Chief Development Officer: Please Touch Museum

The Chief Development Officer (CDO) at Please Touch Museum (PTM) is accountable for setting and achieving the contributed revenue goals of PTM and manages special projects and initiatives that advance PTM’s mission. Reporting directly to the President & CEO (CEO), the CDO is a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) at PTM. The CDO collaborates with the ELC in determining organizational strategy, implementing a framework for growth, assuring excellence in performance, and creating a culture of appreciation within the employee community.

The CDO is expected to support PTM’s commitment to community engagement and DEIBA and work proactively with management and the Board of Trustees in these efforts. The CDO is responsible for determining the framework for philanthropy at PTM and setting and achieving annual philanthropic goals that support the advancement of PTM. The CDO works in partnership with the executive and senior teams to drive philanthropic revenue as essential to the financial sustainability of PTM. As such, the CDO is accountable for cultivating and stewarding existing donor relationships and developing new ones in alignment with those goals.

The CDO creates fundraising strategies that increase the organization’s support from individuals, corporations, foundations, government grants, and other sources. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, the CDO engages with trustees to create a culture of philanthropy that underpins a vibrant and diverse philanthropy platform. The CDO is responsible for recruiting and engaging a team of professionals with training, education, skills, and experience to successfully execute PTM’s annual philanthropic plan and/or special projects and initiatives. The CDO collaborates with the CEO and the Board leadership in recruitment, development, and engagement of trustees as critical to maximizing each trustee’s commitment of time, talent, and resource development to enhance the Board’s stewardship of PTM’s mission.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work in partnership with the ELC to formulate and implement strategic priorities that advance PTM’s mission and vision.
• Hold themselves and others accountable to the highest standards of performance.
• Provide constructive feedback and engage in problem-solving solutions focused on driving excellence and organizational success.
• Appreciate the importance of confidentiality and be accountable to this expectation.
• Recruit and retain a high-performing team, collaborating with them to achieve departmental and organization-wide goals.
• Set performance goals and priorities for direct reports, supporting them in achieving success; review their performance both ongoing and annually and provide corrective action plans as needed.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain and grow current donor relationships across all sectors and develop and work to secure incremental funding increases from current sources.
• Identify, research, cultivate and secure funding from new sources and prospects.
• Drive philanthropic/contributed revenue by developing and implementing strategies, plans and timelines to meet or exceed annual contributed revenue goals.
• Collaborate with the CEO, Departmental Leaders and Board of Trustees on fundraising strategies that ensure PTM meets or exceeds annual contributed revenue goals.
• Implement short- and long-term plans and timelines for strategies that appropriately steward PTM’s philanthropic partners and stakeholders.
• Provide background research, briefings and strategies for the CEO, Board of Trustees, and committees to support donor cultivation and stewardship.
• Coordinate closely with other departments on corporate sponsorship, grant proposals and events.
• Support and incorporate the Museum’s Strategic Planning Goals into department objectives.