The Corporate Development Consultant is responsible for maximizing the corporate donor experience through a comprehensive account management process focused on strategic engagement, retention and expansion.
The Corporate Development Consultant will achieve annual revenue goals by executing growth strategies with a special focus on pursuing new business opportunities. The consultant must demonstrate confidence while working with all levels of corporate donors including C-Suite. The consultant will be responsible for building a new business pipeline. The consultant must work cross-functionally to enhance prospect engagement and manage the corporate sponsor relationship to achieve financial and non-financial goals.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain a qualified corporate sponsorship pipeline, focused on achieving stretch goals to increase revenue streams.
- Provide a high level of sales strategy and professional presentations.
- Focus on identifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding prospective corporate donors.
- Establish and sustain a network of relationships within companies including senior executives, corporate campaign managers and CSR leads.
- Maintain account financial projections, donor engagement visits and other key metrics.
- Provide regular and accurate reporting.
- Have strong written and oral presentations skills.
- Capture, enter and maintain relevant stakeholder information.
Experience/Position Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in business, marketing or non-profit management or related field.
- Three years or more of business to business sales management or non-profit fundraising experience preferred.
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Possess strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Delivers effective presentations which are powerful and impactful to drive financial support to March for Moms.
- Skilled in developing key and relationships with individuals while building rapport quickly to deliver results.
- Demonstrate sense of urgency, ability to independently determine priorities, maintain activity on a number of projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- High levels of organization and prioritization.
- Self-motivated and able to thrive in a fast-paced, complex, goal-oriented, team environment.
- Sound judgment, discretion and commitment.
- Maintain confidentiality and a high degree of accuracy in donor records.
- Mature, highly motivated, and team-oriented, with the highest ethical standards and ability to drive results.
- Knowledge of women’s health, reproductive, and or maternal health landscape is a plus.
Professional Core Competencies Required:
- Mission Focused: Creates real social change that leads to healthier lives and communities.
- Relationship Oriented: Knows how to cultivate and manage relationships.
- Collaborator: Understands the roles and contributions of all sectors of the maternal health landscape and can mobilize resources (financial & human) through meaningful engagement. Strong supporter of a team environment.
- Results Driven: Dedicates efforts to measurable financial goals for the common good.
- Brand Steward & Ambassador: Understands role in growing and protecting the reputation of March for Moms.
Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.