Director, Petco Love Development

Petco Petco · Retail · Remote

This role is for a Director of Development at Petco, focusing on leading and managing all fundraising activities, including annual giving, major gifts, grants, and corporate partnerships. The position involves developing and executing fundraising plans, cultivating donor relationships, overseeing donor services, and reporting on fundraising performance. It requires a proven track record in fundraising and securing significant gifts and partnerships.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and manage all fundraising activities, including annual giving, major gifts, grants, corporate partnerships, and special initiatives
  2. Develop and execute annual development and fundraising plan with clear goals and metrics.
  3. Solicit, cultivate, and steward major gifts, grants, corporate partnerships, and sponsorships.
  4. Oversee donor services and record management, ensuring accurate data, gift tracking, acknowledgments, stewardship, and donor communications
  5. Track, analyze, and report fundraising performance, major gifts, and development metrics for the President and Board of Directors

Skills

Required

  • Fundraising experience
  • Major gifts solicitation
  • Grant writing
  • Corporate partnerships development
  • Donor stewardship
  • Financial reporting
  • Board relations

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven track record of achieving annual fundraising targets of $2M+
  • Demonstrated success securing major gifts from individuals and foundations and developing mutually beneficial corporate partnerships of $100,000+