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About the Role

We are seeking a Fundraising Lead to secure ongoing Core Operational Expenditure (OpEx) income to support our mission. This role involves optimizing donor touchpoints and protecting the lifetime value of our core donor community through high-touch stewardship, converting engaged members into active supporters, and managing major gifts and grant proposals. You will work cross-functionally with Member Experience, Finance, Comms, and Impact Analytics teams, and be supported by a Junior Data Analyst.

Responsibilities

Oversee the entire fundraising pipeline and ensure effective moves management.
Design and execute touchpoints that deepen existing relationships, keeping donors connected to our mission and moving them toward continued support.
Organize and prepare donor touchpoints for senior leadership, writing tailored stewardship materials and ensuring executive time is focused where it matters most.
Support our Founder and President with 7+ figure relationships, preparing proposals and impact reports.
Act as the operational lead for recurring moments like our Annual End of Year Giving Campaign, collaborating with Comms and Product to run targeted campaigns and track donor behaviour.
Partner with Finance and data teams to manage monthly analyses, track progress against annual targets, monitor the stewardship pipeline, and support quarterly board reporting.
Equip Community Managers and the Advisory team with the frameworks, messaging, and insights they need to maintain strong, natural fundraising conversations during regular member interactions.

Requirements

Engage with members in a credible, meaningful way.
Understand relationship dynamics.
Make considered asks with confidence.
Bring structure and strategic thinking to a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
Experience in relationship-led engagement.
Build trust quickly and make direct asks within an existing community.
Select the right moment and the right approach for conversations.
Hands-on experience running multi-channel projects and keeping cross-functional teams aligned and on deadline.
Excellent communication and copywriting skills.
Ability to translate complex impact metrics into persuasive proposals, reports, emails, and presentation decks.
Experience creating fundraising or marketing comms collateral.
Solid data literacy; comfortable managing, analysing, and reporting on fundraising databases.
A collaborative, cross-functional mindset.
Experience in a small team or start-up environment.
Ability to work autonomously, manage multiple projects, and handle shifting priorities.

Skills

Relationship-led engagement
Project management
Communication
Copywriting
Data literacy
Cross-functional collaboration
Autonomous work
Strategic thinking
Major gifts
Donor relations
Partnership development
High-value account management
Fundraising
Grant proposals
Data analysis
Reporting

Location

London (commutable distance)
Globally distributed (UK and US)

Work Type

Hybrid (2 days per week in office)
Remote (comfort working across time zones)

Experience Level

Mid-level (implied by responsibilities and support structure)

Salary/Compensations

£65,000-£70,000 DOE

Benefits

Ownership
Flat structure
Chance to shape the future of strategic philanthropy
Team offsites
Annual global offsite

About the Company

Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to do immense good with their charitable giving.
Community of over 2,300 members has pledged nearly $13.6B and donated $1.9B+ to the charitable sector in 45+ countries.
Provide end-to-end giving infrastructure, pioneering research, and access to a global network of experts.
Help tech leaders become strategic philanthropists.
Members include founders and leaders behind companies such as Airbnb, UiPath, Dropbox, Skype, Spotify, and Uber.
Focus on deploying capital where it can achieve the greatest impact, guided by evidence, careful analysis, and long-term thinking.
Diverse team from both charitable and commercial backgrounds.
Believe remarkable things happen when people tackle hard problems together.

Equal Opportunity

Proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Founders Pledge.
Seek people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share our drive to understand and solve complex social challenges.
Do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Committed to building a workplace where everyone can do their best work.
Encourage applications even if not all requirements are met.