundraising through events and peer-to-peer programs.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact on the bleeding disorders community while growing and diversifying NBDF’s funding sources.

Key Responsibilities

Donor Strategy & Fundraising

• Manage and grow NBDF’s mid-level and annual donor portfolio, ensuring meaningful engagement and long-term investment.
• Develop and implement short- and long-term fundraising strategies, including donor cultivation, retention, and stewardship.
• Oversee corporate, foundation, and non-pharma grant fundraising efforts to diversify revenue streams.
• Create compelling solicitation materials, donor recognition pieces, and impact reports.
• Develop budgets for development initiatives, ensuring alignment with financial goals.

Prospect Identification & Relationship Management

Data Management & Analytics

Leadership & Team Collaboration

What You Bring

To qualify for this unique opportunity, our ideal candidate should have the following experience and education :

As a Director of Development, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately results in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal attributes are anchored in the following :

Delegation Empowering another employee to make decisions, perform tasks or take responsibility for completing projects or job roles.

Performance Managing and Coaching Sets clear goals and expectations for staff; follows progress against goals; provides regular feedback; addresses performance issues promptly; fosters learning and development; provides public and private recognition of staff accomplishments.

Emotional Intelligence Making and taking responsibility for and demonstrating commitment to appropriate decisions in a timely manner. Ensuring that decisions are made based on policies, rules and organizational directives and solving emerging problems.

Relationship Building – able to build both formal and informal professional relationships. Maintain and foster relationships within, across, and external to organizational boundaries. Solicit advice, support, championship, sponsorship, and commitment that result in smooth transitions of change and the development of mutually acceptable solutions.

In addition, all NBDF employees focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as Behavioral Standards which are Respect, Accountability, Service, and Support.

Where You Will Work

This position is a remote and open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S. Applicants should be comfortable working remotely with a team dispersed across the country. This role requires some travel, typically 5-8 trips annually, which includes overnight, weekends, and to our annual Bleeding Disorders Conference.

Salary : $1,000 - $4,999