Prospect Development Manager

At the American Cancer Society, we're working to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. Our employees and 1.3 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds including communities of color, the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities. The greater the diversity of our people, the better we can serve our communities.

The people who work at the American Cancer Society focus their diverse talents on our lifesaving mission. It is a calling. And the people who answer it are fulfilled.

This is a remote position, and candidates can reside anywhere in the USA.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducts thorough research on individuals and foundations utilizing both internal constituent information and data from multiple external technology-based research resources.
• Evaluates findings and forms recommendations that inform solicitation strategies.
• Gathers and analyzes data on priority constituents in order to identify new opportunities and strategies for growth and expansion of ACS programs and mission;
• Analyzes and matches charitable and economic interests of current and prospective donors.
• Verifies gift capacity and biographical details on proactively identified prospects to support priority programs.
• Assists in procurement of updated contact information for high priority prospects.
• Builds and maintains partnerships with Prospect Development staff by providing insights for prospect strategy through ongoing prospect research.
• Regularly monitors fundraising activity for continuity and compliance with prospect management process.
• Oversees a portfolio of work in support of the prioritized needs of the philanthropy group – balancing reactive requests designed to inform donor strategy and pipeline development.
• Partners closely with other Philanthropy Operations staff to assist with ongoing data hygiene projects related to ACS’s major gift prospect pool.
• Leverages partnerships with development resources and intelligence-gathering staff to bridge knowledge and gain additional perspectives about cross-functional connections and collaborations.
• Identifies, evaluates and implements current trends and “best practices” in the prospect development field by attending training sessions and communicating with other researchers by means of professional organizational memberships, conferences and electronic mailing lists focusing on prospect research and fundraising issues.

The final candidate's relevant experience/skills will be considered before an offer is extended. Actual starting pay will vary based on non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.

ACS provides staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental, retirement benefits, wellness programs, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills. Further details on our benefits can be found on our careers site at: jobs.cancer.org/benefits. We are a proud equal opportunity employer.