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Deputy Director of Development

Deputy Director of Development

San Francisco SymphonySan Francisco, CA, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Details

Job Location

Main Location - San Francisco, CA

Salary Range

$168809.00 - $193485.00 Salary / year

Description

Deputy Director of Development

Development Department

Frontline Fundraising

Work Status : Full Time

FLSA Status : Exempt

Location of Job : Davies Symphony Hall

San Francisco, CA

Salary : $168,809 - $193,485

Schedule : Hybrid

Regular Hours :

9 am-5 pm; intermittent evenings and weekends

Reports To :

Chief Philanthropy Officer

Supervisory :

Yes, leads a team of 9 with 4 direct reports

  • To be considered, please complete your application at :

THE ORGANIZATION

The San Francisco Symphony is among the most adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the United States, celebrated for its artistic excellence, creative performance concepts, award-winning recordings, and standard-setting education and community engagement programs. Since it was established in 1911, the Symphony has grown in acclaim under a succession of distinguished music directors : Henry Hadley, Alfred Hertz, Basil Cameron, Issay Dobrowen, Pierre Monteux, Enrique Jordá, Josef Krips, Seiji Ozawa, Edo de Waart, Herbert Blomstedt, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

The San Francisco Symphony presents more than 200 concerts and presentations annually for an audience of nearly 350,000 in its home of Davies Symphony Hall and around the Bay Area. A cornerstone of its mission, the San Francisco Symphony provides some of the most extensive education and community programs offered by any American orchestra. The Symphony's free music education experiences engage students in grades 1-12 throughout the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), serving more than 25,000 students annually.

In 2001, the SF Symphony became the first American orchestra to launch its own in-house record label SFS Media. Recorded live in concert and engineered at Davies Symphony Hall, SFS Media recordings showcase music by contemporary composers as well as core classical masterworks. San Francisco Symphony radio broadcasts, the first in the nation to feature symphonic music when they began in 1926, today carry the Orchestra's concerts across the country. In 2004, the SF Symphony launched the groundbreaking multimedia Keeping Score series on PBS-TV and the web; the series was made available for unlimited free streaming on the Symphony's YouTube channel in 2020. In 2014, the San Francisco Symphony inaugurated SoundBox, an experimental and eclectic live music series, which takes place in an alternative performance space located backstage at Davies Symphony Hall. In 2023, the San Francisco Symphony partnered with Apple for the launch of a new classical music streaming app, Apple Music Classical, and has since released 15 spatial audio recordings of live concert performances through the app. For its adventurous programming, the Symphony has been honored 19 times by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and the Symphony's recordings have garnered France's Grand Prix du Disque and Britain's Gramophone Award, as well as 17 Grammy® Awards.

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Chief Philanthropy Officer, the Deputy Director of Development (DDD) is a key strategic leader and is the second most senior position on the Symphony's Development Team. The DDD is responsible for strategy and contributed funding from individuals, foundations, and government supporters and overall growth of private philanthropy. The DDD works regularly with the Chief Philanthropy Officer, Board leadership, fundraising volunteers, and supports the Development Committee of the Board. The DDD is a critical frontline fundraiser. managing a portfolio of 45-50 Major Gift and Planned Giving prospects totaling a minimum of $3 to $5 million annually for the Annual Fund. The DDD will also lead a team of nine development professionals, with four direct reports including a Senior Giving Officer, Maestro's Circle; a Senior Major Gift Officer; a Senior Giving Officer, New Philanthropy; and a Senior Giving Officer, Foundation & Government. The ability to travel as needed to represent the Symphony around the Bay Area and northern California, and to be present at evening and weekend concert and events, is required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership

  • Develop and lead strategy for annual giving, special fundraising initiatives, new philanthropy initiatives, and lead a team of gift officers with portfolios with capacity of more than $1 million each.
  • Serve as a key strategic thought partner and leader for Chief Philanthropy Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Board of Governors, and volunteer leadership to ensure proper planning, management, and execution of the Symphony's fundraising efforts.
  • Participate as a member of the Development Leadership Team, contributing to other Development areas and overall division planning.
  • Manage a donor portfolio of 45-50 households through all stages of identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship totaling $3 million to $5 million
  • Collaborate and provide fundraising counsel to senior leadership to identify cultivate and recruit prospective board members.
  • Embrace other strategic leadership responsibilities as needed.
  • Board and Donor Engagement

  • Collaborate and provide fundraising counsel to the Board of Governors to identify cultivate and recruit prospective board members.
  • Attend and present at Board and committee meetings including Development, Gift Planning, Committee on Governors, etc. as needed.
  • Create strategies with the Advancement Committee that build meaningful paths for the Bay Area's diverse community to engage in supporting the Symphony as donors, partners, advisors, and community ambassadors.
  • Advise board members, both individually and collectively, on best practices in community ambassadorship and donor cultivation.
  • Embrace other board and donor engagement responsibilities as needed.
  • Team and Organizational Oversight

  • Provide leadership and guidance for gift officers to maximize productivity, increase contribution levels, and establish performance metrics to track and evaluate regularly against annual goals.
  • Ensure gift officer portfolios are robust and managed through best practice to achieve ambitious revenue goals.
  • Oversee discovery efforts for new donors at all levels of giving through a variety of channels including but not limited to direct mail, telefunding and personal solicitation.
  • Maintain a broad knowledge of tax laws that impact charitable giving, personal assets, and estates.
  • Create a supportive, collaborative, productive, and healthy work environment based on respect and teamwork.
  • Embrace other team and organizational oversight responsibilities as needed.
  • Qualifications

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • A minimum of seven to 10 years of proven organizational, supervisory, and fundraising leadership experience is essential. Relative experience outside the nonprofit environment working with high-net worth individuals will be considered.
  • A successful record of conceptualizing and executing fundraising plans across donor categories (individual giving, foundation and government support) is required.
  • Proven success in cultivating, stewarding, and soliciting prospects at the $100,000+ level is required.
  • Ability to successfully manage a team in a sophisticated, fast paced, and complex fundraising environment is essential.The ability to lead and mentor an experienced team is essential.
  • Strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities, and meet deadlines in a high-volume, fast-paced environment is needed.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, especially regarding the Symphony and its mission, vision, and values are essential. Ability to professionally and diplomatically communicate and interact with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with and / or passion for orchestral music is a plus, and experience working in the arts is highly desired.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and donor database software is needed; Tessitura experience is preferred.
  • SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

    Oversee department of nine full-time staff.

    Direct supervision of :

  • Senior Major Gift Officer
  • Senior Giving Officer, Maestro's Circle
  • Senior Giving Officer, New Philanthropy
  • Senior Giving Officer, Foundation & Government
  • To be considered, please complete your application at :
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