Senior Director, Donor Prospecting and Fundraising

Overview

GoodPower works globally to unlock the enormous economic potential of the energy transition—more affordable energy bills, better and more abundant jobs, healthier food, economic security for families and farmers, and a better economy that works for all of us. We operate at the intersection of digital media, smart tech, civic participation, and advocacy to reach millions of people annually with our work to: lower costs and create jobs, shift culture to transform beliefs and behaviors, and accelerate the deployment of decarbonized technologies like: renewables, regenerative agriculture and electric vehicles—one individual, one neighborhood, one community at a time.

GoodPower is at an exciting, pivotal moment as we launch our new strategic plan through 2030 to level up all areas of our work–growing our organization 5x over the next five years and relentlessly honing our skills and expertise to be the best that we can be to transform our renewable energy economy.

Job Summary

The Senior Director, Donor Prospecting and Fundraising will serve as a key driver of GoodPower’s fundraising strategy, with a focus on philanthropies, individuals and corporate partners. This is a hands-on frontline fundraising role focused specifically on new donor prospects. Responsibilities include: identifying and cultivating new prospects, generating new leads, managing a portfolio of high-value funders, and conducting solicitation and stewardship activities to secure 7- and 8-figure investments that advance our mission across our family of entities.

This senior role requires a proven track record in building lasting partnerships with institutional funders, high net worth donors, VCs, and corporate partners. Further, the role requires experience in securing new prospects, strong strategic thinking, and the ability to translate complex and often highly technical programmatic work into compelling cases for support.

Generous benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b retirement savings plan, Vacation, Sabbatical, Paid Parental Leave, 2 Floating Holidays, 2 Community Service Floating Holidays, sick time, two weeks of full-staff time off (July 4 week and Christmas-New Years week) and 13 observed holidays.

This position requires full professional proficiency in English, including strong written and verbal communication skills for both internal and external collaboration.