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About the Role
Break Through Tech transforms how tech talent is discovered, developed, and connected to opportunity in the age of AI. This full-time role is responsible for managing a portfolio of high-value prospects and securing major gifts to support Break Through Tech’s mission, focusing on individual, corporate, and foundation gifts.
Responsibilities
- Leads the development of proposals for major gifts, coordinating with internal stakeholders.
- Owns a portfolio of 15-25 top-tier prospects, maintaining deep relationships and tracking engagement.
- Designs and implements strategic cultivation plans, including events and thought leadership opportunities.
- Ensures timely acknowledgment and ongoing engagement of major donors and personalized outreach to advance prospects.
- Prepares regular internal reports and dashboard updates on portfolio activity, pipeline health, revenue forecasting, and major gift progress.
- Partners with leadership, program teams, and external advisors to present compelling cases for support.
- Works collaboratively with Finance to ensure timely and accurate recording of gifts and alignment on funding.
- Supports annual revenue goals and contributes to the advancement of diversity and gender equity in technology.
Requirements
- Proven track record of closing major gifts in the $250K-$1M+ range.
- Skilled at managing ambiguity and navigating complex stakeholder environments.
- Exceptional relationship-building, communication, and project management skills.
- Experience in leading cross-functional teams to advance high-value opportunities.
- Demonstrated success in securing individual gifts of $250K or more.
- Experience managing a portfolio of high-net-worth donors and leading cross-functional fundraising initiatives.
- Employment at Break Through Tech is contingent upon successful completion of references and a background check.
Skills
- Relationship-building
- Communication
- Project management
- Fundraising
- Major gifts solicitation
- Cultivation strategy
- Stakeholder engagement
- CRM utilization
- Financial coordination
Location
- Remote
- Hybrid
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in fundraising
- At least 3 years focused on major gifts or principal gifts
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Advanced degree in nonprofit management, business, or related field preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $135,000 - $150,000
Benefits
- Day-one medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Tax-advantaged HSA and FSA options
- Mental health resources
- Wellness offerings
- Commuter benefits
- Prescription support
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Generous 401(k) benefit with a 10% employer contribution
- Additional voluntary benefits and wellbeing programs
About the Company
- Break Through Tech transforms how tech talent is discovered, developed, and connected to opportunity in the age of AI.
- Working across higher education and industry, Break Through Tech delivers programs nationwide and integrates technical training, work-based learning, mentorship, and career readiness with deep employer partnerships to create more effective and scalable routes into early tech careers.
- Break Through Tech is actively shaping the field of early tech talent development by identifying what works, translating those insights into replicable models, and helping define more consistent approaches to how talent is prepared, assessed, and hired across institutions and employers.
- At a moment when AI is reshaping every aspect of work and society, Break Through Tech’s mission is urgent: to ensure that the people who build what comes next — and who are in the room where the most consequential technology decisions of our time get made — look like the world they will shape.
- Learn more about our work at www.breakthroughtech.org/.
Equal Opportunity
- Break Through Tech believes in creating a more equitable playing field for applicants and values the depth of relevant skills built through successful education, work, and life experiences.
- Break Through Tech is committed to further building and maintaining a staff that reflects the full range of communities we serve and is an equal opportunity employer.
- We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture.
- Break Through Tech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.