Senior Manager, Event Fundraising

About the Role The Senior Manager, Event Fundraising leads the strategy, planning, and execution of a $750K+ annual fundraising portfolio, including at least one $500K+ event that serves as a pipeline for major donor identification and cultivation. You will oversee all aspects of event fundraising and collaborate across teams to achieve ambitious financial growth and strong donor engagement.

What You'll Do

• 30% Builds, sustains, and elevates high-impact relationships with key donors, sponsors, volunteers and community partners to ensure revenue goal achievement and foster long-term engagement.
• 20% Recruits, engages and mobilizes executives and leadership volunteers to support revenue plans, with a focus on event chairpersons, ambassadors, and event leadership teams.
• 10% Partners with Corporate & Philanthropy team members to create tailored partner and donor experiences to attract and retain high-value supporters, as well as aligning event partners with broader Society cultivation efforts to grow revenue impact beyond events.
• 10% Ensures a best-in-class event experience through oversight of complex planning, logistics, brand positioning, budgets, and vendor relationships.
• 10% Monitors fundraising progress and expenses against budget and benchmarks, proactively adjusting strategies to exceed aggressive financial goals, and optimize return on investment.
• 10% Effectively convenes and coordinates the different contributors to event success - Corporate, Philanthropy, Marketing, coordinator support, Area Lead, event execution, etc.
• 10% Champions community presence and brand elevation, positioning events as premier experiences that deepen public interest and engagement.

What We're Looking For

• BS/BA or equivalent experience; 4+ years successful experience in fundraising, corporate engagement, volunteer partnership, and relationship development.
• Experience driving revenue through sales excellence – prospecting, identification, cultivation, solicitation, evaluation, stewardship – with a focus on large, multi-year partnerships.
• Skilled at leading high-functioning collaborative event teams, including internal and external stakeholders, to execute event deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability in handling multiple priorities, project and timeline management and planning.
• Ability to proactively monitor and adjust activities to respond to changing circumstances and priorities to meet goals, proactively address issues as they arise and mitigate risks associated to events.
• Proven relationship building, persuasion and influence skills.
• Ability to recruit, train and motivate executive, C-suite level & high influence leadership volunteers.
• Strong customer service orientation, with extensive experience in effectively addressing and resolving issues.
• Proactively monitors data and adjusts activities to respond to changing circumstances and priorities to meet goals.
• Strong market, community and constituent knowledge & experience.
• Effectively builds formal and informal networks, both inside and outside the organization; leverages knowledge and network to remove barriers and achieve outcomes.
• Willing to travel externally in-market (~3 days/week) and to attend evening and weekend meetings.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $80,000–$90,000 per year.
• Benefits include generous paid time off, medical, dental, retirement, wellness programs, and professional development opportunities.
• ACS is an equal opportunity employer.